Grok Field Guide

11 guides

Workflows. When one setup finishes, the next one starts.

In these guides, one bot or step finishes its part and passes the result to the next. Each guide shows the steps in order, and what the bot does by itself. New to this? Start with one small job from the Start in 5 minutes page.

Several Bots TogetherIntermediateAbout 1 hourStrong evidence

Let bots work at night and leave you a list for the morning

Wake up to a short list of decisions, not a pile of requests that expired while you slept.

What it does by itselfIt writes drafts at night. Nothing goes out until you check the morning list.

How the steps connect

  1. Bots research at night
  2. Bots write drafts
  3. You check one list in the morning

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For DevelopersAdvancedA few hoursStrong evidence

Run 200+ AI coding helpers with a team of manager bots

An xAI engineer uses five bots to manage AI coding helpers. Small, low-risk code changes go in by themselves. A person reviews the rest.

What it does by itselfIt adds small, low-risk code changes by itself. A person reviews every other change.

How the steps connect

  1. Bot starts a coding agent
  2. Bot checks the work every 30 minutes
  3. Low-risk changes go in, the rest go to a person
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Several Bots TogetherIntermediateAbout 1 hourStrong evidence

Talk to one bot that manages your other bots

Five bots messaging you all day is too much. Here, one bot collects their news and sends you a single update.

What it does by itselfIt writes drafts. It waits for your OK before it sends anything or changes your calendar.

How the steps connect

  1. You ask the coordinator
  2. A helper bot does the work
  3. The coordinator sends you one update

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Work & BusinessAdvancedA few hoursStrong evidence

Sales emails that bots prepare and you check

Bots research each contact and write the first email. Clear cases are lined up but not sent, so you only look at the unclear ones.

What it does by itselfIt writes drafts and lines them up. Nothing is sent automatically.

How the steps connect

  1. Coding agents research and draft
  2. Grok Bot checks each contact
  3. Clear ones wait unsent, flagged ones go to you
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Money & ShoppingIntermediateAbout 1 hourSome evidence

Find every subscription you pay for, then ask for a lower price

One bot lists your subscriptions. A second bot asks support for a discount, but only after you say go.

What it does by itselfIt waits for you. The second bot starts only when you say 'run it', and it cannot accept deals or confirm charges.

How the steps connect

  1. Bot 1 lists your subscriptions
  2. You say 'run it'
  3. Bot 2 asks for a discount and stops at cancel

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Work & BusinessIntermediateAbout 1 hourSome evidence

Two bots that find event customers every two hours

A small event company finds new customers with two bots and a drafts folder. xAI says possible deals grew 140% in a month.

What it does by itselfIt writes drafts. The owner reads them and says which to send.

How the steps connect

  1. Research bot finds events
  2. Sales bot writes the emails
  3. Owner reads the drafts and sends

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For DevelopersIntermediateAbout 1 hourStrong evidence

Turn a bug report into clear steps and screenshots

Paste a bug report. You get back the steps, screenshots, and technical notes from a clean test run.

What it does by itselfIt only reads and reports. It works on a test site, not your live site.

How the steps connect

  1. A complaint arrives
  2. Testing bot checks it
  3. Writer bot drafts a reply
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Creative ProjectsIntermediateAbout 1 hourStrong evidence

Turn your saved X posts into one small demo a day

Each weekday, the bot picks one idea from your saved posts and plans a demo. It builds only after you approve.

What it does by itselfIt waits for you. It builds nothing until you approve the plan.

How the steps connect

  1. Bot picks an idea from your saved posts
  2. You approve
  3. A coding agent builds the demo

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Creative ProjectsIntermediateAbout 1 hourSome evidence

Cut a video clip and get a caption written for it

Give the start and end times. You get back the clip, the best quotes, and a draft caption.

What it does by itselfIt writes drafts. The caption stays a draft, and nothing is posted.

How the steps connect

  1. Clipper cuts the video
  2. Researcher finds quotes
  3. Writer drafts the caption
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Creative ProjectsAdvancedA few hoursSome evidence

Three bots go from four photos to 3D-printed parts

Overnight, three bots turned four photos into a simulator, a report, and 3D-printed test parts.

What it does by itself: It acts without asking. The bots run experiments and send print jobs on their own.

How the steps connect

  1. Experimenter tests designs
  2. Coordinator moves the files
  3. Printer prints the best ones
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For DevelopersAdvancedAbout 1 hourOne report only

Update your help articles when your app changes

Help articles that update when the product changes. Keep a review step before anything is published.

What it does by itselfIt writes drafts, if you add the review step. The original setup published without review.

How the steps connect

  1. A code change goes live
  2. Bot checks what changed on screen
  3. Bot drafts the help article for you
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