Grok Bots are AI agents from xAI that work like digital employees: you give each one a job, and it does that job on its own cloud computer, signing into your apps and websites and checking in when it needs your OK. They keep working after you close your laptop, remember how you like things done, and can hand work to each other. For a business, the practical use is taking a repetitive job off your plate, like chasing invoices, updating the CRM, or pulling a weekly report. That only pays off if you set the Bot up narrowly and check its work, and this guide shows how.
Based on xAI's Grok Bot documentation as of October 19, 2026. Grok Bot is in beta, so menus and plans may change.
TL;DR
- What it is: persistent AI agents with a name, a job, and memory. They run on a cloud computer with a browser and use your apps through integrations or by clicking through screens like a person.
- What it costs: included with paid Cursor plans (individual and Teams), or a linked SuperGrok subscription. Bot usage resets weekly.
- How to start: install the Grok Bot app, create one Bot for one job, give it a concrete first task, then turn the steps that work into a skill and a scheduled routine.
- The big caution: all your Bots share one computer, including its logins and files. Give them only the access a job needs, and keep approval on for anything that sends, buys, or deletes.
- Want to learn AI delegation before you set up a Bot? Our free Claude Cowork course teaches the same habits.
What a Grok Bot actually is
xAI (now operating as SpaceXAI) launched Grok Bot in beta on August 11, 2026. The best way to understand it is to compare it with a regular chatbot:
| A regular AI chat | A Grok Bot | |
|---|---|---|
| How long it works | Until it answers you | Until the job is done, even after you leave |
| What it remembers | Mostly this conversation | Your preferences, its role, past work summaries |
| What it can touch | What you paste in | Your apps and websites, through a browser on its own computer |
| When it acts | When you type | On a schedule, after an event, or when you message it |
| How many | One assistant | Several Bots, each with its own job, that can talk to each other |
Each Bot has a name and a role, like "Invoice Chaser" or "Weekly Reporter." You can message it by typing, dictating, or voice, from the desktop app (Mac, Windows, Linux) or the mobile app (iPhone, iPad, Android). The Bot does the work on a cloud computer that keeps running when your devices are off.
How Grok Bots get into your apps
Bots use connectors where an app has one, which is the cleanest and most reliable route. For everything else, they use computer use: they open a browser, sign in, and click through the site the way you would. That's why they can work on old vendor portals that no AI tool integrates with. The catch is that some sites block automation, sessions expire, and CAPTCHAs need a human. When that happens, the Bot hands that step back to you.
What Grok Bot costs
According to xAI's docs, Grok Bot is included with every paid individual Cursor plan and the Cursor Teams plan. If you have a SuperGrok, SuperGrok Plus, or SuperGrok Heavy subscription, you can link it instead. Cursor is the AI coding company SpaceX bought in 2026, which is why the plans are tied together.
Usage is counted in agent steps and tokens, not messages, and it resets weekly. xAI doesn't publish one usage number per plan. Long, multi-Bot jobs burn through usage much faster than simple ones, so watch your usage in the first couple of weeks.
How to set up your first Grok Bot
Step 1: Pick one job that's boring, repetitive, and low-risk
Good first jobs are ones where a mistake is annoying, not expensive. "Every Monday, pull last week's numbers from three dashboards into a summary" is a good start. "Negotiate with our biggest supplier" is not.
Step 2: Create the Bot
In the Grok Bot app, choose New (or press Cmd/Ctrl+N), then Create new Bot. Open Edit Profile and give it a name, a short label, and a description.
Step 3: Write the description like a job description
The description holds the Bot's standing rules. xAI's advice is to scope each Bot to one job and spell out what it owns, what it produces, and what it must never do without asking. For example:
Name: Invoice Chaser
Job: Track unpaid invoices and draft polite payment reminders.
What you own:
- Check our invoicing tool every weekday morning for invoices 7+ days overdue.
- Draft a reminder email for each one, using the customer's name and invoice number.
What you produce:
- A short list: customer, amount, days overdue, draft reminder.
Never do without my approval:
- Send any email.
- Change, cancel, or discount an invoice.
- Contact a customer who is marked "do not contact."Step 4: Give it one concrete task, and watch
Start a conversation with a real piece of work. Tell it what result you want, where to look, what format to return, and when to stop:
Check our invoicing tool for invoices more than 7 days overdue. For each one, draft a friendly reminder. Don't send anything. Give me a table with the customer, amount, days overdue, and your draft, then stop.
Found 4 overdue invoices. Here's the table with a draft reminder for each. Nothing has been sent. Want me to save these as drafts in your email, or adjust the tone first?
You can open the Bot's computer to watch what it's doing. Correct anything it gets wrong; it remembers the correction.
Step 5: Save what works as a skill
Once the task comes out right, ask the Bot to save the steps as a skill, a reusable set of instructions with a check on the result and a point where it must ask you first. Test the skill on a different week's data before you trust it. Where the app shows a Teach a task option, you can also do the job once yourself in the browser while the Bot records it, and it drafts the skill for you.
Step 6: Put it on a schedule with a routine
A routine tells a Bot when to run a skill: on a schedule (every weekday at 8 AM) or after a supported event. When you set one up, confirm five things: the schedule and time zone, where it reads its inputs, what it returns, what needs your approval, and what to do if a source is missing. Use Run it now to test it, then check the run history.
