Work
Keep plain files the agent reads before it acts—or it wakes as a stranger
An agent without notes starts every morning as a stranger.
What hurt
Tom Hooper (@HooperRules) keeps plain files: the queue, what's published, who to follow up with, how he likes things written. Not affiliated with xAI.
What to install or create
Grok Bot reads them before it acts—that's most of the magic.
Bots
No new bot. Follow the first-run steps.
Plugins
None on day one. Follow the first-run steps.
Files
queue. What to do next.
voice. How I like things written.
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/HooperRules/status/2109331462357197181 (credit @HooperRules).
- 2Create plain files for queue, published, follow-ups and voice.
- 3Tell the bot: read these before every run.
- 4Update the files at end of day (or have the bot draft updates for approval).
- 5If a morning run feels lost, check which file went stale.
Approval fence
Reading notes is fine; publishing from them still needs your yes.
What to tweak
Files beat hoping the chat memory still has yesterday.
Source
Tom Hooper @HooperRules · Original post
Not affiliated with xAI. We did not write this prompt. Third-party template terms still apply.
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