# How to make money with Grok Bot, and agents like it

> You make money with Grok Bot by giving it a job someone already pays for: filling cancelled appointments, quoting trade jobs within the hour, chasing overdue invoices, or finding tenders and sponsors. Only fast replies to leads show a payment so far. You need xAI's Premium plan or higher, usage has run out faster since 1 November, and you answer for every email it sends.

Mindket editors · Published 2026-11-07 · Updated 2026-11-07 · https://mindket.com/blog/how-to-make-money-with-grok-bot

## In short

- Chase money that already exists: a lead waiting for an answer, customers who left, refunds nobody followed up.
- Trust a payment page over a chat screenshot. Of the money posts we read, one shows the payment.
- Keep every send behind your own press, and never script the X website.
- Budget by the week, and leave your card out of Vault until you're happy for a Bot to pay without asking.

## Six Grok Bot use cases that can pay

A salon, a dental practice or a dog groomer loses money on every cancelled slot. Set a Bot to start when the booking system's cancellation email arrives. It checks the waitlist, drafts an offer to the first three people, and drafts the confirmation when one says yes. You press Send each time, and the same setup sells to every clinic on your street.

A roofer or a removals firm usually loses the job to whoever quotes first. Corey's sale turned on speed, and xAI's own sales workshop shows a Bot turning requests for proposals into estimates. Give the Bot your price list as a file. When an enquiry lands, it drafts a quote with two times to visit.

Freelancers and small agencies wait weeks for money they've already earned. A Monday routine can read your list of open invoices, draft a reminder for each one that's 7, 14 or 30 days late, firmer each time, and list who promised a date. A bookkeeper can run it for every client, on each client's own plan.

Small contractors and charities miss tenders and grants because nobody reads the portals every day. A morning routine can open the public portals, keep the notices that match your rules, and post a short go or no-go note to Slack with the deadline. A first draft of the reply can follow, for you to rewrite.

A newsletter, podcast or channel with a niche audience can find its own sponsors. Once a week the Bot looks on X and the web for companies sponsoring similar shows, finds each one's partnership page, and drafts a pitch with your audience numbers. Send them one at a time: a sales pitch by email falls under CAN-SPAM like any other.

A plumber, an electrician or a wedding photographer can find people asking for one nearby. Each morning the Bot searches public posts on X for requests in your town and hands you a list with links. You reply yourself, because X bans automated replies to posts found by search.

These are our ideas, built from what [xAI's docs](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/computer-and-apps) say a Bot can do: search X, start when an email arrives, [run on a schedule](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/skills-routines-and-automations) and use sites you're signed in to. Only the trade quote leans on a posted payment, Corey's fast reply to a lead. Start with the one closest to money you already handle.

| Use case | Who pays you | What starts the Bot | What you earn |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fill cancelled appointments | Salons, dentists, groomers | A cancellation email | Slots that would sit empty |
| Quote trade jobs within the hour | Roofers, cleaners, removals firms | An enquiry email | The jobs that go to the first quote |
| Chase overdue invoices | Freelancers, agencies, bookkeepers | A Monday routine | Money already earned, sooner |
| Find tenders and grants | Contractors and charities | A morning routine | Contracts nobody spotted in time |
| Find sponsors for a show | Newsletters, podcasts, channels | A weekly routine | Sponsor deals |
| Find people asking on X | Local trades and photographers | A morning search | Jobs from people nearby |

## The post Musk shared: a Bot that won back lost customers

The best-known Grok Bot money story is a win-back campaign, the oldest move in keeping customers. Liam Fallen, a London consultant who [builds AI agents](https://liamfallen.com/about/) for small teams, gave a Bot one job: win back lost customers. It found everyone who had left in the last six months, emailed them and won "several" back. Then it collected their feedback and overnight drafted a five-step plan to fix why they'd gone.

Elon Musk quoted the post three hours later with "Grok @Bot can earn you money". By early November the two posts had about 36 million and 29 million views.

The post gives no figures for the result. "Several" is its only count of customers won back, and "It has already covered its cost" is the whole money claim, with no price or plan named. So it proves a method, not a size. The method holds up, though. People who paid you once are the cheapest money an agent can chase, and email is a channel you already own.

