Grok Bot FAQ

One question per page. Every answer dated and sourced.

• What is Grok Bot?

  Grok Bot is xAI and Cursor's always-on AI teammate: each assigned task gets its own persistent cloud computer (browser, filesystem, terminal) that keeps working after you close your laptop. Launched in beta Aug 11, 2026, it is not the same product as grok.com chat, Grok Imagine, or the Grok Build coding CLI.

• How much does Grok Bot cost?

  As of Aug 26, 2026, Grok Bot is bundled into SuperGrok ($30/mo), Cursor Pro ($20/mo), and Cursor Teams plans, down from a launch-week floor of SuperGrok Heavy ($300/mo) or Cursor Ultra ($200/mo). There's no separate Grok-Bot-only price; you pay for the plan and get Bot access with a separate usage pool.

• Is there a free trial for Grok Bot?

  Yes. Since Aug 21, 2026, anyone outside the paid-plan tiers gets a limited free trial. Some coverage describes it as 7 days and requiring a credit card to activate, but that specific duration and card requirement is not stated in xAI's own dated announcement, so treat those details as unconfirmed.

• Is Grok Bot available on Android?

  Not confirmed as generally available. The official iOS app is the documented mobile client; the Google Play listing began showing an Install button around Aug 29, 2026, but Cursor's own help docs still described the product as iOS-only at the same time — treat Android as unresolved until the two sources agree.

• Does Grok Bot run on Linux?

  A Linux desktop client exists but isn't first-class: it launched, went missing after the initial platforms, and a community report says it came back around Aug 30, 2026. There's no official Debian/Fedora package with a public changelog, which is why unofficial Nix, Arch, and Fedora repackages of the .deb exist.

• How do I share a Grok Bot template?

  Since Aug 28, 2026, any Bot can be shared as a template: a public x.ai/bot/{id} link that copies its identity, skills, and routines. Anyone with the link can click Add to Grok Bot to get a working copy. The link does not copy your computer, chats, logins, or secrets — only the Bot's setup.

• Are Grok Bots safe to install from a directory?

  Only as safe as the directory and the plugins it pulls in — installing a shared Bot or plugin grants it access to your account's shared cloud computer, which every other Bot on the account also uses. A community security thread states plainly that the shared computer is not a security boundary, so read setup text and plugin permissions before installing anything.

• Can a Grok Bot spend money on its own?

  Only with your approval. Since Aug 28, 2026, connecting Stripe Link lets a Bot complete purchases, but every spend needs an explicit approval and uses a single-use card — the Bot can't silently move money without that confirmation step, the same design pattern used for passwords, 2FA, and CAPTCHAs elsewhere in the product.

• What is a routine in Grok Bot?

  A routine is a workflow a Bot runs on a schedule, or after an event where supported, instead of you re-prompting it each time. Routines usually start as a skill — something you taught the Bot once — that then gets scheduled so the second run is cheaper than the first.

• How does Grok Bot compare to rakazo?

  Grok Bot is a managed, xAI/Cursor-hosted shared cloud computer starting at $20-30/mo; rakazo is a free, Apache-2.0 open-source alternative that runs in Docker on your own machine, so sessions and credentials never leave your infrastructure. rakazo also lets you pick any model per bot; Grok Bot is Grok-only.

• Are there self-host options for Grok-Bot-style agents?

  Yes. rakazo (Docker, Apache-2.0, bring-your-own-model) is the most prominent, alongside guaca, OpenGrokBot, OpenMausBot, and open-grokbot. All trade xAI's managed cloud computer for infrastructure you control, which also solves the shared-login isolation concern Grok Bot itself doesn't address, at the cost of running and maintaining that infrastructure yourself.

• Does Grok Bot work in India?

  Not confirmed either way in the sources collected. The free trial's country availability isn't published, and platform/geo coverage overall skews US and Mac-first at this stage — India and Global South access remains an open question rather than a documented yes or no.

• What happens when Grok Bot is down?

  During the Aug 20-21, 2026 outage, Bots failed mid-turn and staff pointed people to Reset Grok Bot's Computer under Settings > Updates as the first fix. Later staff threads add nuance: a Reset can hang at 'Cleaning up' even though it finished on the backend, and a stuck hosted box sometimes needs a staff-side restore rather than another Reset.

• Can Grok Bot use a local MCP server?

  No. Cursor staff have confirmed Grok Bot cannot attach a local or stdio MCP server — only remote HTTP MCP servers or the cloud browser are supported. If a tool only ships a local MCP integration, you either need a remote-HTTP bridge for it or you fall back to driving its website through the cloud browser.

• How do I make a skill for Grok Bot?

  Use Teach a task: perform the workflow once in the cloud browser while the Bot watches, in up to 10 minutes of screen recording with no microphone. The Bot turns what it observed into a skill you can review, correct, and later hang on a scheduled routine.

• Can I run a multi-bot team in Grok Bot?

  Yes. You can put two to six Bots into a group chat (Channels) where they message each other, pass ownership of a task, and continue without you relaying information manually. The most common pattern in public field cases is one orchestrator or Chief-of-Staff Bot routing to named specialists.

• What is 'teach a task' in Grok Bot?

  Teach a task lets you demonstrate a browser workflow once — up to 10 minutes of screen, no mic — while the Bot watches and learns the steps. It's the mechanism behind turning a one-off manual process into a reusable skill, without writing a script or automation yourself.

• Who can see my logins when I use Grok Bot?

  Every Bot on your account, not just the one you set up the login for — xAI's own docs describe isolation as per-user, not per-Bot, since all Bots share one computer's browser sessions and files. Passwords, 2FA, and CAPTCHAs stay with you (the Bot pauses for you to take over), but a completed session is available account-wide.

• How do I uninstall a shared Bot?

  Grok Bot has no separate account or per-Bot uninstall documented outside removing the Bot itself from your roster; deleting your whole account (on iOS via Delete Account) removes the underlying Cursor account plus every agent, chat, and the shared computer. Desktop currently only signs out rather than deleting the account.

• Does adding a Bot count against my existing usage?

  No, at least for the weekly Bot pool — Grok Bot comes with its own usage, separate from your existing Grok or Cursor plan usage, as of the Aug 26, 2026 expansion. Overflow past the weekly pool, however, spills into the shared on-demand billing pool with no in-app warning, so set a $0 on-demand cap if you want zero paid spill.