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.
Skills
A saved how-to on a bot — not a new bot. Made in the Grok Bot app.- RoutinesA 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
Teach a task once — write the steps, or do it on screen while Grok Bot watches. Save it. Later, say the skill’s name. On desktop, type / to pick a saved skill. Skills can be used by more than one of your bots, but the bot still needs the login or plugin that skill uses.
The rule
A skill is not a bot
New job, new bot
If you need a different result, that’s a new bot. If the same bot should do a known task again, that’s a skill.
Then the schedule
A routine is when
The skill is how. The routine is when. Try the skill once before you put it on a schedule.