How to set up Grok Bot: download, sign in, first run

Grok Bot signs in with a Cursor account, whichever company you pay. Download the app, sign in with the Cursor account you plan to keep, link SuperGrok or X Premium+ if that's your subscription, and the app sets up a cloud computer and your first Bot.

Have these ready before you start.

What you need

A plan that includes Grok Bot, or a free Cursor account to start a trial. Pricing lists every plan that counts.
A Mac, a Windows PC or a Linux computer. A link is made on a computer, so start there even if you'll mostly use your phone.
The email address of your Cursor account, if you have one.
A Cursor account that isn't on Privacy Mode (Legacy), an older setting that blocks Grok Bot. Here's how to change it.

#Pick the account you'll sign in with

Every way into Grok Bot ends at one Cursor account. That account holds your Bots, chats and weekly usage, so pick it before you install anything.

The drawing shows the two ways a subscription reaches that account.

Your Bots, chats and usage live on the Cursor account in the middle.

Find your row, and you know what to sign in with.

You pay for	Sign in with	Then
Cursor Pro, Pro+, Ultra or a Cursor Teams seat	The Cursor account that has the plan	Nothing more. Grok Bot is included.
SuperGrok, SuperGrok Plus, SuperGrok Heavy or X Premium+	A Cursor account you'll keep. A free one is enough.	Link your Grok or X account to it, once.
Nothing yet	A free Cursor account	Start the trial, or pick a plan.

If you pay for both a Cursor plan and SuperGrok, sign in with the Cursor account that has the plan. A link adds no usage on top of it, as Pricing explains.

#Install the app and sign in

With the account chosen, put the app on your computer. The sign-in itself happens in your browser, and the app picks it up from there.

Walkthrough

Install Grok Bot and sign in

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1Download the installer
Open x.ai/bot and click the download button, which names your system. Every installer is also listed on cursor.com/download/bot, including Linux packages and the Mac version for Intel chips.
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2Install the app and open it
Open the file you downloaded and install it the way your system expects.
- Mac: drag Grok Bot onto Applications, open it from there, and click Open when macOS asks whether you're sure.
- Windows: run Grok Bot Setup, click Next >, then Install, then Finish.
- Linux: install the .deb or .rpm with your package manager, or make the AppImage executable and run it.
Image: Cursor Help Center

3Click Sign in
The app opens on one screen with one button. Click Sign in →.

Your browser opens, and the app reads Continue in your browser while it waits. If no browser window appeared, click Reopen link.
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4Sign in with your Cursor account
In the browser, click Sign in with Cursor, then sign in the way you normally do: Google, GitHub, Apple or your email. No Cursor account yet? Click Create an account.
- SuperGrok and X Premium+ subscribers sign in to a Cursor account here too. The subscription is linked afterwards, in the next section.
- Use the same sign-in every time, on every device. A different email opens a different Cursor account.
- At a company with single sign-on, go through your company's sign-in page.
Image: Kaceli TechTraining on YouTube
5Click Open Grok Bot
One or two short pages can come first. One has a Share Data switch, and what you choose there also applies to your Cursor account. Another asks whether the Grok Bot app may sign in with this account: click Sign in.

The last page reads “All set! Feel free to return to Grok Bot.” Click Open Grok Bot, and click it again if the browser asks for permission.
You should see
The app comes to the front, signed in.
- On a Cursor plan, it starts setting up your computer. Go to first run.
- With no plan on the account, it opens on Get Started with Grok Bot. That's the next section.

#Link SuperGrok or X Premium+

On a Cursor plan, skip this section. With SuperGrok, SuperGrok Plus, SuperGrok Heavy or X Premium+, one button ties your subscription to the Cursor account you just signed in with.

That link can't be undone or moved to another Cursor account, by you or by support. So the second step has a line to read before you click.

Walkthrough

Link your subscription

Image: Michel Szabo on X

1Click Link Grok Account
Get Started with Grok Bot has three columns. Yours is the third, Get Access with Grok. Click Link Grok Account.

