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Routines

Issues

Grok Bot launches its own email addresses at mail.grokbot.com

Ask your Bot to claim one permanent address. Below: Thursday's "Bot failed to respond" errors are fixed, staff say, but scheduled routines are still late.

Grok BotFri 9 Oct 2026

Changelog

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Opinion

NewsReported

Grok Bot should turn Musk's purchase pledge into a receipt ledger

Opinion: every desk's build-next pick this week is about what agents cost, break or buy. Ours is a Grok Bot purchase ledger with a claim button.

Grok Bot

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NewsReported

Grok Bot this week: a faster app, X Chat, a new plan and two outages

Oct 12 to 16 in one read: what shipped in Grok Bot, Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT and Hark, what broke, what to do now, and what to watch the week of Oct 19.

Grok Bot

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WorkflowsReported

A custom Slack emoji that hands any thread to Grok Bot

Roger reacts with a homemade :grok: emoji and their Grok Bot files the thread as an agenda item, a ticket or a draft reply.

Grok BotLast checked 16 Oct 2026

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WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Grok Bot for home services: a daily call review and booking rate

How an Oklahoma HVAC and plumbing shop has Grok Bot sort every inbound call at 5 PM and report a booking rate it used to guess.

Grok BotLast checked 16 Oct 2026

Work value 5/10

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WorkflowsReported

A daily Grok Bot ops report that replaces checking Vercel

@linxiaotao1993 gets one Vercel spend and errors report a day from Grok Bot: one line when all is clear, a numbered fix list when not.

Grok BotLast checked 15 Oct 2026

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WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Grok Bot for machine shops: five Bots prep the office, people approve

How a third-generation Chicago machine shop owner has five Grok Bots prep RFQs, vendor prices, supply buys and a weekly scorecard, and approves every send.

Grok BotLast checked 15 Oct 2026

Work value 5/10

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NewsConfirmed

Fix is out for older bots stuck after the account merge

Bots you had before merging into The X Subscription should reply again. Messages sent while they were stuck won't run, so send a new one.

Grok Bot

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Known issuesConfirmed

Grok Bots can drop "I'll do it later" promises, staff confirm

A Bot that agrees to do something later may never wake up to do it, and a non-urgent nudge from another Bot won't wake it either. A one-time routine fixes both.

Grok Bot

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NewsConfirmed

Grok Bot email now takes plus aliases for sorting and routines

Your one mail.grokbot.com address can now split into aliases like +receipts, and a routine can fire only for mail sent to one of them.

Grok Bot

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TipsReported

Tip: have your Bot focus Grok Bot after each Mac job

Staff call it the same workaround they recommend for the Mac away drop, just automated, while the underlying behavior is still unfixed.

Grok BotLast checked 14 Oct 2026

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WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Grok Bot for sales: meeting to proposal, signature, invoice and chase

A SpaceXAI ambassador who also founded e-sign startup SumoSign shows his Bots turning a sales meeting into a proposal, a signature, an invoice and a 14-day payment chase. Our version keeps every send behind your yes.

Grok BotLast checked 14 Oct 2026

Work value 5/10

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Known issuesConfirmed

After an account merge, older bots stick on Working on it

Staff confirmed the merge into The X Subscription can leave pre-merge bots and their routines silent. Don't reset or delete them; a fix is with the team.

Grok BotUpdated 14 Oct 2026

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Known issuesConfirmed

Grok Bot routines were held back again Tuesday morning

Staff say scheduled routines are flowing again since about noon ET, but runs missed this morning won't be replayed.

Grok BotUpdated 13 Oct 2026

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Known issuesConfirmed

Grok Bot routines need a Cursor plan with Automations, not SuperGrok

Staff confirm routine saves check your Cursor plan. On Start, or with only a SuperGrok link, the server refuses the routine.

Grok Bot

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Known issuesConfirmed

Status page: Grok Bot event routines failed for hours today

Event triggers dropped from 1:52 to 4:29 PM ET Oct 13. Staff say the same shared webhook limit filled again Oct 16; retry with backoff.

Grok Bot

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TipsReported

Keep the method in a skill, and put run data in a git repo

sughanthans1 keeps calendar, hooks, and post results out of the skill folder so the skill stays reusable.

Grok BotLast checked 13 Oct 2026

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WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Grok Bot for property ops: bills, utilities and a platform switch

How a property management president has Grok Bot send vendor bills to AppFolio, check utility bills, and move owner records to a new platform.

Grok BotLast checked 13 Oct 2026

Work value 5/10

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Known issuesConfirmed

Scheduled routines don't get the Bot inbox email tools

SendEmail works in the main chat but not in a routine run. Staff say use Gmail unattended, or hand the send back to chat.

Grok Bot

TipsReported

Use an email trigger when mobile hides webhook credentials

The phone app still doesn't show a webhook URL or key. BrexitBot's workaround is a mail.grokbot.com email trigger, or a forward into that inbox.

