# What is Grok Bot? How it works and who makes it

Grok Bot gives you named AI Bots that each keep a job, work on a shared cloud computer and come back when they need you. Made by SpaceXAI, runs on Cursor.

*From Learn Grok Bot, an independent guide (not affiliated with SpaceXAI or Cursor). Web version: https://learngrokbot.com/what-is-grok-bot Last verified: 2026-10-06.*

*Step 1 of 9 on the path "Learn Grok Bot, step by step". After it: [Set up Grok Bot](https://learngrokbot.com/setup.md).*

Grok Bot is an app that gives you Bots: named AI assistants that each keep a job, do the work on a computer in the cloud, and come back to you when they need you. SpaceXAI announces and documents it, and it runs on Cursor. It's in beta.

**In short**

- A Bot has a name, a job and its own chat. You message it the way you'd message a colleague.
- The work happens on a cloud computer with a browser, files and a terminal, so it carries on when your laptop is closed.
- A Bot stops and asks you before a step that needs you, such as an approval or a password.
- Grok Bot is a separate app from Grok, the chat app, and from Cursor, though you sign in with a Cursor account.
- Grok Bot has no subscription of its own. It comes with paid Cursor plans from $20 a month, or with a linked SuperGrok or X Premium+ subscription.

## What Grok Bot looks like

Grok Bot looks like a chat app. What's different is what happens after you send a message: the Bot goes away to do the job, then brings back the result.

Here is a Bot named Demo Price Watch, after one request to compare three companies' pricing pages.

![The Grok Bot app, with a chat on the left and a details panel on the right. The chat holds a request to compare pricing pages, short replies from a Bot named Demo Price Watch, one of them a pricing table for Notion, Asana and Trello, and a grey line that reads Created routine, Monday pricing check. The panel shows the Bot's name, the tabs Details, Library and Computer, and a small picture of a web page captioned Demo Price Watch's screen](https://learngrokbot.com/assets/shots/what-is-grok-bot-app.png)

1. One message in plain words: what to compare, and to check again every Monday.
2. About a minute and a half later the answer is in the same chat, as a table.
3. The Bot's screen on its computer in the cloud, still showing the last page it read.

*The grey line under the table, **Created routine**, is the Bot setting up the Monday check it was asked for.*

The computer you sent the message from did none of that work. The next two sections take the picture apart: what a Bot is made of, then where the work happened.

## What a Bot is made of

A Bot is a name and a job, plus five things that let it do the job. Two of the five are the Bot's own. The other three belong to your account, so every Bot you create has them from its first message.

Diagram: A Bot, drawn as a box labeled A name and a job, with five parts around it. Two are grouped as this Bot's own: its own chat, and its routines. Three are grouped as shared by all your Bots: the cloud computer, plugins and skills.
- A name and a job — Its own chat
- A name and a job — Routines
- A name and a job — The cloud computer
- A name and a job — Plugins
- A name and a job — Skills
- this Bot's own: Its own chat, Routines
- shared by all your Bots: The cloud computer, Plugins, Skills

Each part has a lesson of its own.

| Part | What it is |
|---|---|
| A name and a job | You name a Bot for one kind of work, then tell it that job in a message. [Create your first Bot](https://learngrokbot.com/first-bot) shows how. |
| Its own chat | Where you ask and where the Bot answers. Each Bot keeps its own conversation and remembers what it learns there. |
| Routines | Jobs a Bot repeats on a schedule, or when something happens. See [routines](https://learngrokbot.com/routines). |
| The cloud computer | One computer with a browser, files and a terminal, where all your Bots work. See [the shared computer](https://learngrokbot.com/shared-computer). |
| Plugins | Connections to apps such as Gmail and Slack. Connect one and every Bot can use it. See [plugins](https://learngrokbot.com/plugins). |
| Skills | A task you showed a Bot once, saved so any of your Bots can run it again. See [skills](https://learngrokbot.com/skills). |

## Follow one message from ask to answer

Follow the request in the picture above from start to finish. Press **Next** to move it along, and watch where the work lands.

Diagram: One message, followed from start to finish. You send it to your Bot. The Bot takes the job to the cloud computer and works there, on websites, in files and in your apps. If a step needs your OK, the Bot stops and asks. When the job is done, it reports back to you in the same chat.
1. You send one message, from your computer or your phone.
   - You → Your Bot: one message
2. Within seconds the Bot says what it's about to do. Then it takes the job to its computer in the cloud.
   - Your Bot → The cloud computer: works here
3. On that computer it opens websites in a browser and saves files. For apps you've connected, it uses their plugins. Your own computer isn't involved, so you can close it.
   - Note on The cloud computer: websites, files, your apps
4. If a step needs you, such as an approval or a password, the Bot stops and asks you in the chat.
   - Your Bot → Your OK: if needed
5. When the job is done, the result arrives in the same chat.
   - Your Bot → You: reports back

- Close the app, your laptop or your phone while a Bot is working, and the job carries on. Routines keep running too.
- While a Bot is waiting for you, its row in the sidebar reads **Waiting for you**. [Approvals](https://learngrokbot.com/approvals) covers what a Bot asks about, and how to change that.