With X Premium+, use Link X Account. If the screen has only Link Grok Account, that button is the one: its column lists X Premium+.
Marker 1 Marker 2
1. Signed in as names the Cursor account that will hold the link. If it isn't the one you chose, click Switch accounts.
2. When the account is right, click Link Accounts.
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2Check the account, then click Link Accounts
Your browser opens a page titled “Link Your SuperGrok Subscription to Access Grok Bot”. Read the line under the big button before you click anything.

A Grok sign-in screen follows. Use the Grok or X account that has your subscription. The link page asks you to authorize with that account there, and not to sign in with an email address.

You should see
Back in the app, Get Started with Grok Bot gives way to computer setup. The link is made.

If the plan screen is still there, or the link page shows a line in red, Sign-in and linking has the fix for each message.

A link grants weekly usage and changes nothing else: you stay on your Cursor plan, or on none. Pricing covers what each subscription grants.

#Get through first run

Once the account has access, the app does the rest. Your part is to wait, then click Next a few times.

Walkthrough

First run

Leave the app open until this line goes away. It can also read Starting your computer. Image: Nate Herk on YouTube

1Keep the app open while your computer is set up
Grok Bot creates the cloud computer your Bots will work on. It does this once for your account, and it can take several minutes.
Image: Nate Herk on YouTube

2Click through the intro
A short intro follows: a few screens about Bots and their computer, ending on What do you use every day? Click Next on each one.

Ticking an app here doesn't connect it or sign you in. Your picks only shape the Bots the app suggests.
Grok Bot
Grok Bot
Connect apps
Your first chat, ready for a message

3Meet your first Bot
Setup creates your first Bot for you. Its name is Grok Bot, and the app opens a chat with it.

Earlier versions showed a Create your first Bot form at this point. The app now makes the Bot itself.

You should see
A Bot named Grok Bot in the sidebar, its chat open, and a message box that reads Message Grok Bot. You're set up.

#Three setup mistakes

Setup goes wrong in three places, and each is cheaper to avoid than to fix.

#Check you've got it

You're signed in, and you know which account everything sits on. One check on the choice you can't take back.

Quick check

You link SuperGrok while signed in to your work Cursor account. A month later you want Grok Bot on your personal Cursor account. What can you do with the link?

Unlink it in Settings, then link again from the personal accountThe app has no unlink button anywhere, and a link can't be undone.
Ask Cursor support to move itSupport can't unlink a link or move it to another Cursor account.
Nothing. The link stays on the work accountA link pairs one Cursor account with one Grok or X account for good. To use that usage, you sign in to Grok Bot with the work account.

Show the answer

Nothing. The link stays on the work account A link pairs one Cursor account with one Grok or X account for good. To use that usage, you sign in to Grok Bot with the work account.

The Bots you made stay with the work account too. That's why the account comes first.

Next, create a Bot of your own and hand it a job.

Next lessonCreate your first Bot

Create a Bot from New chat, name it for its job, tell it that job in one message, then hand it a first task that needs no plugin or login. Real screens.

Can I set up Grok Bot on my phone?

Yes, with one exception. Install Grok Bot from the App Store or Google Play and sign in with the same Cursor account you use on your computer: your plan carries over, and there's nothing to buy again. The exception is a SuperGrok or X Premium+ link, which you make on a computer first. Platforms lists what each phone needs.

6 October 2026
First published.

#Pick the account you'll sign in with

#Install the app and sign in

1Download the installer

2Install the app and open it

3Click Sign in

4Sign in with your Cursor account

5Click Open Grok Bot

#Link SuperGrok or X Premium+

1Click Link Grok Account

2Check the account, then click Link Accounts

#Get through first run

1Keep the app open while your computer is set up

2Click through the intro

3Meet your first Bot

#Three setup mistakes

#Check you've got it

Can I set up Grok Bot on my phone?

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