Dimension 7 of 16

Running a routine

Reliable scheduled and recurring work.

The test: Daily digest for a week

Every weekday at 7am, send me my calendar for the day, any emails I still owe a reply to, and the weather.

Passes when

  • Runs on schedule five weekdays in a row
  • Content is correct each day
  • Easy to edit or pause

Anchors

Runs once, or drifts off schedule3
Runs daily; occasional gaps or errors7
Five for five, accurate, easy to change10

Ranking

10 tested.

1InstinctPass · test · Sep 11, 2026 · Weekday 7am briefing landed on time both mornings with the full calendar, conflicts flagged, replies owed with their age, and the weather.102MusePass · observed · Sep 17, 2026 · Weekday routines in daily use, family admin and scheduled asks, landed on time without a miss.103PallyPass · test · Sep 17, 2026 · Weekday 9am NYC weather one-liner fired on all three observed weekdays, on schedule, with accurate content.104OlliePass · test · Sep 17, 2026 · Weekday 9am NYC weather one-liner fired on all three observed weekdays within minutes of the hour, with accurate content.105TownPartial · test · Sep 29, 2026 · Routines cannot be started from iMessage, but the weekday briefing ran as set once it was created from the desktop app.76PokePass · test · Sep 11, 2026 · Weekday 7am briefing fired on time both mornings with the calendar and owed replies; the weather followed about an hour later each day.77Wajo / FoPass · test · Sep 11, 2026 · Weekday 7am briefing fired on time both mornings as one tight message with calendar, replies owed and weather; flagged a likely scam email.78CatchPass · test · Sep 11, 2026 · Weekday 7am briefing fired on time both mornings with calendar, replies owed and weather, plus an offer to book the missing hotel.79tinyNaturePartial · test · Sep 11, 2026 · Weekday 7am briefing fired on time both mornings, but the weather failed at first each day and the second brief needed a correction.510AsmiFail · test · Sep 17, 2026 · Confirmed a weekday 9am weather routine and still reports it active, but none of the three expected fires arrived.3

Public opinion

Share of positive public quotes. Founder posts excluded.

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What people say

69 quotes about this.

Grok Bot@danpeguineSep 14, 2026

1. Grok bot has a lot of my routines and different agents with lots of roles (e.g. inventory manager, customer communications, engineer etc). 2. I also have running "agents" as threads on codex, and some routines on codex itself 3. Astra is a genius, so I want it to be my orchestrator - talking to all my various agents on both platforms 4. I also wanted to have ONE source of truth with ALL agent activity. I call this the "company map" and I put it on notion, which is perfect for this given its databases. 5. I have asked Astra to build this notion project, and to create a protocol for any agent working with me to update notion with substantial work 6. Astra then reached out to EVERY agent on grok bot with clear changes to their instructions and routines so that they update notion when needed. 7. There are 3 types of works streams in this notion page: Outcomes, Loops, and "Left Open". - Outcomes are agents with a clear goal (e.g. "Build Button Box test rig"). - Loops are agents who have a clear ongoing role (e.g. "Community feedback → product learning") - "Left Open" are all the threads I started and didn't finish 8. All work streams have a State - and the most important one is "NEEDS YOU", which means I AM the blocker. All the rest are work streams running autonomously. 9. "Needs You" is great because finally I can trust that I am only called on when my taste is needed. 10. I also have a "newsfeed" database were I see all the agent udpates, i got that on as a notification on my phone so i literally get notified when things are moving in the company. 11. I spend my day in codex in a thread with Voice mode and Astra light as my coworker. I hack at hardware and every time I have a thought or idea, I just say it out loud and Astra starts sends it to the right agent. It's then saved on notion so nothing gets dropped. https://t.co/ibgPs7H2xi

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Grok Bot@skyburxdSep 14, 2026

HOLY COW!! Grok is now fully integrated with Grok Bot. You can now ask Grok to interact with your bots. This morning my Grok routine checked in with my bots and asked them to hand off any action items for my daily routine. I was then chatting with grok about some issues I ran into with purchasing a key code for a customer with Grok. And I asked it to hand off this problem to my bot "Ada" which then started working on the task. This is amazing.

Grok Bot@i_am_sriharshaSep 11, 2026

Use a grok bot as a web-scraping agent to periodically extract product pricing data from a specified website, compare it with previously captured prices, and identify any price changes. The bot can notify users when a product’s price increases or decreases, enabling automated price monitoring and timely decision-making.

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Grok BotDennis YuSep 10, 2026

I run Grok Bot as a single coordinator desk with named specialist agents, not a swarm. ... Grok Bot is the Cursor/xAI teammate on desktop and iOS. It has its own computer, named agents, routines, and connectors (Gmail, Drive, GitHub, Calendar).

Grok Bot@ErinnFLSep 10, 2026

My quality of life has improved since I handed my kids’ school logistics over to Grok Bot. Weekday morning digest with the calendar plus what actually needs me. Separate agents per kid pull grades, assignments due, and portal info, dig through school email, triage act-now vs FYI, draft replies I approve, help fill out forms, remind me about payments, flag deadlines. Mental load of two schools into one short brief. Game changer for parents.

Grok Bot@disamdevSep 10, 2026

I've started building skills to automate literally every boring part of my app creation process and it's insane One triggers the build, uploads it to the App Store, and autofills all the release notes Another runs E2E testing with GPT-6 Astra on every update to check if we broke anything Another handles and replies to all support emails Everything is wired up and orchestrated by my Grok bot. Give it two months and my app is going to fire me and found its own startup

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Grok Bot@HankFrankSep 10, 2026

Funny enough this wasn’t even about Chicago. I’m booking Houston for January right now. Chicago has been booked for a while, but my Airbnb isn’t as close to the start as I’d like. It’s fully refundable until a week before the race, so I currently have a Grok bot checking Airbnb EVERY DAY for something better and closer. I feel like I’m barely scratching the surface with this though. Anyone have ideas for what else I should have the bot checking or doing?

Grok Bot@NiklausFullerSep 10, 2026

I created my first digital employee this morning. Mary. She’s head of partnerships. Over 300 partner sales executives we need to stay in front of. Her job: heat map contacts and engagement, spot which AEs and regions to double down on, and which ones we’re neglecting. Ideate and help organize four events a quarter across regions. Flag where better collateral would actually enable the channel. Goal is to run a 22nd century firm. Tools like Grok Bot and others are how we’re going to get there. I created my first digital employee this morning. Mary. She’s head of partnerships. Over 300 partner sales executives we need to stay in front of. Her job: heat map contacts and engagement, spot which AEs and regions to double down on, and which ones we’re neglecting. Ideate and help organize four events a quarter across regions. Flag where better collateral would actually enable the channel. Goal is to run a 22nd century firm. Tools like Grok Bot and others are how we’re going to get there.

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