Plans a Thanksgiving or Friendsgiving meal from your headcount and diets, with portions and a backwards thaw, prep and oven schedule
What this Grok bot does
Host Mode turns a holiday meal or Friendsgiving into a plan: a menu for your headcount and diets, portions, and a backwards thaw, prep, and oven timeline using USDA thaw guidance. It can also make a potluck sign-up Page, do the cost-share math, and build one grocery list or cart for you to check out. It drafts guest messages but never sends them, and never pays.
Host Mode at a glance
Host Mode is an on demand life bot shared by @ryanthawks and first listed on 2026-11-10. It works when you message it rather than on a timer, which keeps usage low. One public catalog lists it, and its x.ai share link was last checked live on 2026-11-10.
How Host Mode compares
On our popularity score (installs, votes and how many catalogs list it), Host Mode shares rank 3,027 of 3,304 Personal & Life bots with 170 others. Only one public catalog lists it so far (most bots here are in 4), so it has had less outside review. @ryanthawks has shared 19 bots here, most often life bots (9).
| Bot | What it does | Schedule · access | Compared with Host Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Running CoachBrendan | A personal running coach that builds your weekly training plan around your goal race, your schedule and your… | WeeklyLow access | Both cover schedule. It runs weekly instead of on demand. |
| MPGHernan | Your MPG (Mon Petit Gazon) companion | On demandLow access | Both cover plans. Same schedule and access level. |
| Sizzle@TerpGPT | Your AI personal chef | On demandLow access | Both cover plans and meal. Same schedule and access level. |
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 Host Mode
- Start with a bot that needs no integrations, then add access one account at a time.
- Open the x.ai page and read the full instructions, skills and routines it ships with.
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