The pieces
- BotsAn AI teammate with one job. Copy the instructions into a new Grok Bot.
- CrewsA few bots that work together, plus how they pass work to each other.
- TemplatesCopy someone else’s bot setup. Not their email or passwords.
- SkillsA saved how-to on a bot — not a new bot. Made in the Grok Bot app.
Routines
A schedule or trigger for a skill. Set in the Grok Bot app.- PluginsApp connections like Gmail or X. They don’t do the job by themselves.
- ComputerThe shared cloud computer every bot on your account uses.
What xAI means
Give it a name, the skill to run, and a time or an event. Work keeps going if your phone is off. Events today include Slack, Git, and Teams. Once an hour, or a few times a day, is usually enough.
A skill is how. A routine is when. Try the skill once on a new example before you schedule it.
The rule
Schedule
Write the hours first
Hangar’s instructions say when the job should run — 6am, every 30 minutes, Sunday 4pm. A routine is how Grok Bot actually does that.
Pace
Not every five minutes
If a person couldn’t do the job that often, fix the work before you put it on a timer.