[![Liam Fallen's post on X: My Grok Bot just paid its own salary. Its one job was winning back churned customers: it found everyone who left in the last six months, emailed them and won several back](https://mindket.com/blog/shots/x-liam-fallen-grok-bot-paid-its-salary.webp?v=03f26db96801)](https://x.com/liam_fallen/status/2090355235751379002)

Liam Fallen on X, 20 August 2026

[![Elon Musk's post on X: Grok @Bot can earn you money](https://mindket.com/blog/shots/x-elonmusk-grok-bot-earn-money.webp?v=83e4dbb79168)](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2090398269318758570)

Elon Musk on X, the same day, quoting Liam's post

> Screenshots of X's own embed of each post, taken on 6 November 2026, with times in UTC. Liam's embed stops at Show more and leaves out the post's picture, a Grok Bot logo. Select one to open the post on X.

## Which money posts show a receipt

Most Grok Bot money posts show a claim, not a payment. The one with a receipt is the plainest job of all. Corey Ganim, who sells AI services to small businesses, had a Bot answer a lead in the inbox and then send a Stripe payment link. Corey approved both emails, about four minutes of work, and the [Stripe screenshot](https://x.com/coreyganim/status/2093074260361347474) shows the buyer paying on 23 August.

The Bot didn't bring in the lead. "My content and referrals did," in Corey's words, and "The win was speed, not persuasion." Corey's rules are the ones we'd copy: drafts only, a person approves every send, and the Bot never invents a pay link. Without inbound leads there's nothing for it to close.

A bigger claim shows less. [Alex Finn's post](https://x.com/AlexFinn/status/2090939211159650633) claiming a Bot had negotiated a sponsorship on its own drew more than 180,000 views. Its screenshot is a rate quote sent from Finn's own address, dated a day before the "yesterday" in the post, and no payment. Two days apart, Finn posted two running totals for a later site paid for by sponsors, and the only payment shown is one sponsor's, in a Bot's chat. Finn sells AI products too. That doesn't make the posts false, but until a payment shows they read as ads.

| Who, and when | What the Bot did | What they posted | What the picture shows |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Corey Ganim, 27 August 2026 | Answered a lead in the inbox and sent a Stripe link Corey approved | "it closed a $999 deal out of my inbox" | A Stripe page: $999.00 succeeded on 23 August, a minute after a declined try |
| Alex Finn, 21 August 2026 | Answered and negotiated sponsorship emails | "Grok Bot just autonomously made me $10,000" | A rate quote from Finn's address, dated before the Bot started by the post's own account. No payment |
| Alex Finn, 13 and 15 October 2026 | Built and ran a small site paid for by sponsors | ["$1,100"](https://x.com/AlexFinn/status/2110082377552888312) with two sponsors, then ["$1,800"](https://x.com/AlexFinn/status/2110851435223285909) in a week | A Bot chat naming one sponsor that paid $600, then the app with no figures |

## How to set up a first paid job

Pick the job before the Bot. A job with a price already on it can pay back within weeks. One that needs an audience first may never pay.

Liam later argued for giving a Bot [outcomes, not tasks](https://x.com/liam_fallen/status/2090517465897816090), such as "Help me grow my business", and letting a Chief of Staff Bot plan the rest. For a first paid job we'd start narrower, because xAI's own example of a good brief names what the Bot must not touch. The brief below is ours, built the same way.

````text
Find members who cancelled in the last six months.
Draft one short email to each, in my voice. Mention the reason they gave, if we have it.
Don't send anything, and don't change anyone's account.
Leave the drafts for me by 9 am, with a list of who you skipped and why.
````

1. Choose a job with money attached: leads waiting for an answer, lapsed customers, unpaid invoices, or refunds and claims you may be owed.
2. Connect only the apps that job needs, such as Gmail and your customer list. [xAI's checklist](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/approvals-security-and-privacy) also says to start with read-only tasks and draft outputs.
3. Walk the Bot through one real case. It can save the path as a skill, and xAI suggests testing that skill on a one-time task before it runs on a schedule.
4. Add Ask first rules for sending, publishing, buying and deleting before you turn on a routine. When an Allow rule and an Ask first rule both match, Ask first wins.
5. Hand it a brief with edges, like the one above, and read every draft before anything leaves.
6. Count what came back against that month's plan and usage. If you can't name the number, the Bot hasn't paid for itself yet.

