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Grok Bot routines

Grok Bot routines tips: schedules, triggers, quiet hours and cadence, from real users and official docs. Work through them to master this part of Grok Bot. Each tip is credited to its creator.

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A read-only usage audit across your whole Bot team

One prompt has your chief of staff check every Bot's routines, schedules and triggers, then report what to pause, slow, narrow or merge, and change nothing until you approve.

How this helps you You see exactly which routines and triggers spend your usage, with a ranked list of safe changes you approve one by one.
Run a read-only usage efficiency audit across my entire Grok Bot team. 1. Routine inventory: ask every Bot, including hidden Bots, to report its active routines, schedules, triggers, purpose and recent runs. Tell me anything you cannot inspect. 2. Frequency: flag hourly routines, short intervals and jobs that run more often than their results are needed. Recommend longer intervals or on-demand runs. 3. Triggers: find routines watching broad events such as every Slack message or every email, and recommend specific channels, keywords or conditions. 4. Duplicate work: find Bots checking the same sources or producing overlapping reports, and recommend one owner. 5. Task scope: find recurring jobs with vague or broad instructions and recommend tighter inputs, clear completion conditions and shorter outputs. 6. Workflow: find repeat tasks that could use an existing skill or connected app instead of navigating websites. Don't claim savings without measurements. 7. Usage review: check the usage information you can see, separate estimates from measured usage, and rank changes by expected impact. Give me one report: routines worth pausing, schedules worth reducing, triggers worth narrowing, duplicate work worth combining, workflows worth simplifying, and your top [five] changes, with evidence and trade-offs for each. Do not pause, delete, edit or create any routines, Bots, skills or connections without my approval.
RoutinesSpotted by @Michael_Fenech_3 Nov 202632 likes · 3 reposts · 56 bookmarks · 4K views

Have a Bot watch for cancellations at a fully booked spot

Ask a Bot to check a booking page every hour and ping you the moment a slot opens, so you can grab a cancellation before anyone else.

How this helps you You stop refreshing a booking page and still catch the cancellation.
Check [booking page links] for openings on [date] between [time window] for [party size]. Do it now and tell me what you see, then check every hour until [stop time]. Only message me when a slot I'd accept appears, with the time and the booking link. Don't book or enter any details yourself. If a page won't load or asks me to log in, tell me once and keep trying.
RoutinesSpotted by @mattyp31 Oct 2026489 likes · 0 reposts · 98 bookmarks · 23.6K views

A routine that triages your backlog with RICE and blast radius

Your Bot collects requests into a backlog, then a routine scores each item for reach, impact, confidence, effort and blast radius so the best small jobs rise to the top.

How this helps you You stop arguing about what to build next; the backlog sorts itself by value and risk.
Go through [backlog] and score every open item: Reach (how many users it affects), Impact (1 to 3), Confidence (percent), Effort (days), and Blast radius (low, medium or high: how much could break). Score = Reach x Impact x Confidence / Effort. Sort by score, list the top 5 with one line each, and flag any high blast radius item as needing human review. Don't add new items unless they came from a real request.
RoutinesSpotted by Rob Shocks - Switch Dimension (YouTube)31 Oct 2026Video: 14.7K views · 276 likes · 26 comments

Find the tasks you repeat every week, ranked by time saved

One prompt makes your Bot read two weeks of your email, meetings, Slack and docs, list what you do over and over, and pick the top three to automate.

How this helps you You find automations from what you actually did, not from a list of ideas, and you start with the one that saves the most time.
Look through my work from the last two weeks: emails I sent, meetings, Slack messages, docs I edited, and anything else you can see.

List the tasks I did more than once, grouped by type. For each one, tell me:
- what the task is, in one line
- how often I did it
- roughly how long it takes me each time
- whether you could do it for me, partly or fully, and what you'd need access to

Then pick the top 3 to automate first, ranked by time saved, and suggest a routine or a dedicated bot for each.
RoutinesSpotted by @ericzakariasson30 Oct 2026594 likes · 0 reposts · 855 bookmarks · 47.9K views

A content scout routine that files X news onto your idea board

Twice a day, a Bot reads public posts on X, picks three topics worth covering, and adds the useful links to matching cards on your Notion idea board.

