Work
Make a teammate for one job: Inbox helper, every weekday at 8 am, drafts only
Your main bot does everything, so nothing gets done on a schedule.
What hurt
Jonathon (@grokbotguide) shared the two sentences that set up a single-purpose teammate. Not affiliated with xAI.
What to install or create
First create a teammate named Inbox helper whose only job is sorting the inbox and drafting replies; then schedule it for new mail every weekday at 8 am. One job per teammate, and drafts still wait for you.
Bots
No new bot. Follow the first-run steps.
Plugins
Gmail
Optional
Routines
Inbox sort. Weekdays 8:00. Sort new email and draft replies.
The prompt
Inbox helper setup (author-quoted)
Quoted from @grokbotguide — as published. Do not invent a second system prompt.
"Create a teammate called Inbox helper. Its only job is to sort my inbox and draft replies" "Have Inbox helper sort new email every weekday at 8am"
First run
- 1Read https://x.com/grokbotguide/status/2108988658011566425 (credit @grokbotguide).
- 2Send the first sentence to create the Inbox helper teammate.
- 3Send the second to schedule it for weekdays at 8 am.
- 4Review its drafts each morning and send the ones you like.
Approval fence
Replies stay drafts until you send them.
What to tweak
Two sentences: one to define the job, one to schedule it.
Source
Jonathon @grokbotguide · Original post
Not affiliated with xAI. We did not write this prompt. Third-party template terms still apply.
Pro pack
Inbox & calendar EA with its own email address
Morning triage with drafts waiting, and scheduling threads turned into three real slots from your live calendar. Books only after they pick, never sends without you.