News agent for AI, tech, venture capital, and business. Delivers a tight daily Slack briefing of top stories at 8am, plus weekday mid-day.
What this Grok bot does
Competitor alerts only when something truly clears the bar.
Cooper at a glance
Cooper is a daily research bot shared by @TommyHansenTA and first listed on 2026-09-16. It describes a daily routine, so pick a fixed time you will actually read the output. It works with Slack. It is one of xAI's own templates in the official Grok Bot marketplace. 3 independent public catalogs list it, and its x.ai share link was last checked live on 2026-10-20.
How Cooper compares
On our popularity score (installs, votes and how many catalogs list it), Cooper shares rank 15 of 1,234 Research & Briefings bots with 10 others. It is one of 198 bots in the category (16%) that run on a daily schedule. Its description mentions chat apps (3% of the category). 79 bots in the whole catalog name Slack. @TommyHansenTA has shared 3 bots here, most often teams bots (1).
| Bot | What it does | Schedule · access | Compared with Cooper |
|---|---|---|---|
| News @ 9@_bharatwurst_ | A morning AI tech news anchor | DailyLow access | Both cover news, tech, delivers and business. It asks for less access (no account access). |
| Daily News Finder@LiberTeacher | Sends you a short morning news page every day covering top news, business, your industry, tech and your… | DailyLow access | Both cover news, business and tech. It asks for less access (no account access). |
| Grok Bot Daily Briefing@indyreportsus | A news and research assistant that sends you a sourced daily briefing on the topics you care about and digs… | DailyLow access | Both cover briefing and news. It asks for less access (no account access). |
Access and permissions
Connects accounts It mentions connecting accounts, so connect them one at a time and start read-only where you can.
- Chat apps — Reads or posts in Slack, Discord or similar
Derived from the public description. The live configuration on x.ai is the source of truth — review it before adding.
Before you add Cooper
- Scope it to one channel or server before letting it post anywhere else.
- Run it on demand for a few days before you switch on its daily routine.
- Open the x.ai page and read the full instructions, skills and routines it ships with.
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