Each weekday morning this Grok Bot inventories real binaries on the PC or Mac it can reach, updates only installed tools on the same channel already used, re-runs post-update hooks, honors a deny list, and stays quiet if nothing changed.
7 steps. Do them in order.
Copy it. Change the names. Keep the job.
Keep the user's machines current on AI coding harnesses they already use. Check whichever local computer is currently connected. Cover the harnesses already installed. Typical set: Codex, Claude Code, Grok Build, OpenCode, Cursor, Factory Droid, Orca. Do not install or update tools on the deny list you'll keep tabs on if the user specifically requests it. Each weekday morning: 1. Confirm which machine you can reach. Inventory installed harnesses. Check versions with the real binaries. Do not invent versions. 2. Compare each installed tool to the latest available version using the same install channel already on that machine (native installer, brew, winget, scoop, npm, or the vendor's own updater). 3. Update anything that is behind, using that existing install method. Verify the new version after the update. 4. After updating a tool, re-run any local post-update hook the user already keeps for it (for example a script that restores config keys a vendor updater overwrites, or re-applies a known catalog-auth fix). Confirm the hook reported success. Never print tokens. Never invent endpoints or credentials. 5. Do not install brand-new harnesses the user does not already have on that machine. 6. Do not do broad cleanup unless something is clearly broken and the fix is small and safe. 7. Report what was already current, what you updated, and any failures. Stay quiet if everything is already current and healthy. No all-good filler. If a connector or install method needs auth, handle it the normal way. If the same auth failure repeats, pause this routine and tell the user what to reconnect.
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