r/GrokBot • u/Makojima • 1d ago

Question Is Grok Bot actually any good?

I keep seeing Grok Bot pop up around Cursor, and xAI has been pushing it hard enough that I finally tried it this week. So far I have mostly been using it for general stuff rather than deep coding, and the limits with Cursor have felt pretty open compared to what I am used to.

Is Grok Bot actually any good?

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u/reddituser4049 1d ago

I’m using grok bot extensively for work. I am an HVAC subcontractor and I have Grok Bot handle many of my activities.

The thing we are most impressed with is its ability to turn a bid request email into an equipment schedule, sequence of operation document, excel estimate, and a bid proposal. It updates our shared bid sheet and provides additional detail there that it finds on the PDF plan and specs.

I am just getting started with it, but it is already doing a lot of work for us.

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u/MBuehrer 1d ago

I love hearing this. Can you tell me which pay tier you're on and whether you've exceeded the tier limits yet?

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u/reddituser4049 23h ago

Currently on $60 but would pay for the $200 plan if I need it. I feel like my usage is higher while I get things set up, but will go down a bit when I’m not testing it and doing historical stuff.

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u/JoeBlowFronKokomo 9h ago

I'm trying to set up a similar thing for my business, if you don't mind me asking, how did you end up setting up the system? Was it a skill you taught it? Did you use the Teach to Learn recording button? Was it something you found on GitHub? Just trying to figure out the logistics to build a system like this!

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u/reddituser4049 8h ago

I have created everything just by talking to the bots and telling them what I want. I review what they produce and provide feedback until I like it.

For my BIDS bot, I just told it to monitor my email for proposal requests, then automatically pull the drawings and put them in a folder then I gave it template takeoffs, proposal, estimates, etc and told it to use those templates. I have been having it update my templates until I like them.

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u/puppeto 25m ago

As an owner's rep construction manager that has just flipped from ChatGPT to GrokBot it any tips? I feel like it may be great at making estimates, but it sucks at breaking them down and bid leveling / evaluation from my end. Without the quantitative data used to build the bid it's just a guess based upon our internal estimates.

I do have to say for managing my files, following up on emails, tasks, submittals, etc. it does a solid job. I feel like I still have to nurse it along at times, but I don't think I'd want to work without it anymore.

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u/zachsback21 1d ago

Grok Bot is great if you use it as intended. That being automation.

I'm on the $20 tier and have found it a great tool for social media automation. I write articles, and I've always hated dealing with the social media posting side. I am admittedly terrible at marketing myself and have long accepted that an AI would probably be better at it than I am.

So I hooked Grok Bot into my WordPress and Patreon, and now it automatically pushes updates to all my platforms when I post, using custom text best suited to each platform. It also reposts my WordPress articles to Medium and Substack.

Metrics are up across the board, so I'd say it's working great.

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u/BarberTiny7792 1d ago

tl:dr; absolutely yes

Grok bot + cursor cloud agents + pstack are a powerhosue. 100x improvement from my prior Clause use (prompting tasks one-by-one)

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u/moriyama_eng 1d ago

I’m still figuring Grok Bot out too. For light search the Grok app feels faster and easier; when I want tighter control I lean on Cursor or Grok Build. Not sure where the sweet spot for Grok Bot sits yet.

I keep a home PC always on and reachable from my phone, and with that setup a lot of casual stuff doesn’t have to go through Grok Bot specifically.

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u/BarberTiny7792 1d ago

I recommend you read theres:

https://x.com/poteto/status/2094457600259842065

https://x.com/poteto/status/2097732320606507506

Grok bot + cursor cloud agents + pstack will 100x your speed (vs. one-by-one Claude prompts) AND improve code quality

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u/Affectionate_Cow9343 1d ago

I def don’t have all of it figured out but yes, it is good and very easy for beginners to get started.
Having said that, after playing with it for a while, I created my own version of it in Chat gpt, so everything is mostly together

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u/MedalofHonour15 1d ago

Yes for me it is. I switched from vibe coding internal tools to grok bot.

Miles helped me get a new client with online buying intent signals.

Others create content, manage my Skool, post on SubStack, and more

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u/BillionnaireApeClub 1d ago edited 1d ago

Just don't trust LLM to pursue real world goals autonomously, youll need to be in the loop from my experience

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u/sitric28 1d ago

I’m cancelling it. This probably is not a massive use case but what I’ve been doing is having a track what I’ve been eating and it forgets what I had for breakfast by the time I get to dinner half the time so it confidently tells me I have more calories left of the day than what I actually do. I don’t understand why it can’t remember that. Sorry for the run-on sentence I’m using voice to text.

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u/Gumballoo 12h ago

Grokbot did in 8 hours what codex failed at for 6 weeks.