What is Grok Bot?

Grok Bot is a task-oriented product: named AI teammates you message like coworkers. Each Bot can sign in to tools, work on a persistent cloud computer, keep going after you close the laptop, and come back when something needs approval.

It is not another name for every Grok experience. Grok chat on grok.com is a conversational product. Cursor is the editor. Grok Bot is a dedicated desktop and iPhone app for handing off multi-step work. That distinction matters when you search for a download, a plan, a plugin, or a fix.

What makes it different

Official documentation emphasizes:

• A computer of its own. Bots run on a persistent cloud VM with a browser, filesystem, and terminal. They use plugins or MCP when those exist, and computer use for everything else, so work can finish in the real tool instead of as a chat draft.
• Named teammates with durable state. A Bot keeps a job, a conversation, memory, and preferences. Context compounds instead of resetting every task.
• Parallel Bots. Several Bots share one account-scoped computer, each with its own screen. They can message each other and pass ownership.
• Learning a path from a demonstration. Ask a Bot to follow along once; it can persist that path as a routine.

The surrounding controls matter as much as answer quality. A routine with unclear inputs repeats uncertainty. A plugin with broad access increases blast radius. An approval clicked without reading is not a control.

Building blocks

Apps and platforms

Desktop builds currently exist for macOS (Apple silicon and Intel) and Windows (x64 and Arm64). The iPhone app requires iOS 18 or later. iPad, Android, and Linux desktop are not currently listed. Use the platform checker.

Plans and usage

After 26 August 2026, access is included with Cursor Pro, Pro+, Ultra, and Cursor Teams, and with individual SuperGrok / Plus / Heavy via linking. Tiers differ by weekly usage. The trial is a usage credit that one long job can consume. Details: plans, usage, and linking.

Skills, routines, plugins

A skill is reusable method. A routine runs that method on a schedule or supported event. A plugin (sometimes called a connector) is an authorized integration. Teach-by-demonstration is how a path you click becomes a routine. See skills, routines, and plugins and teach a Bot the job.

Agent Computer and approvals

The cloud computer is Agent Computer in the app. All Bots on the account share files, browser sessions, and command-line credentials. Separate screens are not a security boundary. Approvals are decision points: read the action and target before continuing. Keep passwords and one-time codes out of chat; take over the computer instead. See Agent Computer.

What Grok Bot is not

• Not grok.com chat, Grok Imagine, or a model card for Grok 4.6
• Not Cursor the editor, and not Cursor’s IDE cloud agents (engineering work)
• Not a guarantee that work can run without review
• Not a reason to connect every account “just in case”
• Not usebot.net — this site is independent, with no affiliation or endorsement

A sensible first path

1. Confirm the device in the platform checker.
2. Confirm access in the plan finder.
3. Pick one playbook or write a one-job brief.
4. Complete a small, reversible, inspectable task.
5. Save a skill only after the method works.
6. Add one minimum-access plugin only if manual input is no longer practical.
7. Create a routine after a successful test, with a human review gate.

Next

1. Check your device with the platform checker.
2. Confirm access with the plan finder.
3. Follow Getting started: one Bot, one small task, review before send.

After that first task works, pick a job from the playbooks.

Sources and verification

Last verified: August 27, 2026.

• Grok Bot overview (xAI)
• Grok Bot: Get Started (xAI)
• Grok Bot on mobile (xAI)
• Grok Bot plans (Cursor)
• Grok Bot is now included with more plans (xAI)