Grok BotLast checked 12 Oct 2026

TipsConfirmed

Hand Bot-inbox sends from a routine to the main chat

Scheduled runs can't see SendEmail for mail.grokbot.com. Staff say to draft in the routine, then approve the send in chat.

Grok BotLast checked 12 Oct 2026

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WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Grok Bot for marketing: an SEO and AEO desk that mines topics and holds every draft

How Eric Siu's AEO/SEO Bot turns calls and posts into a weekly topic slate, screens it for duplicates and made-up stats, and waits for an exact yes to publish.

Grok BotUpdated 13 Oct 2026

Work value 4/10

Known issuesConfirmed

Background scripts freeze when the Bot's computer sleeps

If a long-running script on your Bot's computer goes quiet for hours, the computer was paused. Make each run catch up and have a routine restart it.

Grok Bot

TipsConfirmed

Make background scripts catch up after the Bot's computer sleeps

Save a last-run time so a missed tick isn't lost, and let a routine restart your scripts after an update, as kevinn from Cursor's forum staff advised.

Grok BotLast checked 11 Oct 2026

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WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Grok Bot for engineering: a six-Bot mobile studio that ships, measures and fixes

How one developer split a live mobile game into six Bot seats with their own routines and handoffs, the job description he gave the analytics Bot, and the results he reports.

Grok BotLast checked 11 Oct 2026

Work value 4/10

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WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Grok Bot for finance: a bookkeeping Bot that prepares and an accountant who approves

How three people hand invoices, payments and a monthly P&L to a Grok Bot, what connects it to the books, and why each keeps a person on sign-off.

Grok BotLast checked 11 Oct 2026

Work value 3/10

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WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Grok Bot for founders and execs: an hourly attention list and a chief of staff that stays quiet

A SpaceXAI PM's setup for a Bot that tracks what you're working on and filters your inbox against it, plus a chief of staff that stays quiet.

Grok BotLast checked 11 Oct 2026

Work value 3/10

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WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Grok Bot for recruiting: inbound screening on fixed criteria and a pipeline stall watch

How a founder runs talent Bots against the same hiring criteria every time, how a recruiting CTO has a Bot find where candidates stall, and what to keep human.

Grok BotLast checked 11 Oct 2026

Work value 3/10

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WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Grok Bot for support: intake that a webhook or a Slack reaction starts

Three practitioners wire support tickets to Grok Bot with event triggers, hand bugs to a cloud agent and routine refunds to Stripe, and one says he gave up when the replies failed.

Grok BotLast checked 11 Oct 2026

Work value 3/10

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WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Grok Bot for teachers and students: score sheets, weekly email, and study tools

What working teachers and tutors say they hand to Grok Bot, from a score sheet and the week's email to a study tool, and the student data rules to settle first.

Grok BotLast checked 11 Oct 2026

Work value 2/10

Known issuesConfirmed

Email-triggered routines fail to save

If your Bot can't create a routine that runs when mail arrives, have it check the inbox on a schedule instead, as staff advise.

Grok Bot

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NewsNeeds re-check

Grok Bot this week: its own email, X tagging and a rough Thursday

Oct 5 to 9 in one read: two releases, Bot email, built-in X search, Opus 5.5 routing, a day of failed replies and late routines, and what to watch the week of Oct 12.

Grok BotUpdated 10 Oct 2026

TipsConfirmed

Have your Bot check Gmail Spam for real mail

Since 0.68.1, a Bot can search your Spam folder and move a message back to the inbox.

Grok BotLast checked 9 Oct 2026

TipsReported

Have your Bot watch an X thread overnight

Tag @bot with what to rank and when to send it, as Lauren Tan did to get her post's best replies on Slack at 8am.

Grok BotLast checked 9 Oct 2026

WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Grok Bot for engineering: supervising cloud agents, PR watches, and nightly audits

How a SpaceXAI engineer has Bots launch and chase Cursor cloud agents, which routines keep the loop closed, and where to keep a human on the merge button.

Grok BotLast checked 9 Oct 2026

Work value 5/10

WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Grok Bot for founders: design-partner scans, call prep, and one daily list

How an advisor to startup founders set up founder-led sales in Grok Bot, the routines that stage work overnight, and the conversations the guide says to keep for yourself.

Grok BotLast checked 9 Oct 2026

Work value 3/10

WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Grok Bot for marketing: spend watches, reporting asks, and competitor briefs

The routines SpaceXAI's marketers run every morning, the one they say to start with, and why campaign changes stay drafts.

Grok BotLast checked 9 Oct 2026

Work value 5/10

WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Grok Bot for operations: trackers, office logistics, and vendor spend

How Legal Ops, executive assistants, and office ops staff hand recurring upkeep to Grok Bot, and why every outbound message still waits for a person.

Grok BotLast checked 9 Oct 2026

Work value 3/10

WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Grok Bot for recruiting: interview prep, scorecards, and sourcing batches

How SpaceXAI's recruiting team uses Grok Bot across the ATS, the coordinator routines in its public templates, and the candidate privacy rules they ship with.