7 ways to use Grok Bots in a business
- Chasing invoices. Check for overdue invoices daily and draft reminders for you to approve. One of the safest, most immediately useful jobs.
- Keeping the CRM current. After calls, have a Bot read your notes or email threads and update contact records, deal stages, and follow-up dates. xAI uses this as one of its own demo examples.
- Weekly reporting. Pull numbers from your ad platform, store, and analytics into one summary every Monday. Because this job is read-only, it's a good one to automate early.
- Supplier and vendor portals. Download statements, check order status, or pull invoices from vendor sites that have no integration. This is where computer use earns its keep.
- Customer inbox triage. Sort incoming questions, answer the routine ones as drafts (hours, order status, pricing), and flag the ones that need you.
- Competitor and market watching. Check competitors' pricing pages, new reviews, or job postings weekly and summarize what changed.
- Recruiting admin. Screen applications against your criteria, summarize candidates, and draft scheduling emails. Keep the hiring decisions with a person.
When several Bots work together
Once you have a few Bots that work, you can put two to six in a group chat so they hand work to each other. For example, a "Lead Finder" passes new leads to an "Outreach Drafter," which passes replies to a "CRM Updater." Start with the smallest group that works. Every Bot you add is more usage and more to supervise.
Sharing Bots with your team
Team Bots, added September 28, 2026, let one person set up a Bot once, with its skills, plugins, files, and logins, and publish it so the whole team can use it. Owners can bring a Team Bot into Slack ("Bring to your team's Slack") and invite it into channels with /invite @BotName. That's useful for a shared "Ops Assistant" that anyone can ask for a report.
Safety rules before you connect anything
Grok Bot needs more care than a chatbot, because it can act, not just talk:
- All your Bots share one computer. xAI's docs are explicit: files, browser sessions, and app logins on that computer are available to every Bot you run. If one Bot is signed into your bank, they all could be. Keep sensitive accounts off it, and don't treat separate Bots as a security wall.
- Deleting a Bot doesn't clean up after it. Its profile, conversation, and routines go away, but shared files and sign-ins may stay on the computer. Sign out of anything you no longer want it to reach.
- Put approval rules in writing. Add "never send, buy, delete, or change account settings without my approval" to each Bot's description, and keep it there.
- Never type passwords into the chat. When a Bot needs a login, use its secure secret request or take over the step yourself.
- Memory isn't a source of truth. xAI's docs say so directly. For anything that matters, like prices, balances, or deadlines, tell the Bot to recheck the real system instead of relying on what it remembers.
- Hidden doesn't mean paused. Hiding a Bot from the sidebar doesn't stop its routines. Turn routines off if you want it to stop.
Where Grok Bot falls short
- It's a beta. Features, plan access, and limits are still moving.
- Website automation is fragile. If a site changes its layout or adds a CAPTCHA, a routine can break. Check run history, not just the result.
- Usage limits are fuzzy. Multi-Bot jobs can hit your weekly limit mid-task.
- You can't pick the model. xAI routes your work to a model automatically.
- Watching isn't verifying. The Bot's computer view shows which pages it visited, not whether its answer is right. Spot-check the actual output.
If you want something simpler and approval-first, see how it compares in Grok Bot vs Claude. To compare all three always-on agents, read ChatGPT Dots vs Grok Bot vs Claude or ChatGPT Dots vs Grok Bot.
Frequently asked questions
What are Grok Bots?
Grok Bots are always-on AI agents from xAI, in beta since August 11, 2026. Each Bot has a name, a job, and memory, and works on a cloud computer with a browser, so it can sign into your apps and websites and keep working after you close your laptop. Bots check in when they need your approval and can hand work to each other.
How much does Grok Bot cost?
Grok Bot is included with every paid individual Cursor plan and the Cursor Teams plan, and you can also link a SuperGrok, SuperGrok Plus, or SuperGrok Heavy subscription. Usage is measured in agent steps and tokens and resets weekly. xAI doesn't publish a single usage number per plan.
How do I use Grok Bot for my business?
Start with one narrow, low-risk job like chasing overdue invoices or a weekly report. Create a Bot for it, write a description that says what it owns and what it must never do without approval, and give it one concrete task. When the result is right, save it as a skill and schedule it as a routine.
Is Grok Bot safe to connect to my business accounts?
It can be, with care. All your Bots share one cloud computer, including its logins and files, so only connect the accounts each job needs, keep sensitive accounts like banking off it, and require approval before it sends, buys, or deletes anything. Review its work closely for the first few weeks.
What is the difference between a Grok Bot and the Grok chatbot?
The Grok chatbot answers you inside a conversation. A Grok Bot is a persistent agent with its own job, memory, and cloud computer that keeps working in the background, uses your apps and websites, runs on a schedule, and can coordinate with other Bots.
Learn the skill that makes any AI agent work
Grok Bot, ChatGPT Dots, and Claude all depend on the same thing: a clear job description and someone checking the output. Our free Claude Cowork course teaches that with real business tasks, from writing a good brief to setting up your first recurring task. Those habits carry straight over to Grok Bot.
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