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Researcher seat: cite or stop

Confident answers with zero sources ship, then you cannot defend them.

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What hurt

Arian (@arianlooterking) once shipped a confident line he could not defend. He runs Grok Bot from Istanbul with a named Researcher seat so lookup never lives in the exec / chief-of-staff chat. Tip with author-quoted contract — no invented system prompt.

What to install or create

One named Researcher seat: source-backed answers only — not inbox, stills, or coding. One question per handoff. Cite or stop (URL or doc path; if unclear, say so). Correct once in the seat thread so the next ask is tighter. Leave Build alone (code stays in Grok Build on the repo). Refuse smooth paragraphs with zero links and research mixed into the CoS thread.

Bots

  • Researcher

    Source-backed answers only. Cite or stop.

  • Klaus (chief of staff)

    Routes; does not do the lookup in the same thread.

Plugins

  • Browser

    Optional

Routines

  • None on the first run. Watch one manual pass first.

The prompt

Author-quoted Researcher contract

Arian posted this contract in the cited tweet. Copied as published.

1. One named seat. Researcher. Source-backed answers only. Not inbox. Not stills. Not the coding loop.
2. One question per handoff.
3. Cite or stop. Every claim needs a URL or a doc path. If unclear, say that. Do not invent.
4. Correct once in the seat thread.
5. Leave Build alone. Researcher does not open a second coding loop "just to check a file."

Refuse: smooth paragraphs with zero links; research mixed into the chief-of-staff thread; fabricated UI paths dressed up as findings.

First run

  1. 1Read https://x.com/arianlooterking/status/2098576251648680324 for the Researcher contract.
  2. 2Create a named Researcher seat. Source-backed only; not inbox, stills, or coding.
  3. 3Handoff one concrete question at a time. Demand a URL or doc path — or an honest "unclear".
  4. 4When research is wrong or too broad, correct once in that seat thread.
  5. 5Keep coding in Grok Build on the repo. Do not mix lookup into the chief-of-staff chat.

Approval fence

No send, post, or spend. Researcher cites or stops; you still decide what ships.

What to tweak

Steal the five-point Researcher contract. Pair with his Four Cs desk OS. Never invent a research system prompt beyond what he posted.

Source

Arian @arianlooterking · Original post

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