Grok BotLast checked 9 Oct 2026

Work value 3/10

WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Grok Bot for sales: a playbook for prospecting, sequences, and pipeline

What SpaceXAI's sales staff hand to Grok Bot, the routines they run, and the rule they all keep: the Bot drafts, you send.

Grok BotLast checked 9 Oct 2026

Work value 6/10

WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Grok Bot for support and customer success: drafted answers, quiet watches, and call prep

What SpaceXAI's support and post-sales staff hand to Grok Bot, the watches that mostly say nothing, and why every customer reply waits for a person.

Grok BotLast checked 9 Oct 2026

Work value 2/10

WorkplaceNeeds re-check

Turn built-in X search into a daily product feedback watch

Grok Bot can now search and monitor X without a connector. Here is a ready workflow for product and support teams: a weekday routine that sorts what people say about your product and stops before anything is filed or posted.

Grok BotLast checked 9 Oct 2026

Work value 2/10

ExplainersNeeds re-check

What a Grok Bot routine is, and what it costs to run one

A routine tells one Bot when to do a job on its own, on a schedule or when something happens.

Grok BotUpdated 9 Oct 2026

GuidesNeeds re-check

Keep a fleet of Grok Bots from leaking usage

Hidden Bots still run their routines, duplicates copy them, and every Bot-to-Bot reply counts. A cleanup routine for when you run more than a few Bots.

Grok BotLast checked 8 Oct 2026

GuidesConfirmed

Make your Grok Bot weekly usage last the whole week

Know what draws from which pool, find the routines and group chats that spend the most, and set a cap you won't regret.

Grok BotLast checked 8 Oct 2026

GuidesNeeds re-check

Make Grok Bot routines stay quiet when nothing changed

A routine that reports "nothing new" every hour trains you to ignore it. Write the silence rule, define what counts as a change, and keep failures loud.

Grok BotLast checked 8 Oct 2026

GuidesNeeds re-check

Set up your first Grok Bot routine without wasting usage

Prove the task once, save it as a skill, then schedule it, test it, and keep its approvals from expiring.

Grok BotLast checked 8 Oct 2026

Known issuesConfirmed

Delays and failures in scheduled Grok Bot routines

Message your Bot to run time-sensitive routine tasks now, and leave routines switched on while staff restore scheduling.

Grok BotUpdated 13 Oct 2026

TipsReported

Have Dr Eggbot audit your routines for waste

Lauren Tan's template flags unused or expensive routines and can recheck them weekly.

Grok BotLast checked 8 Oct 2026

TipsConfirmed

Give your Bot team a daily standup with an ops Bot

Lingxi Li's ops Bot meets each engineer Bot at 5 a.m. so rules don't fade.

Grok BotLast checked 8 Oct 2026

TipsNeeds re-check

Keep routine approvals from expiring while you're away

Turn on notifications and add narrow rules so a routine's approval doesn't lapse after 10 minutes.

Grok BotLast checked 8 Oct 2026

TipsConfirmed

Run routines hourly, not every 15 minutes

Cutting a 15 minute routine to hourly drops it from 96 runs a day to 24.

Grok BotLast checked 8 Oct 2026

TipsNeeds re-check

Test a new routine instead of waiting for its first run

Press Test to see a new routine's output now, not at tomorrow's first scheduled run.

Grok BotLast checked 8 Oct 2026

TipsConfirmed

Start a routine from any app with a webhook

Any system that can send an HTTP POST can start a Bot's routine, and its JSON body reaches the Bot.

Grok BotUpdated 9 Oct 2026

TipsNeeds re-check

Get a daily Slack digest of Grok Bot ideas from X

Lauren Tan's one-line prompt pairs Grok Bot's new X search with a 9am Slack message.

Grok BotLast checked 8 Oct 2026

NewsConfirmed

Your primary Bot can offer to take work off your plate

Suggestions don't count against your usage, SpaceXAI says.

Grok Bot 0.66.0

ReleasesConfirmed

Routines can be paused and resumed

Version 0.52.0 lets you stop a routine for a while without deleting it.

Grok Bot 0.52.0

NewsConfirmed

Bots can be shared as templates

You choose whether your team or anyone with the link can add a copy.

Grok Bot 0.30.0

ReleasesConfirmed

On-demand limits and multi-select questions

Version 0.25.0 lets individual plans set a monthly on-demand limit to None, Fixed, or Unlimited.

Grok Bot 0.25.0

ReleasesConfirmed

Routines can start from a webhook

Each webhook routine gets its own URL and key. Version 0.21.0 also added a language picker.

Grok Bot 0.21.0

ReleasesConfirmed

Routines can start from Teams, Linear, Sentry, and PagerDuty

Version 0.17.0, the oldest build on the official changelog, also caps a stalled connector at three minutes.

Grok Bot 0.17.0