[Grok Bot for Sales: How one company grew its pipeline 140% in a month](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zupqr-rApp4)

xAI's own workshop of 13 October 2026, with Kevin Luke of Above the Line: a prospecting routine from 8:53, and requests for proposals turned into estimates. The 140% in its title is xAI's figure.

## Money you may already be owed

Money you're already owed needs no buyer, which makes it the easiest kind to chase. Six days into the beta, Darian Shirazi had a Bot [read the inbox for lost money](https://x.com/darian314/status/2089381004524093752). It wrote to five merchants that hadn't refunded returns, and by Darian's count it got back more than the monthly fee.

Liam built a Bot for the same job on 27 September. [Money Finder](https://x.com/liam_fallen/status/2104147554376020047) sweeps official refunds, settlements and compensation in your country, checks your email for proof, and fills in the claim for you to submit. It's free, with three other one-job Bots, on [Liam's site](https://liamfallen.com/grok-bots/).

Treat the replies as leads, not results. "Eligible" isn't paid, and the biggest figure comes from an account with 157 followers and no bio. The most useful reply is the one that failed: the Bot stopped at a site's security check and handed the step back, which is what xAI's docs say it should do.

| Who, and when | What the Bot did | What they posted |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Darian Shirazi, 17 August 2026 | Emailed five merchants that hadn't refunded returns | "it's now made more than the monthly fee", no amount |
| Stella Garber, 20 August 2026 | Found gift cards Stella had forgotten to use | [Three cards, "$150 in my pocket"](https://x.com/startupstella/status/2090450591688360033) |
| Gustavo Schmidt, 27 September 2026 | Ran Money Finder | ["eligible for 12k in tariffs refunds"](https://x.com/GUSTAVOSCHMIDT/status/2104210031180960102), not yet received |
| Ash (@AmericanIrish), 29 September 2026 | Ran Money Finder | ["about $225 in unclaimed property"](https://x.com/AmericanIrish/status/2104756650179534941) and four class action suits |
| @McFreedomUSA, 28 September 2026 | Ran Money Finder | [Found one claim](https://x.com/McFreedomUSA/status/2104570038027956706), then "couldn't make it past security", so the details went in by hand |

## Building Bots for other people

The only sale of a Bot build we found happened in a café. On 2 October Liam was working from one, got talking to the owner about AI, and showed the owner a few Bots. The owner asked Liam to build one, and Liam offered to help the owner build it instead. The owner would rather pay Liam to do it, and [that was the sale](https://x.com/liam_fallen/status/2106089549944201339). The post gives no price.

Shared templates arrived on 28 August, and the same day Corey Ganim [suggested](https://x.com/coreyganim/status/2093443828694892854) building a speed-to-lead Bot and selling it door to door to local service businesses. It's an old business in a new wrapper: setup work for an owner with no time. What a Bot changes is the hand-over. Anyone with a template's link can add a copy without your computer, logins or chat history, and adding one accepts xAI's [third-party bot terms](https://x.ai/legal/bot-sharing-terms).

Set the client's Bot up on the client's own plan. Each paid seat has its own weekly pool and seats don't share, so a Bot you run for them on your account spends your usage. Our [agency guide](https://mindket.com/blog/how-to-start-an-ai-automation-agency#pricing-and-upkeep) covers pricing the upkeep.

## What it costs, and why it got tighter in November

Grok Bot comes with the Premium, Super and Ultra plans of [The X Subscription](https://docs.x.ai/x-subscription/pricing), xAI's one bill for Grok, Cursor and X. Plus and Free don't include it. Bot runs draw from the same weekly pool as Cursor and the Grok apps. Past that you pay from prepaid credit, which isn't refunded once spent.

The squeeze came on 1 November. A user whose usage hit 100% four days before their weekly reset [asked Musk for a fresh one](https://x.com/DogecoinNorway/status/2116986414110007446), saying lots of people had run out fast. Musk answered that the cost of serving Grok Bot was too high next to its revenue, and asked another user whether a bigger plan cost too much.

Seventeen days earlier a Musk post had read "Never seen anything grow as fast as @Grok @Bot". Benjamin De Kraker, who used to work on Grok at xAI, [set the two posts side by side](https://x.com/BenjaminDEKR/status/2117018152663970101) that night. The usage page on xAI's site still gives no new numbers, only that higher tiers get larger pools. A support email that a user posted on [Cursor's forum](https://forum.cursor.com/t/176909/240) takes back an earlier answer that blamed a glitch, and says included usage is "at least the value of your plan price". The user, not the email, puts the cut at about 50%. We found no reset like the ones @bot announced on 26 August and 2 October.

