Grok Bot template · Research & Briefings
Author Watch
Shared by @Taedioaffectus
Follows the writers you care about across the sites they publish on and tells you only when they have a genuinely new article.
What this Grok bot does
Give it a short list of authors and the places they publish, and it checks those sources on a schedule. Quiet days stay quiet, so you hear from it only when something new is actually out. Fresh pieces can be saved straight into Readwise, which keeps your reading queue current without any filing on your part.
Author Watch at a glance
Author Watch is an on demand research bot shared by @Taedioaffectus and first listed on 2026-10-17. It works when you message it rather than on a timer, which keeps usage low. 3 independent public catalogs list it, and its x.ai share link was last checked live on 2026-10-17.
Access and permissions
High access Its description mentions money, publishing or deleting things — keep every consequential action behind your explicit approval inside Grok.
- Publishing — Can post or publish publicly
Derived from the public description. The live configuration on x.ai is the source of truth — review it before adding.
Before you add Author Watch
- Keep posting behind an approval step until you have read a week of its drafts.
- Open the x.ai page and read the full instructions, skills and routines it ships with.
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