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Recipe · Business

Ad spend vs budget recommendations

Pull spend by campaign, compare to budget and CAC, draft a Slack update.

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Type
Recipe
Category
Business
Connectors
ad platforms, analytics, Slack
Works as of
14 Oct 2026

From the official Grok Bot docs

Pull current spend and performance by campaign. Compare it with the monthly budget and target customer acquisition cost (CAC), then recommend reallocations with the supporting numbers. Draft a Slack update for the growth team. Do not change budgets or send the message.

Method

  1. 01

    Connect the sources

    Advertising platforms, analytics, the budget spreadsheet, and Slack. The bot is monitoring and recommending. It is not changing campaigns.

  2. 02

    Paste the starter prompt

    It pulls spend and performance by campaign, compares them with the monthly budget and the target customer acquisition cost, and recommends reallocations with the numbers behind them.

  3. 03

    Review the numbers and the Slack draft

    The Slack update is a draft. It is not posted. Budget changes are not made.

  4. 04

    Keep the same stop after it becomes a routine

    Even when the analysis runs on a schedule, campaign changes and the Slack message stay behind your approval.

Prompts

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