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Skills

Issues

Cursor's skill sync can overwrite your local skills, staff confirm

Staff confirm turning off Sync Skills for Cloud Agents copied an old snapshot over a user's skills. Also: old Grok app messages replaying into Bots, and a pre-typed prompt link is coming.

Grok BotFri 16 Oct 2026

Biology research can silence a Grok Bot, staff say

If a Bot goes quiet after science work, start fresh in another Bot. Below: desktop Bot instructions are gone by design, and email routines need a workaround.

Grok BotSat 10 Oct 2026

Changelog

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Known issuesConfirmed

Cursor's skill sync can overwrite your local skills folder

Staff confirmed that turning off Sync Skills for Cloud Agents copied an old snapshot over one Mac user's ~/.cursor/skills. Staff say keep it off for now; check the Trash if it hit you.

Known issuesConfirmed

Synced personal skills do not load inside Cursor automations

Staff corrected an earlier reply: typing the skill name is not enough. Put the skill in the repo, or paste its instructions into the automation.

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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

TipsConfirmed

Use skills and Ask first rules in place of Bot instructions

Desktop no longer has a per-Bot instructions field. Staff say role-named skills and Ask first rules are the closest stand-ins.

Grok BotLast checked 10 Oct 2026

TipsConfirmed

Find and edit your Bots' skills on desktop

The redesigned details pane hides skills, but Cmd+Shift+M still opens them under Private skills.

Grok BotLast checked 9 Oct 2026

ExplainersNeeds re-check

What a Grok Bot skill is, and how it differs from memory

A skill is a saved method any of your Bots can reuse. Memory is what one Bot remembers about its work.

Grok BotLast checked 8 Oct 2026

GuidesNeeds re-check

Write a Grok Bot description and skills that keep it on its job

The description says what the Bot owns and refuses. Skills say how it does a task. Here's what goes in each, from Cursor's docs and SpaceXAI's published Bots.

Grok BotLast checked 8 Oct 2026

TipsNeeds re-check

Turn a finished job into a skill all your Bots can use

One sentence after a good run saves the method as a skill every Bot can reuse.

Grok BotLast checked 8 Oct 2026

TipsConfirmed

Show a Bot a browser workflow once with Teach a task

Record up to ten minutes of clicks and the Bot drafts a skill you can edit.

Grok BotLast checked 8 Oct 2026

NewsConfirmed

Marketplace adds Bot templates, starting with Haggle Bot

SpaceXAI says its in-house procurement Bot saved it over $100K in its first week.

Grok Bot 0.41.0

Known issuesConfirmed

Skills missing from Bots added from a template

Recreate each skill on the new Bot by hand, because a Bot added from a template arrives without the skills its preview shows.

Grok BotUpdated 12 Oct 2026

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