Bot Cookbook

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Updated 18 Oct 2026

25 things to try first

Pick one job you already do this week and open that link. Each item below is a real bot or a real recipe on this site. You do not need to try all 25.

  1. 01

    Create your first Grok Bot

    Install the app, sign in, name one job, and give it one task.

  2. 02

    Write Grok Bot instructions

    Put lasting rules in the description and today's task in the message.

  3. 03

    Import a shared bot

    Open a template link and add your own copy.

  4. 04

    First-Week Coach

    Day-one coach that picks one concrete task and can work from pasted text if you skip connectors.

  5. 05

    First Site

    Build one real web page with you, on free tiers, and do not deploy or buy anything until you say yes.

  6. 06

    Mac Butler

    A bot for your own Mac that can show today's calendar and reminders, and does not touch your messages or mail.

  7. 07

    Award Desk

    Compare cash with points for one trip, using dated sources for the rates.

  8. 08

    Draft emails and Slack messages you approve first

    The bot prepares a draft. You choose Send or Discard.

  9. 09

    Handle a login or 2FA safely

    You take over the screen for the password or code, then hand it back.

  10. 10

    Chief-of-staff daily prep

    A role that owns the daily prep of your priorities.

  11. 11

    Put a skill on a schedule

    Run a method you already trust, on a timer of at least five minutes.

  12. 12

    Turn a task you just did into a skill

    Capture a workflow you finished in chat, name it, and rerun it later with /.

  13. 13

    Teach a browser workflow by demonstration

    Show the clicks once, up to ten minutes, and read the draft skill.

  14. 14

    Talk with voice chat or dictation

    Start a live voice chat, or dictate a draft and send it yourself.

  15. 15

    Share your bot as a template

    Create a link after you take secrets out of the setup.

  16. 16

    Put several bots in a group chat

    Let two to six bots hand work across, and mention one with @.

  17. 17

    Send a photo or link from your iPhone

    Use the share sheet to drop a photo or link into a bot chat.

  18. 18

    Daily digest of your X mentions

    Check mentions with the X plugin, on a routine, after you connect it.

  19. 19

    Summarize an X thread by tagging @bot

    Reply under a post so your own bot receives the thread as a task.

  20. 20

    Reconcile a spreadsheet against a policy PDF

    Upload a sheet plus a policy file and list mismatches with page references.

  21. 21

    Get research back as a sourced document

    Request a write-up that labels facts, guesses, and next steps, each with a link.

  22. 22

    Start a routine from a Slack event

    Wake a job from a narrow event, not from every new message.

  23. 23

    Reproduce a reported bug

    Have a bot redo a reported problem and bring back evidence.

  24. 24

    Sales research that stops at a review list

    Score accounts and draft outreach, then send nothing until you say so.

  25. 25

    Publish one bot your whole team uses

    A Team Bot is one shared bot, different from a template copy for each person.

Questions

Are these made-up examples?
No. Each line links to a bot or a recipe that is already published on this site. Open the page before you import or follow it.
Do I need all 25?
No. Pick one job you already have. The rest can wait.
Will importing give me someone else's logins?
No. A template adds a copy of the setup on your account. You connect your own apps.

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