How this helps you You stay current without scrolling X, and each idea collects its own research before you start on it.
Read public posts on X from the last [hours] hours about [niche]. Pick the 3 topics most worth a [format] from me, each with one line on why and the link to the best post. Then open my Notion database [database name]. If a topic fits an existing idea card, add the links to that card under Resources and tell me which cards you changed. Don't create new cards and don't post anything.
RoutinesSpotted by Ras Mic (YouTube)29 Oct 2026Video: 33.9K views · 519 likes · 70 comments

A Sunday leadership brief from meeting transcripts and Slack

Once a week, a Bot reads your team's meeting transcripts and Slack and tells you what each team discussed, what was decided, and where it drifts from your priorities.

How this helps you In a few minutes a week you see what each team is working on and where it drifts from your priorities, with links to check.
Build me a leadership Bot. Connect it to my meeting transcripts in [tool] and my team's Slack, including [channels]. Every Sunday morning, send me a short brief: what each team talked about this week, what decisions were made, and where that does or doesn't match my top priorities. My priorities are: [list]. Link the source of anything important and tell me what you couldn't read. Read only: don't post or reply anywhere.
RoutinesSpotted by Dan Martell (YouTube)28 Oct 2026Video: 285.4K views · 4.8K likes · 237 comments

Build a monthly usage audit page that labels every routine

Hand your Bot screenshots of your usage and billing pages, get a page that marks each routine Keep, Slow down, Change check or Retire.

How this helps you You see which routines are worth their usage and get exact changes to make, on one page you refresh monthly.
Here are screenshots of my usage page and billing page: [screenshots]. Audit how my Bots use my weekly usage and build the results as a page called [Usage audit]. List every routine with its Bot, schedule and runs per week, and label each one Keep, Slow down, Change check or Retire, with a reason. For Change check, write the exact check-first line to add. Add a section for other drains: long chats, old group chats, browser jobs, third-party models, images and video. Mark which numbers are verified and which are estimated. Don't change, pause or delete anything until I approve.
RoutinesSpotted by Kacper Rutkiewicz (YouTube)27 Oct 2026Video: 13.5K views · 352 likes · 66 comments

Route every meeting transcript to the right Bot with a webhook

When your note taker finishes a call, a webhook wakes your Chief of Staff Bot, which reads the transcript and hands it to the Bot that owns that work.

How this helps you Every call's follow-up reaches the right Bot without you forwarding notes.
When this webhook fires, read the meeting transcript in the request. Decide which Bot owns it: [routing rules]. Send it to that Bot with a 3 line summary and any action items, and file the transcript in [folder]. If it fits none of them, send it to me. Downstream Bots may draft but never send.
RoutinesSpotted by Mike Weisman (YouTube)27 Oct 2026Video: 471 views · 9 likes · 2 comments

Get a prep doc a few minutes before each meeting

A morning routine reads your calendar, pulls context from email and connected apps, and sends a prep doc just before each meeting starts.

How this helps you You walk into each meeting knowing who's there, why, and what you owe them.
Set up a routine every weekday at [time] to go through my calendar for the day and make a prep doc for each meeting: who's attending, why we're meeting, recent emails with them and anything I promised. Send me each doc [minutes] minutes before the meeting starts. Skip [meetings to skip].
RoutinesSpotted by Founders School (YouTube)25 Oct 2026Video: 80K views · 1.2K likes · 648 comments

Ask which of your past prompts should be routines

One prompt makes a Bot look back over what you keep asking and say what should be a routine, a trigger, or its own Bot.

How this helps you You find the jobs you do by hand that could run on their own, without guessing.
Look through the prompts I've sent to my different Bots. Which of these should turn into a routine or its own Bot? For each one, say whether it's the same check every day or something that happens when an event occurs.
RoutinesSpotted by @GrokBotRadar25 Oct 202624 likes · 0 reposts · 27 bookmarks · 2.6K views

A Monday money check routine

Renewals, higher bills and price drops in one short list. Nothing bought without your yes.

How this helps you Upcoming renewals, higher bills and price drops reach you in one short weekly list, and nothing is bought or cancelled without your yes.
Every Monday at 8am, check my email for renewals in the next 30 days, bills higher than last month, and price drops on things I've told you to watch. One short list with amounts and dates. Cancel or buy nothing without my yes.
RoutinesSpotted by @Johnny_logan24 Oct 20260 likes · 0 reposts · 0 bookmarks · 14 views

Keep routines one line long

The schedule says when. The skill says how.