For a paid job that changes the sums. A win-back that runs once a month costs little. Corey's Bot sweeps for money follow-ups every hour from 8 am to 6 pm, and a schedule like that can spend a week's pool by midweek. A monthly spending limit won't stop a run that's already going.

- **1 week** of usage an hourly routine or a busy Slack trigger can spend in a day, says xAI (Source: [xAI: Skills, routines and automations](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/skills-routines-and-automations), read 2026-11-06)

[![Elon Musk's reply on X to @DogecoinNorway: The cost of serving Grok Bot was unsustainably high relative to revenue](https://mindket.com/blog/shots/x-elonmusk-grok-bot-cost.webp?v=8c7421d3228e)](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2116992258520064397)

Elon Musk on X, answering the request for a reset

> Screenshot of X's own embed, taken the same day as the two above, time in UTC.

## What it may send, on X and by email

On X, tagging @bot in a post hands that post to your Bot as a task, and @bot only replies with a short confirmation. A Bot can search and read public posts on X without signing in as you. For your DMs, bookmarks and home timeline, it needs the [X plugin](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/computer-and-apps), which runs on X API credits from a developer account.

X's [automation rules](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/x-automation) hold you responsible for any app acting on your account. Scripting the X website instead of using its API "may result in the permanent suspension of your account". Replies to posts found by keyword search, DMs nobody asked for, automated likes and bulk follows are out, and an AI reply bot needs X's "prior written and explicit approval".

Email has its own law. A win-back email counts as a commercial message when its main purpose is to sell, and the FTC's [CAN-SPAM guide](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business) uses nearly that case, a message to former customers about a new product line. You need an honest From line and subject, a clear note that it's an ad, your postal address, and an opt-out you honor within 10 business days.

Letting a Bot send it doesn't move the blame, since the guide says you can't contract that duty away. Grok Bot's own address helps. Email from a routine waits as a draft until you press Send. First-contact emails go to one person at a time with a one-click unsubscribe link, and the Bot stops writing to anyone who bounces or unsubscribes.

- **$53,088** the top civil penalty for each email that breaks CAN-SPAM, unchanged for 2026 (Source: [FTC: civil penalty amounts for 2026](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/15/2026-18853/civil-penalty-inflation-adjustments), read 2026-11-07)

> Calls in an AI voice fall under the TCPA's rules for artificial voices, which [our agency guide](https://mindket.com/blog/how-to-start-an-ai-automation-agency#voice-agents-and-the-law) covers.

## Before you let it touch money

Grok Bot can pay at checkout with a card saved in [Vault](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/vault), a card typed into a Secure Form, or a wallet such as Link or X Money. A saved card fills in "without asking you each time", and no setting changes that. If you want to approve every payment, xAI's advice is not to save the card. With Link connected, the Bot can ask you to approve a one-time card for a single purchase instead.

Musk's own tip on 10 October, to [photograph your card and drop it in the chat](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109027407185277123), skips all of that. The docs keep card numbers in Vault or a Secure Form so the Bot never sees them, and X readers added a community note to the post.

Approvals have limits too. One raised by a routine or other background work expires after 30 minutes. Auto Review, which checks each action before it runs, is itself a model, and xAI wants it to "complement, not replace" tight permissions.

The risk that's hardest to see is text that steers the Bot. Web pages, emails and command output can carry instructions, and xAI's controls ["reduce, but do not eliminate"](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/security) that risk. In May, before Grok Bot existed, a prompt-injected reply from Grok's X account got Bankr's trading bot to send about 3 billion DRB tokens from a wallet tied to Grok. About 80% came back, [Bankr's developer posted](https://x.com/0xDeployer/status/2051315834212303334).

Musk has twice promised to cover a Bot's mistakes. On 26 August Musk told an investor weighing a bank connection, ["Try it out. If Grok Bot messes up, we will make you whole."](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2092692116610957814) On 15 October Musk said SpaceX would make you whole if a Bot botched a purchase or leaked your card. Neither post gives a limit, conditions or a way to claim, and we found no report of a payout.

