# So You Started Using GrokBot? Avoid These 5 Mistakes ![[images/FPdj3-u0kVs_thumbnail.jpg]] - **Video:** [youtu.be/FPdj3-u0kVs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPdj3-u0kVs) (**19:47**) - **Channel:** Kacper Rutkiewicz | AI Made Simple · **Published:** 2026-09-24 · about 20,000 views when checked - **Description (verbatim, first lines):** "If you just started using GrokBot and it keeps breaking on you, you're probably not doing anything dumb... In this video I walk through the five mistakes beginners make with GrokBot and the fix for each one, from why all your bots share one computer (and every login on it), to the two switches that stop your bots from acting or spending without you, to the recovery ladder you should run before you ever touch Reset." - **Transcript source:** youtube-transcript-api English captions (yt-dlp's caption request was rate-limited with HTTP 429). The captions misspell the product ("Grockbot", "Rockbot") and the presenter's name ("Casper"); I use the spelling from the description. "Crown" in the captions is "cron". Screenshots come from the video at the times in their file names. ## One-paragraph gist Five beginner mistakes, each with a one-line fix: **give it a job, not a question; guard your logins; one bot first; two brakes (actions and money); reset last.** Everything is demonstrated in the Grok Bot desktop app, with a bonus speed run of eight more mistakes. ## Timestamped outline ### [0:00] Intro ![[images/FPdj3-u0kVs_00m20s.jpg]] - Symptoms: bots that stop answering, three bots answering the same message, and "usage limits 3 days into the week". He is the founder of **DeepRooted AI** and builds these tools for paying clients. ### [0:45] Mistake 1: using Grok Bot like a chatbot ![[images/FPdj3-u0kVs_01m10s.jpg]] - Typing "help me with my email" gets you instructions. A **job** states the outcome, where to look, what not to touch, what to hand back, and to **stop and ask before anything gets sent**. "A chatbot answers you; a Grok Bot actually does things for you." ![[images/FPdj3-u0kVs_01m40s.jpg]] - Example: his bot **Great Owl**, whose only job is researching new model drops, runs on a **cron every day at 7:30 a.m.** Its description has a one-liner, "anti-jobs" (things it may never do), a voice ("short release notes, facts only"), when to wake, when to refuse and learning notes for memory. Chatting with such a bot "would just be a waste of tokens". ### [2:35] Mistake 2: thinking every bot has its own computer ![[images/FPdj3-u0kVs_03m20s.jpg]] - Each bot's "computer" feels separate, but the file manager shows the **same files, API keys and logins**: "All your bots share one cloud computer." He proves it by opening the file manager under two different bots (chief staff bot and chief content officer) and seeing the same `agent data` folders. ### [4:00] The fix: connectors first ![[images/FPdj3-u0kVs_04m10s.jpg]] - Before logging into anything on the computer, check for a **built-in connector, an API key or an MCP**. If any exists, don't log in. If a secret is needed, the bot should pop up a **secure window** for the key. "Never ever post your API key in this message chat"; if you did, rotate the key. When sharing a template, **scrub secrets**, because templates carry whatever you left in them. ### [4:55] Mistake 3: building a whole team on day one ![[images/FPdj3-u0kVs_06m40s.jpg]] - In a group chat with several bots, an untagged message makes **all of them answer**, burning usage. "Hide from sidebar" **does not stop routines or jobs**. Comments on other creators' videos say "my entire weekly usage pool is gone". On lower plans the first week of a team is "purely setup". - Fix: **one bot until it earns a second.** Tag with **@botname** to delegate, and in group chats tag the one you want. Instead of hiding an unused bot, delete it or turn off its routines. ### [7:15] Mistake 4: no brakes ![[images/FPdj3-u0kVs_07m50s.jpg]] - Grok Bot "burns a lot of tokens", even on cheap models (**Grok 4.6 and 4.7**), and more so across multiple bots. Access comes from a **Cursor subscription ($20, $60, $200)** or a **Super Grok subscription ($30 or $300)**, and "those subscriptions cannot stack": you get the higher plan, not the sum. Many people turn on extra usage and forget it. Two switches fix that. ![[images/FPdj3-u0kVs_08m40s.jpg]] - **Switch 1, auto-review rules** (Settings): write a rule for any action and choose **allow automatically** or **ask first**. His rule: ask first before spinning up **cloud agents** or the **Grok Build CLI**. He says to fill the section out thoroughly for anything money-related, posted, scheduled or drafted. ![[images/FPdj3-u0kVs_09m30s.jpg]] - **Switch 2, Usage and billing**: weekly usage plus an **on-demand monthly limit** with three options, **fixed**, **unlimited** and **none**. "If you're not rich, do not go on unlimited." He uses fixed (about $50, "I'll never use $100"), so a long task can finish without a surprise bill. "One so it can't act without you and one so it can't spend without you." ### [10:15] Mistake 5: hitting Reset first ![[images/FPdj3-u0kVs_10m20s.jpg]] - Reset "rebuilds from your last save snapshot. So very recent changes may be lost." Instead climb the **ladder, gentlest first**: (1) **check usage** (account, bottom-left; a red 100% meter means you are out), optionally with a weekly-usage bot; (2) **quit and retry the app**, or restart the computer; (3) **Settings > Update**: update the app (automatic updates on) and **update the Grok Bot computer**; (4) if it says it cannot reach its computer, use **Recover** if offered; (5) **Reset** as the last resort. ![[images/FPdj3-u0kVs_12m00s.jpg]] - Updating the computer keeps your **files and logins** but **removes installed apps and packages**; "All assistants update together." It asks you to confirm twice, then shows a status list (transferring data, starting computer, cleaning up, reconnecting). Recover is similar: apps lost, files kept. ![[images/FPdj3-u0kVs_13m30s.jpg]] - Updating shown live. ### [14:05] Speed run: more mistakes ![[images/FPdj3-u0kVs_14m30s.jpg]] 1. Scheduling a routine you never ran: run once, save as a **skill**, run a few times, then schedule. 