How this helps you When the job changes you edit one skill, and every routine that uses it updates. No duplicate instructions drifting apart.
Move everything in my [routine name] routine's instructions into a skill called [name]. Then change the routine's prompt to one line: run the [name] skill end to end. Show me both before you save.
RoutinesSpotted by @GrokBotRadar21 Oct 202621 likes · 0 reposts · 27 bookmarks · 2.2K views

Analyse your own usage CSV

Export usage from the Usage page and ask your Chief of Staff Bot how to cut it.

How this helps you You see which Bots and routines use the most, so you know what to trim first.
Here's my usage CSV. Check this usage file, analyse my Bots' behaviour and tell me how we should optimise for usage. Rank fixes by usage saved. Don't change anything until I approve.
RoutinesSpotted by @tejas373219 Oct 2026504 likes · 0 reposts · 1K bookmarks · 56K views

Put quiet hours inside the routine itself

Have the routine re-check the clock right before it acts, and skip itself if it's too late.

How this helps you A late or delayed run skips itself instead of posting or pinging at a bad hour.
Right before you post or send anything, check the current time. If it's after 00:30 or before 7:00, skip this run and do nothing.
RoutinesSpotted by @sisiliu51718 Oct 20260 likes · 0 reposts · 0 bookmarks · 32 views

Write the outcome, not the recipe

Describe what you want; pasted tool calls break by week two.

How this helps you Routines written as goals keep working when tools or connectors change.
Check new signups and ping me only if one is real.
RoutinesSpotted by @timwork_notes17 Oct 20260 likes · 0 reposts · 0 bookmarks · 15 views

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.

How this helps you Fewer wasted runs means your weekly usage lasts for real work, and the log tells you which routines are worth keeping.
After every run, append one line to routines/log/[name].csv:
time,result,changed,minutes,needed_approval,note

result is one of: ok, no_change, draft_left, failed
note is under 12 words. Create the file with that header if missing.
RoutinesSpotted by @gippp6911 Oct 2026562 likes · 0 reposts · 1.2K bookmarks · 1.4M views

A price watch Bot that only pings you for a real, verified drop

Give a Bot one exact product and two shops. It checks every morning, treats anything it can't read as unknown, and stays quiet unless it confirms a lower price.

How this helps you You stop checking shop pages yourself, and the only alert you get is one you can act on.
Check the price of [exact product] at [shop links]. Only count the exact configuration. For each shop give: price, in stock yes or no, and the time checked. If a page won't load or the price isn't shown, write unknown; never guess. Message me only if a price is verified below [target price]. Then set this as a routine every day at [time].
RoutinesSpotted by Parker Prompts (YouTube)3 Oct 2026Video: 59.4K views · 0 likes · 7 comments

Create a routine by asking, then ask what else to schedule

Describe a schedule in one sentence to make a routine, then ask the Bot which routines it thinks you need.

How this helps you You get a working schedule in one sentence, plus ideas for jobs you had not thought to automate.
Every weekday at 9:00 am, look through my Slack and email and send me a short report of what needs me. Then tell me three other routines you think I should have, based on what you know about my work.
RoutinesSpotted by Charlie Chang (YouTube)30 Sep 2026Video: 409.7K views · 4.8K likes · 173 comments

Make your first task boring

Start with something checkable, then add one thing at a time.

How this helps you Starting with something you can check builds trust before you hand over logins and schedules.
Turn this into a clean one-page summary with headings: [paste text or attach file]. Then tell me what you weren't sure about.
RoutinesSpotted by @GrokBotRadar18 Sep 202612 likes · 0 reposts · 18 bookmarks · 2.5K views

Run nightly code audits that leave PRs for the morning

Engineer Bots clean up the codebase overnight; you review a fresh set of pull requests with breakfast.

How this helps you Maintenance happens every night instead of in rare clean-up sprints.
Every night at [time], audit [repo] for [audit type]. For each improvement, start a cloud agent to make the change on its own branch and open a PR with proof: tests passing and [proof]. Keep each PR small and focused. Don't merge anything. In the morning, send me a list of PRs with one line each on what changed and the risk.
RoutinesSpotted by Lingxi Li (x.ai guide)10 Sep 2026No public metrics

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