The contract reads the other way. [Grok Bot's terms](https://cursor.com/terms/grok-bot), last updated on 31 October, make you "solely responsible" for every agentic action, intended or not. Approval and review controls are "aids only", and the provider isn't liable for an action they fail to stop. Plan as if the promises don't exist.

We'd guard a bank login even more closely than a card. Under the CFPB's [Regulation E](https://www.consumerfinance.gov/rules-policy/regulations/1005/interp-2/), a transfer isn't "unauthorized" when someone you gave your access device to makes it. If they go past what you allowed, you're fully liable until you tell your bank their transfers are no longer authorized. We found no ruling on whether an AI agent counts as that someone. [Wells Fargo's online terms](https://www.wellsfargo.com/online-banking/online-access-agreement/upcoming) from 24 November treat a transaction your AI agent makes as "initiated and authorized directly by you, without further verification", unless a law or regulation says otherwise.

> An approval controls the proposed action. It does not reverse work already completed.
>
> xAI, [Grok Bot docs, approvals and security](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/approvals-security-and-privacy) (read 2026-11-06)

## Other agents that can do the same jobs

For the jobs above, two things separate the other agents: whether one keeps working with your laptop shut, and whether it can spend money you didn't approve. Four come close to Grok Bot.

OpenAI's dots are the nearest match. Each dot has its own cloud computer and browser and works around the clock. Dots come with ChatGPT Pro, one to a person, and aren't offered in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK. They're stricter with money. A purchase with a card saved on a shop's site needs your approval, which you can give ahead of time, and moving money is always left to you. [OpenAI's launch post](https://openai.com/index/introducing-dots/) tells of an early tester whose dot spotted a forgotten invoice to a publication, prepared it and sent it once the tester approved.

Claude Cowork runs on Anthropic's servers, so a scheduled task runs with no device online. Browser steps are the exception: the built-in browser lives in the Claude Desktop app, which has to be open. Anthropic's [safety page](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13364135-use-claude-cowork-safely) says not to schedule tasks that send messages for you or make purchases. Use it for jobs that end in a draft or a file, like a client's spreadsheet with working formulas, and do the sending yourself.

OpenClaw is open source under the MIT license. It runs on your own computer, and you reach it from WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack and other chat apps. The software is free, so you pay for the model and the machine. Its hosting guide says a laptop that sleeps drops it, so work around the clock means a VPS or an always-on Mac mini. Everyone who can message one gateway shares its tools and logins, so give each client their own, and read [what to check](https://mindket.com/blog/openclaw-skills#read-before-installing) before you install someone else's skill.

Manus works in a cloud sandbox that closes when a task ends, so a job that runs all day needs its Cloud Computer, a paid add-on whose files are deleted when you stop paying. Its automations start on a schedule or when something happens in a connected app, and its docs use an invoice email and a Shopify refund as examples. Only Manus's invite-only Cue agents get a wallet of their own.

| Agent | Cheapest plan with it | List price | What else you pay for |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Grok Bot | The X Subscription Premium | $30 a month | Top-ups past the weekly pool |
| OpenAI dots | ChatGPT Pro 100 | $100 a month | Pro 200 or Pro 500 for more usage |
| Claude Cowork | Claude Pro | $20 a month, $17 billed yearly | Max or Ultra for higher limits |
| OpenClaw | None, free software | $0 | The model and the machine |
| Manus | Free | $0 | Pro from $20 a month for more credits, and Cloud Computer from $30 a month to run all day |

**What each agent does on its own, by its vendor's docs**

| | Grok Bot | OpenAI dots | Claude Cowork | OpenClaw | Manus |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Where it runs | Cursor's cloud | Its own cloud computer | Anthropic's servers | Your computer or server | Manus's cloud, or your PC |
| Keeps working with your laptop shut | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ◐ Partly | ◐ Partly | ◐ Partly |
| Starts when an email or app event arrives | ✓ Yes | Not stated | Not stated | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Uses sites you're signed in to | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ◐ Partly | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Sends email | Gmail, or its own address | From your connected email | Through Gmail, asking you first by default | Once you connect it | Replies through Gmail |
| Pays at checkout by itself | ✓ Yes | After your approval | Advised against | No pay feature found | Cue agents only |
| Connects MCP servers | ✓ Yes | Not stated | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |

