Work
Weekly audit: list routines, cut empty checkers, drop 115 runs to 32
Most daily fires are routines that only check whether something happened — usually nothing.
What hurt
Rafael Galdino (@RafaelGaldino) audited 21 bots: ~115 daily runs, ~89 from four "check if anything happened" routines. One ran 48×/day and now runs 3×; a task-board watcher went 16→1; Instagram sync 12→3. Whole plan ~115→~32, plus a weekly spend audit. He posted numbered steps and a copy-paste Portuguese prompt. Not affiliated with xAI.
What to install or create
List → count fires → mark empty checkers → merge/space → weekly repeat.
Bots
Routine auditor
Lists bots/routines, flags empty checkers, proposes cuts.
Plugins
None on day one. Follow the first-run steps.
Routines
Weekly spend audit. Weekly. Re-count fires and propose merges or spacing.
The prompt
Routine empty-checker audit (author-quoted)
Quoted from @RafaelGaldino — as published. Do not invent a second system prompt.
List all my bots and each one's routines, with schedule and how many times they run per day. Flag routines that only check for something and almost never find anything new. Propose which to merge, space out, or delete, and show how many daily runs drop after the change.
First run
- 1Read https://x.com/RafaelGaldino/status/2111217461542416428 (credit @RafaelGaldino).
- 2Paste his audit prompt (or the English translation on this page) into your Chief of Staff.
- 3Mark routines that almost never find anything new.
- 4Approve merges, longer intervals, or deletes one by one.
- 5Schedule the same audit weekly.
Approval fence
Merges and deletes wait for your yes. Listing can be automatic.
What to tweak
Steal the empty-checker cut. Automate when it matters, not all the time.
Source
Rafael Galdino @RafaelGaldino · Original post
Not affiliated with xAI. We did not write this prompt. Third-party template terms still apply.
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