Work
12-step company-in-a-box: handbook, board, one approval gate
One Grok Bot is an assistant; a swarm without handbook and gate is just noisy chat.
What hurt
felliu (@0xfelliu) mapped a copyable 12-step Grok Bot company: one outcome → CoS front door → department bots → shared handbook → one bot one job one output file → /state/board.md instead of chat → three 15-minute routines → no fake done without proof → spend cap → one gate (send/publish/spend/delete wait) → repeated fixes become skills → package /bots /handbook /skills /routines /state to clone. Tip with stealable checklist. Not affiliated with xAI.
What to install or create
Outcome → CoS → departments → handbook → board → routines → proof → spend cap → one gate → skills → package.
Bots
Chief of Staff
Only front door; hire/route department bots; enforce handbook and approval gate.
Plugins
None on day one. Follow the first-run steps.
Files
Package folders: /bots /handbook /skills /routines /state/board.md
Routines
Three 15-minute slots: morning brief, pipeline sweep, evening review.
The prompt
This is a tip, not a pasteable system prompt. The author did not publish one. Follow the first-run steps.
First run
- 1Read https://x.com/0xfelliu/status/2104266795657928722 for the 12-step roadmap.
- 2Pick one outcome (one offer, one customer, one number) and make a CoS bot the only front door.
- 3Staff departments as one-job bots; write one handbook every bot reads first.
- 4Replace chat with /state/board.md (owner + status); close tasks only with proof links.
- 5Cap spend; keep one gate for send/publish/spend/delete; turn repeated fixes into skills; package the folders to clone.
Approval fence
Sending, publishing, spending, and deleting wait for you — reading and drafting may run alone.
What to tweak
Steal the 12-step spine. You only touch the ~5% of decisions that can cost money.
Source
felliu @0xfelliu · Original post
Not affiliated with xAI. We did not write this prompt. Third-party template terms still apply.
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