Keeps a restorable backup of your Grok Bots and their computer files.
What this Grok bot does
Keeps a verified, restorable backup of all your Grok Bots and your Grok Bot computer's files in storage you choose, so if anything is lost or wiped you can rebuild and get back to work fast. Sets up in about five minutes, then runs quietly on its own.
Lifeboat at a glance
Lifeboat is an on demand teams bot shared by @Tchap248 and first listed on 2026-11-09. 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 Lifeboat compares
On our popularity score (installs, votes and how many catalogs list it), Lifeboat shares rank 527 of 618 Teams & Handoffs bots with 33 others. Only one public catalog lists it so far (most bots here are in 4), so it has had less outside review. @Tchap248 has shared 3 bots here, all of them teams bots.
| Bot | What it does | Schedule · access | Compared with Lifeboat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fix Stuck Bot Computer@YourFutureCoder | Gets your Grok Bot's computer unstuck when it hangs, freezes your bots, or won't respond, then checks its… | On demandLow access | Both cover computer. Same schedule and access level. |
| Backup@razzzu1 | Keeps copies of your bots' setups and key files off the shared Grok Bot computer, in a private GitHub repo… | On demandHigh access | Both cover backup, files and computer. It asks for more access (code repos, docs & sheets, deletes) and also connects to Google Drive, GitHub. |
| Grok Bot Backup AssistantTechOps | Backs up every assistant on your Grok Bot box via open-source grok-bot-backup, plus a readable,… | On demandHigh access | Both cover backup and files. It asks for more access (deletes). |
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 Lifeboat
- 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.
Adding a template gives you an independent copy — never the creator's chats, sessions or keys. How adding a Grok Bot template works.
2 other Grok bots named “Lifeboat”
Different creators, different bots — compare what each one does before you pick.
- Lifeboat by @XWardClerkChris — Nightly backup of your Grok Bot computer to Google Drive: one full baseline, then only the last 24 hours of changes plus a small bot-brain export. No secrets.
- Lifeboat by ws@x — Saves an encrypted weekly backup of your skills, bot personas, memory, rules and tool settings, with an inventory table and a guided restore.
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