Sources: [xAI: computer and apps](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/computer-and-apps) (read 2026-11-07), [OpenAI: dots safety FAQ](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001529-dots-privacy-security-and-safety-faqs) (read 2026-11-07), [Claude: Cowork browser](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/16607400-use-the-built-in-browser-in-claude-cowork) (read 2026-11-07), [Claude: Gmail connector](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/10166901-use-google-workspace-connectors) (read 2026-11-07), [OpenClaw: hosting](https://docs.openclaw.ai/help/faq-first-run/providers-and-hosting) (read 2026-11-07), [Manus: Cloud Computer](https://help.manus.im/en/articles/15392111-what-is-the-cloud-computer) (read 2026-11-07)

## Reference: plans, limits and where it runs

Grok Bot launched in beta on [11 August 2026](https://x.ai/news/introducing-grok-bot). It runs on macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android, and its cloud computers run in the United States. All of your Bots share one computer, its files and its logins, so xAI warns against using separate Bots as a security boundary. The docs now name the company SpaceXSI (xAI), and its consumer terms are an agreement with SpaceX Super Intelligence LLC. This post says xAI, the name its websites still use.

- A Bot can own up to 50 routines, set at least five minutes apart, and all routines together can run up to 300 times an hour ([routines](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/skills-routines-and-automations)).
- One computer-use task per Bot at a time. Up to 50 recipients per email, and one Bot address at mail.grokbot.com that you can't rename or delete ([computer and apps](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/computer-and-apps)).
- Tagging @bot isn't available yet for accounts in Australia, the UK, the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway.
- Once a seat's weekly pool runs out, more usage is paid from credit bought with top-ups ([usage limits](https://docs.x.ai/x-subscription/usage-limits)).

| Plan | Monthly | Yearly | Included usage | Grok Bot |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | $0 | Limited | No |
| Plus | $8 | $80 | Base | No |
| Premium | $30 | $300 | 4x | Yes |
| Super | $100 | $1,000 | 15x | Yes |
| Ultra | $200 | $2,000 | 50x | Yes |

> Last verified 6 November 2026, 16:00 UTC, on xAI's and Cursor's pages. Plans, prices and limits change, so check the pricing page before you buy.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Grok Bot the same as the Grok app?

No. Grok is xAI's chat app, and [Grok Bot](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/faq) is a separate app that signs in with a Cursor account. You can still talk to your Bots in X Chat, in Slack, or by tagging @bot on X.

### Can I test a paid job on the free trial?

Only a small one. The trial is a usage credit with a 7-day window, and a large or long task can use most or all of it at once. Used credit isn't restored.

### Can a Bot work on my own computer instead of the cloud?

Only if you turn that on. Bots run in the cloud unless you say otherwise. It runs a command on your desktop only with your OK, and it asks every time unless you change the policy. The docs suggest Never allow unless a Bot has a specific reason to touch your files.

### Can I choose which AI model my Bot uses?

No. Grok Bot picks the model for each task, and there's no model picker. A task can go to one of xAI's own models or to a third-party model from a provider on its sub-processor list.

### Can Grok Bot make phone calls for my business?

Only to people who agreed to hear from you. Its terms make each call say it's a virtual assistant calling for you, warn that calls may be recorded, and ban marketing calls and mass calls.

### How do I spot a Grok Bot money scam?

Look for a promise of profit. In September the [SEC charged](https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026-95-sec-charges-multiple-entities-fraud-schemes-totaling-least-15-million-used-whatsapp-other-platforms) a scheme that rented out AI trading bots with "guaranteed profits", and it alleges the bots never existed. Fake Grok apps exist too: one Mac download [hid a crypto miner](https://moonlock.com/ai-mac-malware-fake-grok-website) and asked for the computer's password as "routine setup". [Our scam checklist](https://mindket.com/blog/how-to-make-money-with-llms#spot-a-scam) lists what to check before you pay anyone for a Bot or a course.

