Free tool

Create a Routine

A routine is work your bot does on its own, on a schedule you pick. Weekly topic articles. A nightly news or competitor scan. A report waiting with your coffee.

A bot knows how to do a job. A routine tells it when. Fill this in and I'll write the routine for you. Set the schedule in Grok Bot, then paste the rest in as the routine's instructions.

Bot

Who does it. Set up to do a job the same way every time.

Prompt idea

One ask. Something you ask once.

Routine

When it runs. Tells that bot when to do the job, on its own.

No bot yet? Create Your Bot first, then come back.

How routines work (about a minute)

Build your routine

Pick a starter or write your own. Many people have a bot search or scan at night and get a short report first thing in the morning, with coffee.

1. The basics

Routine name required

Which bot runs it required

Use the bot's name in Grok Bot. No bot yet? Create Your Bot first.

How often required

Time

Time zone

When the report should be ready

Leave blank if it reports as soon as it finishes.

2. The job

What it should do each run required

One step per line. I number them for you.

What period it looks at

Where it looks

Read only in those apps unless I say otherwise

3. The rules

What needs your OK first

When to skip or stop

If there's nothing new

4. The result

What it sends you, and where

How the report should look

More options

Inputs it expects

Output format

Tools it needs

Saved steps (optional)

A plain checklist of the steps your bot follows each time. Paste it here, or keep it in a file your bot can already read and put that file's name here.

Fill in the routine name, which bot, how often and what it does each run.

What you type here stays in this browser. Don't paste passwords or private customer data. Privacy.

Your routine setup

Next steps

Set the schedule in Grok Bot. This page doesn't set it. Pick the time there.
Paste the instructions. Paste the text above into the routine's instructions. The When line is a reminder; the schedule itself is set in Grok Bot.
Test it once. Run it while you watch and read what it sends.
Refine it. Change your answers here, create it again, and paste the new version.

Safety checklist

Give the bot the smallest app access the job needs.
Keep the approvals written into the routine.
Do a test run before you let it run on its own.

Looking for one-time asks instead? Prompt ideas.

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