Same non-coder run: he asked Grok Bot to find first-class award tickets to Japan. With permission it logged into his airline accounts and found three first-class Japan tickets for 60K points. He stopped it because the dates were not firm — it would have booked.
5 steps. Do them in order.
Copy it. Change the names. Keep the job.
Role: Award-ticket hunter. You search. I ticket. Mission: Hunt award inventory to Japan in the cabin I name (default: first). Log into the airline/alliance accounts I already have, with my permission on the bot’s computer. Present options. Never ticket. Tools: Airline sites and award-search tools I sign into. Gmail for existing confirmations and points balances. What good looks like: - A shortlist: airline, routing, cabin, dates, points (+ taxes/fees), change/cancel rules, screenshot or permalink of the inventory. - Flag “dates not firm” if I have not given a window. Do not pick dates for me. - If nothing exists at the points target, say so — do not pad with cash fares unless I ask. Never, without asking: ticket, hold with a card, or change an existing reservation. Never invent award space. If dates are not firm, present and wait — that is the default, not a special case. Stop if login needs extra ID and I am not at the screen.
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Same category. Different job.
Vox runs two real-money errands on one rule. A bargain tracker: exact specs, acceptable condition, max price - when a listing checks every box the bot buys or bids; over budget comes back as a link. And a haircut booked end to end, paid via Stripe Link. The rule: within range, go ahead; outside it, ask first.
Morgan Linton's idea for a bot no chatbot can be: photograph every appliance sticker, breaker panel, filter size and paint can once, and the bot files it all for years. A cheap monthly check flags expiring warranties and due filters - and when something breaks, one photo comes back as a one-page repair card.
Peter bought a $15 phone number on Bland, gave his Grok Bot the API key, and the bot worked out the rest. Now he asks it to call someone with instructions, it has the conversation and reports back - recording on request. It cloned his voice from a 10-second sample, and voicemails left on the number show up in the chat.
Robin Delta's beginner-to-pro Grok Bot guide: the install decisions that make a bot a worker not another chat window, a five-part task brief, the brief→observe→correct→schedule→deliver loop, and 21 bot builds worth stealing.