What is Grok Bot? An AI teammate with its own computer
What Grok Bot is, what a Bot can actually do, what all your Bots share, and when a plain script is the better tool.
Beginner · 4 min · checked 2026-10-31
The Academy
Learn Grok Bot properly.
Guides written from the official docs, dated and re-checked. Facts and our opinions are labelled apart.
Recently checked
Every guide carries the date we last re-read its sources.
Skills vs routines: what to save, and when to schedule it
A skill is how to do the job; a routine is when one Bot does it. Separate the method from the schedule, test, then automate.
Intermediate · 4 min · checked 2026-10-31
Permission levels: Reads, Drafts, Acts explained
Our three labels for what a bot can do to your accounts, how we assign them, how to read a risk flag, and what Grok Bot itself enforces.
Beginner · 4 min · checked 2026-10-31
Is Grok Bot down, or is it just you?
Where to check, what the error messages mean, what not to do during an outage, and how our status page decides.
Beginner · 3 min · checked 2026-10-31
Which Grok Bot plan do you actually need?
Which plans include Grok Bot, how the shared weekly usage pool works, and when Premium is enough.
Beginner · 4 min · checked 2026-10-31
Write a brief a Grok Bot can actually finish
Outcome, sources, constraints, deliverable, stop point. One Bot, one job. A copyable template and the mistakes that leave work half-done.
Intermediate · 3 min · checked 2026-10-31
Fixes · symptom first
- Grok Bot routines not running
- Bot not responding or “Bot failed to respond”
- Hit the Grok Bot weekly usage limit
- Connector keeps disconnecting
- Grok Bot share link not working
- Grok Bot sign-in not completing
Plans & limits
Which plan includes Grok Bot?
- Free, Plus
- Not included
- Premium
- Included · 4x usage
- Super
- Included · 15x usage
- Ultra
- Included · 50x usage
The X Subscription, usage relative to Plus, from the official docs checked 2026-10-31. Prices change; we link, we don’t guess.
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What is Grok Bot? An AI teammate with its own computer
What Grok Bot is, what a Bot can actually do, what all your Bots share, and when a plain script is the better tool.
Beginner · 4 min · checked 2026-10-31
Which Grok Bot plan do you actually need?
Which plans include Grok Bot, how the shared weekly usage pool works, and when Premium is enough.
Beginner · 4 min · checked 2026-10-31
How to add a Grok Bot from a share link
Open the link, read the preview, choose “Add to Grok Bot”, review it in the app. What you get, what you don't, and what to check first.
Beginner · 4 min · checked 2026-10-31
How to share a Grok Bot as a template
Create a copy, publish it, copy the link. What the template includes, what it leaves out, and what to strip before you share.
Beginner · 4 min · checked 2026-10-31
Build workflows Skills, routines, connectors, briefs.
Skills vs routines: what to save, and when to schedule it
A skill is how to do the job; a routine is when one Bot does it. Separate the method from the schedule, test, then automate.
Intermediate · 4 min · checked 2026-10-31
Write a brief a Grok Bot can actually finish
Outcome, sources, constraints, deliverable, stop point. One Bot, one job. A copyable template and the mistakes that leave work half-done.
Intermediate · 3 min · checked 2026-10-31
Run it safely Permissions, logins, boundaries.
Permission levels: Reads, Drafts, Acts explained
Our three labels for what a bot can do to your accounts, how we assign them, how to read a risk flag, and what Grok Bot itself enforces.
Beginner · 4 min · checked 2026-10-31
The shared computer: what all your Bots can see
Every Bot on your account works on one cloud computer. What's shared, what isn't, and how to keep one Bot's access from becoming every Bot's.
Intermediate · 4 min · checked 2026-10-31
Auto Review and approval cards: how Grok Bot asks first
What Auto Review checks, what each button on an approval card does, why cards expire, and how to write Custom Rules that hold.
Intermediate · 4 min · checked 2026-10-31
Fix problems Symptom-first fixes, dated.
Is Grok Bot down, or is it just you?
Where to check, what the error messages mean, what not to do during an outage, and how our status page decides.
Beginner · 3 min · checked 2026-10-31
Grok Bot routines not running
A routine never fires, fires at the wrong time, or shows Failed. Work the list top to bottom; the cheapest checks come first.
~5 min · checked 2026-10-31
Bot not responding or “Bot failed to respond”
The Bot is silent, stuck, or says “Bot failed to respond”. Least destructive step first; Reset is the very last resort.
~5 min · checked 2026-10-31
Hit the Grok Bot weekly usage limit
The Bot stopped and says you hit your usage limit. Nothing is broken. Your options now, and how to make next week's pool last.
~4 min · checked 2026-10-31
Connector keeps disconnecting
Gmail, Slack, Notion or another app shows Needs auth or Disconnected, or a routine fails because an app signed out. Check the status, re-authenticate properly, then look for a policy or a known issue.
~6 min · checked 2026-10-31
Grok Bot share link not working
The x.ai/bot link shows a 404, won't open, or “Add to Grok Bot” does nothing. Seven checks, most of them on the link itself.
~4 min · checked 2026-10-31
Grok Bot sign-in not completing
The browser sign-in finishes but the app doesn't, or you're stuck in a sign-in loop. The steps xAI recommends, in order.
~6 min · checked 2026-10-31