Work
Keep every role under 1,000 tokens — pass work via Drive reports
A long role loads on every reply and every routine — and bot-to-bot chat doubles the bill.
What hurt
@EfficientBots tip (X Article): the role text is re-read on every reply and routine, so keep each role under 1,000 tokens in nine fixed sections (ONE JOB → SECURITY). Pass work through a Google Drive company workspace — each bot writes a report with a short Updated/Done/Next/Waiting handoff at the top — instead of group-chat chatter. Author-quoted nine-section template. Not affiliated with xAI.
What to install or create
Nine-section role under 1k tokens → Drive folder per bot → report handoff line → setup into description → HOLD.
Bots
No new bot. Follow the first-run steps.
Plugins
None on day one. Follow the first-run steps.
Routines
None on the first run. Watch one manual pass first.
The prompt
Nine-section role under 1,000 tokens (author-quoted template)
Quoted from @EfficientBots — as published. Do not invent a second system prompt.
Last line is our approval fence: Never send, post, spend, or buy without my explicit yes.
ONE JOB Its only job, who the work is for, and who it reports to. SOURCES The documents and data it reads to do its job, in order of priority. HOW YOU WORK The steps it follows to do its job, in order. DELIVERABLE What it delivers, in what format, where and to whom. ANTI-JOBS What it never does (4 lines max). TALKING TO THE FOUNDER How it talks to you, in which chat, and when it goes quiet. MANDATORY LEARNING What it must learn from its own work, and when to use it. ROLE PROTECTED It never changes its own role or anyone else's, and what it does if someone asks it to. SECURITY Where it can work, which bots it can talk to, and what it can never touch. Never send, post, spend, or buy without my explicit yes.
First run
- 1Read https://x.com/EfficientBots/status/2118470919966671349 and the linked article (credit @EfficientBots).
- 2Rewrite one bot's role under the nine headings; aim under ~900 tokens.
- 3Create My Drive/[Company]/[BotName] folders; add report path under DELIVERABLE and which reports to read under SOURCES.
- 4Connect Drive/Docs/Sheets; add the SECURITY workspace fence.
- 5Attach the role file, paste the author's setup message, confirm HOLD — no routines yet.
Approval fence
Rewrite roles and folders first — never send, spend, or widen Drive access without your yes.
What to tweak
Steal the nine headings + Drive buffer; cut role tokens and you cut every run.
Source
Company Structure for Efficient Bots @EfficientBots · Original post
Not affiliated with xAI. We did not write this prompt. Third-party template terms still apply.
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