## Sources

- [Liam Fallen on X: my Grok Bot just paid its own salary](https://x.com/liam_fallen/status/2090355235751379002) (read 2026-11-06)
- [Elon Musk on X: Grok @Bot can earn you money](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2090398269318758570) (read 2026-11-06)
- [Elon Musk on X: the cost of serving Grok Bot](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2116992258520064397) (read 2026-11-06)
- [Liam Fallen on X: give a Bot outcomes, not tasks](https://x.com/liam_fallen/status/2090517465897816090) (read 2026-11-06)
- [Liam Fallen on X: what to do when Grok Bot usage hits 100%](https://x.com/liam_fallen/status/2092215764103147867) (read 2026-11-06)
- [Liam Fallen on X: a Grok Bot that finds you money](https://x.com/liam_fallen/status/2104147554376020047) (read 2026-11-06)
- [Liam Fallen on X: I just sold my first Grok Bot](https://x.com/liam_fallen/status/2106089549944201339) (read 2026-11-06)
- [Liam Fallen: about](https://liamfallen.com/about/) (read 2026-11-06)
- [Liam Fallen: Grok Bots](https://liamfallen.com/grok-bots/) (read 2026-11-06)
- [Gustavo Schmidt on X: a reply to Money Finder](https://x.com/GUSTAVOSCHMIDT/status/2104210031180960102) (read 2026-11-06)
- [Ash on X: a reply to Money Finder](https://x.com/AmericanIrish/status/2104756650179534941) (read 2026-11-06)
- [McFreedomUSA on X: a reply to Money Finder](https://x.com/McFreedomUSA/status/2104570038027956706) (read 2026-11-06)
- [Corey Ganim on X: how to turn Grok Bot into a money printer](https://x.com/coreyganim/status/2093074260361347474) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Corey Ganim on X: sell a speed-to-lead Bot door to door](https://x.com/coreyganim/status/2093443828694892854) (read 2026-11-07)
- [@bot on X: share templates of your Bots](https://x.com/bot/status/2093376523919323618) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Alex Finn on X: a sponsorship deal by email](https://x.com/AlexFinn/status/2090939211159650633) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Alex Finn on X: a sponsor-funded site with two sponsors](https://x.com/AlexFinn/status/2110082377552888312) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Alex Finn on X: the site's week](https://x.com/AlexFinn/status/2110851435223285909) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Darian Shirazi on X: refunds from five merchants](https://x.com/darian314/status/2089381004524093752) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Stella Garber on X: three forgotten gift cards](https://x.com/startupstella/status/2090450591688360033) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Elon Musk on X: never seen anything grow as fast](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2110866513955868924) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Doge Norway on X: any chance of a Grok Bot reset](https://x.com/DogecoinNorway/status/2116986414110007446) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Elon Musk on X: is a bigger plan too costly](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2117008189195800814) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Benjamin De Kraker on X: two weeks ago a success story](https://x.com/BenjaminDEKR/status/2117018152663970101) (read 2026-11-07)
- [@bot on X: access for all SuperGrok and Cursor Pro, and a usage reset](https://x.com/bot/status/2092664183334846840) (read 2026-11-07)
- [@bot on X: usage limits reset for all users](https://x.com/bot/status/2106083136002310193) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Elon Musk on X: a photo of your card in the chat](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109027407185277123) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Teslaconomics on X: connecting Grok Bot to a bank account](https://x.com/Teslaconomics/status/2092594798234620084) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Elon Musk on X: we will make you whole](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2092692116610957814) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Elon Musk on X: SpaceX will make you whole](https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2110610960474079445) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Bankr's developer on X: what happened with the Grok wallet](https://x.com/0xDeployer/status/2051315834212303334) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Cursor: Grok Bot terms](https://cursor.com/terms/grok-bot) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Grok on YouTube: Grok Bot for Sales](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zupqr-rApp4) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Cursor forum: a support email on the Grok Bot usage cut](https://forum.cursor.com/t/176909/240) (read 2026-11-07)
- [xAI: terms of service](https://x.ai/legal/terms-of-service) (read 2026-11-07)
- [CFPB: Regulation E, official interpretation of section 1005.2](https://www.consumerfinance.gov/rules-policy/regulations/1005/interp-2/) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Wells Fargo: Online Access Agreement from 24 November 2026](https://www.wellsfargo.com/online-banking/online-access-agreement/upcoming) (read 2026-11-07)
- [SEC: charges over fraud schemes run on WhatsApp and other platforms](https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026-95-sec-charges-multiple-entities-fraud-schemes-totaling-least-15-million-used-whatsapp-other-platforms) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Moonlock: a fake Grok website spreading Mac malware](https://moonlock.com/ai-mac-malware-fake-grok-website) (read 2026-11-07)