## One message, a routine or a Bot of its own?

Most work you hand over comes in one of three sizes. A one-off is a message to a Bot you already have. A job that repeats is a routine on that Bot. A new kind of lasting work, with its own apps and its own rules, is a new Bot.

Sort these six jobs by size.

**Sort it: Sort each job: what does it take?**

Answer:
- Turn the attached spreadsheet into a one-page summary → One message is enough (A one-off with a clear finish. Any Bot you have can do it.)
- Find three hotels near Thursday's conference → One message is enough (You need the answer once. When it arrives, the job is over.)
- Check three competitors' pricing pages every Monday → A routine (The same job on a schedule. Ask a Bot to do it once, then to repeat it.)
- Post a digest of industry news every weekday at 8:00 AM → A routine (Only the news changes from day to day. Repeating the rest is what a routine is for.)
- Look after expense reports from now on, with their own rules about what needs your OK → Its own Bot (Lasting work with its own apps and its own rules. A Bot named for the job keeps what it learns about it.)
- Handle recruiting: find candidates and keep notes on each one → Its own Bot (A whole area of work that runs for months. Give it one Bot, and that Bot's memory stays about recruiting.)

[How many Bots you need](https://learngrokbot.com/multiple-bots) goes further into when a second Bot earns its place.

## Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor and @grok: which is which

Five different things go by these names. Here is each one in a line.

| Name | What it is |
|---|---|
| **Grok Bot** | The app this site teaches: Bots with names and jobs that work on a cloud computer. Its account on X is @bot. |
| **Grok** | SpaceXAI's chat app. A different app with its own limits, so a paywall or a **Weekly SuperGrok Limit** message there says nothing about Grok Bot. |
| **Cursor** | An app for writing code with AI. The company behind it runs Grok Bot's accounts, billing and cloud computers. |
| **@grok** | An account on X that replies to posts. It isn't Grok Bot. |
| **Cursor's bots** | Rollouts and Security Review, two Cursor bots that work on pull requests for software teams. A different product. |

### Is Grok Bot just Cursor?

No. Grok Bot is its own app with its own download, and you don't open Cursor to use it.

It does run on Cursor:

- You sign in to Grok Bot with a Cursor account.
- Your usage and billing sit on that account.
- Your Bots' computer runs in Cursor's cloud.

SpaceXAI announces Grok Bot and writes its documentation, and Cursor has been part of SpaceX since August 2026.

### Which model does Grok Bot use?

You can't choose one. Grok Bot has no model picker: Cursor picks the model for each task, and the mix of models can change over time. Grok 4.7, released on 21 September 2026, was trained to understand how Grok Bot works.

With the names straight, the next step is to get the app and sign in.

**Next:** [Set up Grok Bot](https://learngrokbot.com/setup)

Install the Grok Bot app, sign in with a Cursor account, link SuperGrok or X Premium+ if that's how you pay, and wait while your cloud computer is set up.

### When did Grok Bot come out?

On 11 August 2026, in beta, for Mac, Windows and iPhone. Linux, Android and iPad followed within a month. [Platforms](https://learngrokbot.com/platforms) lists what each one needs.

### How much does Grok Bot cost?

Grok Bot isn't sold by itself. It's included with Cursor Pro, at $20 a month, and with the Cursor plans above it. A SuperGrok or X Premium+ subscription gets you in too, once you link it to a Cursor account. [Pricing](https://learngrokbot.com/pricing) lists every route.

### Is Grok Bot free?

A free Cursor account can claim a trial. The trial is an amount of work, not a number of days, and a seven-day window applies as well. After that you need one of the paid routes. [The free trial](https://learngrokbot.com/free-trial) has the details.

### Does Grok Bot work on a phone?

Yes, on iPhone, iPad and Android. From a phone you can message your Bots, answer approvals and watch a Bot's computer. A few things need the desktop app, such as **Teach a task** and changing a routine.

- 2026-10-06: First published.

## Sources

- [SpaceXAI docs: Grok Bot](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/overview)
- [SpaceXAI docs: Create and manage Bots](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/bots)
- [SpaceXAI: Introducing Grok Bot](https://x.ai/news/introducing-grok-bot)
- [Cursor Help Center: Grok Bot FAQs](https://cursor.com/help/grok-bot/faqs)
- [Cursor Help Center: Sign in to Grok Bot](https://cursor.com/help/grok-bot/sign-in)
- [Cursor Help Center: Plans and billing](https://cursor.com/help/grok-bot/plans)
- [SpaceXAI docs: Settings and notifications](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/settings-and-notifications)
- [SpaceXAI docs: Grok Bot security](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/security)
- [SpaceXAI docs: Grok Bot for Mobile](https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/mobile)
- [SpaceXAI: Introducing Grok 4.7](https://x.ai/news/grok-4-7)
- [Cursor: Cursor is now a part of SpaceX](https://cursor.com/blog/joining-spacex)
- [Cursor changelog: Rollouts and Security Review](https://cursor.com/changelog)
- [Grok Bot on X: the official account](https://x.com/bot)