Automations are not Grok Bot

How this helps you

Knowing which tool fits stops you spending Bot usage on jobs a simple scheduled Automation can do.

Here is a list of my recurring jobs: [list]. For each one, tell me whether it only needs public information on a schedule (a fit for a Grok Automation) or needs logins, files, clicking through a site or many steps (a fit for a Grok Bot routine), and why. Put it in a table.

What they did

@gjmount explains a split that saves usage for SuperGrok users. Automations let you describe a job once, give it a schedule or an email trigger, and Grok runs it later as a fresh chat. Scheduled Automations are available to everyone; email triggers need SuperGrok. He found no published cap on saved Automations; what gets metered is the normal weekly usage pool when one runs. His rule: work based on public information (a news scan, a competitor watch, a morning brief, finding X posts on a topic) can usually be an Automation. Save Grok Bot for work that needs a computer: logging into a portal, clicking through a UI, working with files, or a multi-step job that keeps going while your laptop is closed.

Who it's for: SuperGrok subscribers deciding where a recurring job should live.

How to try it

1. List your recurring jobs.
2. Mark each one: is it a recurring question, or a recurring 'log in and do the thing'?
3. Make questions into Grok Automations (schedule or email trigger).
4. Give the 'log in and do it' jobs to a Grok Bot.
5. Check that a guide you follow is written for the product you are in.

What to expect

A daily briefing runs as an Automation, while a Bot handles a weekly portal export.

Common mistakes

• Spending Bot usage on a daily briefing that an Automation could do.
• Following an Automations guide inside Grok Bot, or the reverse.

Related tips

• Make routines cheaper: events, slow schedules, change checks: A 5-minute routine wakes 8,640 times a month. Use an event trigger, the slowest schedule that works, and a cheap change check.
• Keep routines one line long: The schedule says when. The skill says how.
• A daily X digest in Slack: Watch what people do with Grok Bot on X and Slack you a 9am digest.

Worth knowingPlan details are from the author's post, not an official pricing page. Check current plans before relying on them.

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