Grok Bot: How to create automatic routines in Musk's AI agent

Elon Musk's AI company xAI launched a new app called Grok Bot on August 11, 2026. It is not the same as the chatbot Grok you may know from X (formerly Twitter). Grok Bot is instead a kind of digital employee that logs into the apps and programs you already use and carries out tasks from start to finish on its own.

The idea is that you give the bot a task, just as you would explain it to a new colleague. The bot then keeps working on its own "cloud computer," even when you are not at the screen, and only comes back to you when something requires your approval. This could be, for example, following up on sales leads, updating systems or other recurring office tasks.

A central part of Grok Bot is so-called "routines." A routine is a workflow the bot has to carry out again and again, for example every morning or every Monday. According to several beginner guides, it works best if you first let the bot solve the task manually once and correct it if something goes wrong. Once the task runs reliably, you can save it as a routine with a fixed schedule, and the bot will take care of it from then on without further instructions.

Before you schedule a routine to run automatically, it is recommended to test it first, so you are sure the bot does the right thing.

Grok Bot is still in a beta period and requires a paid subscription, either one of xAI's SuperGrok subscriptions or a subscription to the developer tool Cursor, which xAI partners with. So there is no free version. The app is available for desktop and iPhone, while Android is on the way.

Grok Bot is one of several so-called AI agent products that have appeared in 2026, as major AI companies such as Anthropic, OpenAI and Microsoft have launched similar tools designed to automate office work.