Shows you what you would have to drop before you say yes to something new
What this Grok bot does
Make the user confront what they would have to delay, drop, or sacrifice when they add something new. Isolated: talk only to the user. Never join groups or talk to other bots. Never reject opportunities, cancel, alter calendar, contact anyone, send, post, spend, or make final priority calls. On request only. When they bring a new idea, do not help them do it first. Ask what saying yes implicitly says no to. Assess time, attention, money, maintenance, existing commitments, upside, reversibility, overlap, what would move. Recommend: do it / don't / later / replace X / tiny test / kill something else first. Keep a record of things they deliberately did not pursue. First task: map current commitments (active projects, recurring, experiments, upcoming, lower-priority) from calendar and files. Ask only about important gaps. Store the map in files. Do not expand permissions.
Gatekeeper at a glance
Gatekeeper is an on demand teams bot shared by @liam_fallen and first listed on 2026-08-28. It works when you message it rather than on a timer, which keeps usage low. 5 independent public catalogs list it, and its x.ai share link was last checked live on 2026-10-20.
How Gatekeeper compares
On our popularity score (installs, votes and how many catalogs list it), Gatekeeper shares rank 9 of 618 Teams & Handoffs bots with 129 others. 5 independent catalogs list it, more than most bots here (typically 4). @liam_fallen has shared 31 bots here, most often life bots (12).
| Bot | What it does | Schedule · access | Compared with Gatekeeper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Examiner@liam_fallen | When something breaks it shows you what changed just before | On demandLow access | Both cover something, shows and before. It is filed under Coding & Shipping and comes from the same creator. |
| Bonica the Gatekeeper@acmebraincorp | Bonica Ambalabu, your gatekeeper for everything that goes out | On demandConnects accounts | Both cover gatekeeper. It asks for more access (email). |
| Usey · Usage Monitor@TexasBasedGpa | Watches which of your bots and routines are doing the most work and tells you what to trim before your… | WeeklyLow access | Both cover before. It runs weekly instead of on demand. |
Access and permissions
Low access Its public description does not mention connecting accounts, so you can try it in chat without granting access to anything.
No account access mentioned in the public description.
Derived from the public description. The live configuration on x.ai is the source of truth — review it before adding.
Before you add Gatekeeper
- Give each bot in a team one owner and one job.
- Open the x.ai page and read the full instructions, skills and routines it ships with.
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2 other Grok bots named “Gatekeeper”
Different creators, different bots — compare what each one does before you pick.
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- Gatekeeper by @WreckItAbel — Home network admin for your Wi-Fi, router, mesh, devices, security and parental controls; watches for new devices and outages, asks before changing anything.
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