Work
Write the Never lane before the rest of the job description
Most people start with what the bot should do. That is backwards.
What hurt
ShareGrokBots (@ShareGrokBots) tip: write the Never lane in the job description first — accounts it must not open, people it must not message, spends it must not make. Then fill Do and Ask-first. Starting with Never stops the scary stories before the first run. Not affiliated with xAI.
What to install or create
Edit the bot job description. Never lane first, then Do and Ask-first. Tip only — no invented prompt.
Bots
Any bot
Job description leads with Never. Asks before anything in Ask-first.
Plugins
None on day one. Follow the first-run steps.
Routines
None on the first run. Watch one manual pass first.
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/ShareGrokBots/status/2109739431754154336 (credit @ShareGrokBots).
- 2Open the bot's job description.
- 3List Never first: accounts, people, spends, and actions it must not touch.
- 4Then write Ask-first and Do lanes.
- 5Save. Run one dry task that would have hit a Never boundary and confirm it stops.
Approval fence
Do not send, post, or spend while you rewrite the Never lane.
What to tweak
Steal the order: Never → Ask-first → Do. Boundaries before ambition.
Source
ShareGrokBots.com @ShareGrokBots · Original post
Not affiliated with xAI. We did not write this prompt. Third-party template terms still apply.
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