2. Routines every few minutes: use hourly, daily or trigger. 3. First job needs a login: pick one that uses a built-in connector. 4. Installing tools outside the workspace folder: keep files in the folder because "apps are replaceable". 5. No backup: have the bot write an **"everything I know" document** that you own. 6. Collecting templates and never finishing a job: pick one job. 7. Sharing a template with a key inside: audit and strip secrets. 8. **Stacking Super Grok on top of Cursor** to get more usage: it does not stack. He recommends the **$60 Cursor plan**. 9. Blaming yourself when it stops working: check for an outage and run the ladder before uninstalling or resetting. ### [15:25] Outro ![[images/FPdj3-u0kVs_15m40s.jpg]] - Recap: **give it a job, not a question. Guard your login. Never put your keys in the chat. One bot first. Two breaks, one that protects your actions and one that protects your money. Reset last.** A free resource guide with all **15 mistakes and fixes** is offered through his free school community "AI Made Simple" (email required). ### [16:35] Blessing ![[images/FPdj3-u0kVs_16m50s.jpg]] - He closes, as he does in all his videos, with a spoken **Christian prayer** for his audience, after saying he wants viewers to be loving, caring people "spreading the word of God", and invites anyone uncomfortable to click off the video. This part is not about Grok Bot. ## Things mentioned - Grok Bot app features: auto-review rules, usage and billing, update/recover/reset for the Grok Bot computer, routines, skills, group chats, @-tagging, hide from sidebar - Plans: Cursor $20/$60/$200, Super Grok $30/$300 - Links in the description: the free Skool community "AI Made Simple", DeepRooted AI (deeprooted.io), Glaido and Local AI (his listed tools), plus his LinkedIn, Instagram and X profiles - His other video on stretching the weekly usage limit across the whole week (he points to it on screen without naming it) ## Claims check | Claim | Verdict | Source or note | | --- | --- | --- | | All bots share one cloud computer, with the same files and logins | **Confirmed** | How Grok Bot's computer works: one persistent machine shared by all of a user's bots, each getting its own desktop; matches the video's demo | | Hiding a bot from the sidebar does not stop its routines | **Plausible** | Consistent with how routines run on schedule; not independently tested | | Cursor and Super Grok plans cannot stack; you get the higher | **Confirmed** | [Cursor Help: Plans and billing](https://cursor.com/help/grok-bot/plans): "A Cursor plan and a SuperGrok or X Premium+ link do not add together. Grok Bot uses whichever one grants more weekly usage." Both subscriptions keep billing separately | | Dollar amounts ($20/$60/$200 Cursor; $30/$300 Super Grok) | **Not verified, partly out of date** | The same page names the tiers (Pro, Pro+, Ultra; SuperGrok, Plus, Heavy) but lists no prices, and says Grok Bot on **The X Subscription** is included on **Premium, Super and Ultra** (not Plus or Free) with **prepaid top-ups** in place of on-demand charges | | On-demand extra usage is billed past the weekly limit and capped by an "On-demand monthly limit" | **Confirmed** | Same page: set under Settings > Usage & Billing. It does not list "fixed, unlimited, none" options, so those are as shown on his screen | | "Once it hits [the fixed limit], it won't go any further" | **Slightly overstated** | Same page: "A limit is not a hard stop in the middle of a run"; a bot already working can finish past the limit, then on-demand stops | | Weekly usage resets weekly and runs dry fast with several bots | **Consistent** | Same page: one shared weekly pool; usage is metered by agent steps and tokens, not message count | | Grok 4.6 and 4.7 are cheap models | **His opinion** | Not checked against a price list | | Update keeps files and logins but removes installed apps and packages | **As shown on screen** | Read aloud from the app's own dialog | | Reset rebuilds from the last snapshot, so recent changes may be lost | **As shown on screen** | Read aloud from the app's own dialog | | Auto-review rules can require "ask first" for actions | **Confirmed** | A built-in Grok Bot setting, as shown in the demo | ## Added context *Added context, not from the video:* - Cursor's current Grok Bot help describes two worlds: **legacy Cursor plans** (weekly usage, on-demand monthly limit, optional SuperGrok link) and **The X Subscription** (Premium, Super, Ultra; one shared weekly pool; prepaid top-ups with a monthly additional-usage limit set at grok.com/dashboard/billing). Check which one you are on before applying the video's billing advice. ## People - **Kacper Rutkiewicz.** Founder of **DeepRooted AI**, runs the AI Made Simple community and YouTube channel, builds AI automations for clients. Described in his own words; the captions spell his name "Casper". ## Tag note - Used: video-summary, grokbot, ai. - Proposed new tags: none.