- [OpenAI: introducing dots](https://openai.com/index/introducing-dots/) (read 2026-11-07)
- [OpenAI Help: dots privacy, security and safety FAQs](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001529-dots-privacy-security-and-safety-faqs) (read 2026-11-07)
- [OpenAI Help: getting started with your dot](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001530-getting-started-with-your-dot) (read 2026-11-07)
- [ChatGPT pricing](https://chatgpt.com/pricing/) (read 2026-11-07)
- [OpenAI Help: about ChatGPT Pro tiers](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9793128-about-chatgpt-pro-tiers) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Claude Help: get started with Claude Cowork](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13345190-get-started-with-claude-cowork) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Claude Help: use Claude Cowork safely](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13364135-use-claude-cowork-safely) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Claude Help: the built-in browser in Claude Cowork](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/16607400-use-the-built-in-browser-in-claude-cowork) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Claude Help: use Google Workspace connectors](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/10166901-use-google-workspace-connectors) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Claude pricing](https://claude.com/pricing) (read 2026-11-07)
- [OpenClaw on GitHub](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw) (read 2026-11-07)
- [OpenClaw docs: providers and hosting](https://docs.openclaw.ai/help/faq-first-run/providers-and-hosting) (read 2026-11-07)
- [OpenClaw docs: automations](https://docs.openclaw.ai/automation/cron-jobs) (read 2026-11-07)
- [OpenClaw docs: the trust model](https://docs.openclaw.ai/gateway/security/trust-model) (read 2026-11-07)
- [OpenClaw: home page](https://openclaw.ai/) (read 2026-11-07)
- [OpenClaw docs: browser control](https://docs.openclaw.ai/gateway/security/browser-control) (read 2026-11-07)
- [OpenClaw docs: MCP](https://docs.openclaw.ai/cli/mcp) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Manus Help: what is the Cloud Computer](https://help.manus.im/en/articles/15392111-what-is-the-cloud-computer) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Manus Help: Cloud Computer plans and billing](https://help.manus.im/en/articles/15392078-understanding-cloud-computer-plans-and-billing) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Manus docs: automations](https://manus.im/docs/automations) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Manus docs: connectors](https://manus.im/docs/integrations/connectors) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Manus docs: Cloud Browser](https://manus.im/docs/features/cloud-browser) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Manus Help: membership pricing](https://help.manus.im/en/articles/11711111-what-is-the-current-membership-pricing-for-manus) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Manus Help: what is new in Manus 2.0](https://help.manus.im/en/articles/17190150-what-is-new-in-manus-2-0) (read 2026-11-07)
- [xAI: introducing Grok Bot](https://x.ai/news/introducing-grok-bot) (read 2026-11-06)
- [xAI docs: Grok Bot overview](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/overview) (read 2026-11-06)
- [xAI docs: Grok Bot FAQ](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/faq) (read 2026-11-06)
- [xAI docs: computer and apps](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/computer-and-apps) (read 2026-11-06)
- [xAI docs: approvals, security and privacy](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/approvals-security-and-privacy) (read 2026-11-06)
- [xAI docs: security](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/security) (read 2026-11-06)
- [xAI docs: Vault](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/vault) (read 2026-11-06)
- [xAI docs: skills, routines and automations](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/skills-routines-and-automations) (read 2026-11-06)
- [xAI docs: tag @bot on X](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/tag-on-x) (read 2026-11-06)
- [xAI docs: The X Subscription pricing](https://docs.x.ai/x-subscription/pricing) (read 2026-11-06)
- [xAI docs: The X Subscription usage limits](https://docs.x.ai/x-subscription/usage-limits) (read 2026-11-06)
- [Cursor help: Grok Bot plans](https://cursor.com/help/grok-bot/plans) (read 2026-11-06)
- [xAI: third-party bot sharing terms](https://x.ai/legal/bot-sharing-terms) (read 2026-11-06)
- [X Help Center: automation rules](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/x-automation) (read 2026-11-06)
- [X Help Center: about @bot](https://help.x.com/en/using-x/about-bot) (read 2026-11-06)
- [FTC: CAN-SPAM Act compliance guide for business](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business) (read 2026-11-07)
- [Federal Register: FTC civil penalty amounts for 2026](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/15/2026-18853/civil-penalty-inflation-adjustments) (read 2026-11-07)

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