Grok bot questions, answered plainly

Grok bots are custom assistants built on xAI's Grok platform. A creator publishes instructions (a persona plus rules), and anyone can open the finished bot in one click at x.ai/bot. Each one is tuned for a single job: code review, inbox triage, research.

Every bot on GrokBot HQ has an Open button that links to x.ai/bot. Click it, sign in with your X account, and the bot opens in Grok ready to use. You don't need to configure anything - the creator's instructions are already built in.

Opening and using Grok bots requires a Grok account; availability may depend on your subscription tier. The bots themselves are free to open - the creators don't charge per bot. GrokBot HQ is free to browse, always.

Opening and chatting with community Grok bots is free beyond your Grok subscription. xAI's separate Grok Bot agent product carries its own plan - check x.ai for current pricing. This directory lists no paid bots.

Browse the directory, open a bot with one click at x.ai/bot, and sign in with your X account. To build your own, use xAI's bot builder - our guide walks through the full process in about ten minutes.

Grok is xAI's AI chatbot, and Grok bots are small custom assistants built on top of it. The chatbot is the general assistant; bots are single-purpose tools - an inbox triager, a PR reviewer - tuned by their creators for one job.

Grok bots run inside Grok, so they work wherever Grok works: the web app, iOS, and Android. There is nothing to download or install per bot - open the link and start using it in your browser.

Grok is strong at real-time context through X, coding help, and fast reasoning. Grok bots shine when that power is pointed at one repeatable job - triaging an inbox, reviewing a diff, or chasing an invoice.

No. GrokBot HQ is an independent directory maintained by fans of the Grok bot ecosystem. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by xAI. Grok is a trademark of xAI, used here for identification purposes only.

Every submission is reviewed by hand. We open each bot, test it against three real prompts from its category, and check that the instructions match the description. Bots that spam, impersonate people, or don't work as described are rejected. About 8 in 10 submissions make it in.

Use the Submit page: paste your bot's x.ai/bot link, pick a category, and describe what it does in one sentence. Reviews usually take 48 hours. Listing is free; a featured placement is available for builders who want the top slot.

Three things: one job done well, instructions with explicit rules (not just a personality), and a clear 'you'll like this if…' pitch. The best bots we list do a single task - triage an inbox, review a PR - and state exactly what they will and won't do.

Yes - xAI's bot builder at x.ai/bot lets you create a bot by writing instructions in plain English. No code required. Our guide 'How to Create a Grok Bot' walks through the whole process in about ten minutes.

A bot only sees what you paste or say to it. Never share passwords, one-time codes, full card numbers, or anyone's private data. Redact account numbers before pasting statements, and treat everything you send as if it could be read by a stranger - because bot creators may see usage.

Same idea, different platform: Custom GPTs run on OpenAI's ChatGPT, Grok bots run on xAI's Grok. Grok bots open in one click from a link (no GPT Store browsing), are deeply tied to X for real-time context, and are generally quicker to create. Our comparison page breaks down the full differences.

Bots follow the conversation memory rules of Grok itself - each of your chats starts fresh unless you paste context back in. Well-designed bots ask for what they need at the start, and the best ones (like Chief of Staff) include a 'paste your last session summary' pattern in their instructions.

New bots are reviewed and added weekly, with the freshest batch highlighted on the New This Week page. The whole directory was last updated on August 30, 2026.

Directly, no - bots are free to open and xAI doesn't currently pay creators per use. Builders use bots as lead generation: a genuinely useful bot gets shared, and the builder's X profile and product ride along. Our featured slots also exist to give builders a launch channel.

A combo is a set of two or three bots that hand work to each other - like Ship Desk, where one bot scaffolds code, another reviews it overnight, and a third runs the fixes. Combos are starting ideas, not integrations: you paste output from one bot into the next.

Publishing instructions is a choice. We encourage builders to share the core of their persona text because it makes the listing more useful and the ecosystem more open - you can see exactly how the bot works before opening it.

Email us with the bot link and what went wrong, or flag it in a reply on X. Bots that break, mislead, or violate xAI's terms get delisted within 24 hours of a verified report.