Read from the listing's own text — guidance, not a security audit.
Connects to
Email
Connected apps are shared by every bot on your account. Grant only what this job needs.
Acts on its own?
Says it asks first
In its own words: Drafts, never sends without your OK.
Runs
On a schedule
Tagged by x.ai.
Usage
Every scheduled run
Each scheduled run draws from your plan's weekly usage pool, whether or not you are watching.
Comes with
Public instructions · Share link
Adding it makes your own, separate copy.
Doesn't come with
The creator's logins, files and chats, custom code, MCP servers, API keys or private skills
Templates don't copy these. Plugins need reinstalling and signing in on your account.
Link checked
Reachable on 5 Nov 2026
The share link answered on x.ai. That is not a safety rating.
General guidance for assistants bots
Review every connected account and keep outbound messages, purchases, deletes, and other consequential actions behind explicit approval.
What Desk Assistant does
A daily desk assistant: morning brief, scheduling, reminders, email triage and quick sourced research. Drafts, never sends without your OK.
In the creator's words, as published on x.ai · listed
What's included
Instructionsincluded
Skillsnot stated
Scheduleincluded
Workflownot stated
Agent teamnot stated
Filled stops are what the listing says it bundles: public instructions, share link. The live configuration on x.ai is the source of truth. Works with Email.
What it costs to run
Adding a template is free. Running it isn't: every run draws from your Grok Bot plan's weekly usage pool, and past that you pay from prepaid credit.
On demandwhen you ask
Daily routinesteady
Hourly or busiercan use a week's pool in a day
Routines draw from your weekly pool on every run, even when you're not watching. Check the schedule after you add it.
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Where this listing comes from
Public listing metadata found on GrokBots.best, awesome-grokbot-templates, Bot Shelf, and kydlikebtc/awesome-grokbot, with the name and description checked against the x.ai share page on 5 Nov 2026. The description is the creator's own text from x.ai. The bot configuration remains with its creator on x.ai.
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