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Grok Bot cheat sheet

The version that actually does the work.

Grok · the chat

Smart intern at your desk. You ask. It answers. It waits. Stops when you close the tab.

Grok Bot · the coworker

Named teammate. Own computer that stays on. Clicks websites like a person. Pings you if stuck.

ChatGPT is a really smart intern sitting at your desk, waiting for the next question. Grok Bot is that intern plus a locked office, a computer that never sleeps, and a key to the websites you already use. You text a job. They do it. They ping you if they get stuck.

A starter team

  • Inbox Pat. Triages email, drafts replies, never hits send without you.
  • Scout. Researches a purchase or a trip and comes back with a one-pager.
  • Errand Bot. Compares prices, fills carts, and stops before checkout.
  • Chief. Assigns work to the others and gives you a morning briefing.

First hour

  1. 1. Download the Grok Bot app.
  2. 2. Create one Bot with a sentence.
  3. 3. Give access only when it asks.
  4. 4. Give one real, small job.
  5. 5. Go do something else.
  6. 6. Read what it brought back.

Never without you

  • Don’t send money. Carts are fine. Checkout is yours. If a site asks to pay, the Bot should freeze and text you.
  • Don’t hit send on an angry email. Drafts are cheap. Sent is forever. Keep a rule: nothing leaves without your okay.
  • Don’t share passwords it shouldn’t have. First login and 2FA are you helping a new hire onto a site — you tap “yes” on your phone. Never paste a password into the chat.

Copy-paste first prompts

  1. 1. Clean up my messy downloads folder. Keep the important stuff. Make a short list of what you moved. Don’t delete anything you’re unsure about — ask me.
  2. 2. Find 3 quiet Airbnbs near Portland, Maine under $180 a night for Oct 10–13. Shortlist with links and a one-line “why.” Don’t book.
  3. 3. Watch my inbox for invoices this week. Log amount, sender, and due date. Draft chases for the late ones in my voice. Don’t send.
  4. 4. Read what’s happening on X about heat pumps in Maine this week. Give me 7 bullets. Skip the yelling.
  5. 5. Walk through booking this appointment site. Fill the forms. Stop before I confirm.
  6. 6. Learn how I reorder coffee from this store once. Then do the same steps monthly. Fill the cart. Don’t pay until I say yes.
  7. 7. Compare these three (I’ll paste links). Pick a winner under $900. Add it to the cart. Don’t check out.
  8. 8. Give me a 5-bullet morning briefing: what’s on my calendar, anything waiting on me, and one thing I can ignore.

Not official xAI training. Built to translate the technical docs into human. Access is bundled with paid SuperGrok / Cursor plans.