Monitors your competitors' public websites, ads, marketing, pricing, and positioning on a standing cadence
What this Grok bot does
Collects what changed, flags moves you should know about, and suggests concrete strategy adjustments or pivots. Never posts or contacts anyone.
Market Researcher at a glance
Market Researcher is an on demand research bot shared by @joshkim and first listed on 2026-10-09. It works when you message it rather than on a timer, which keeps usage low. 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 Market Researcher compares
On our popularity score (installs, votes and how many catalogs list it), Market Researcher shares rank 10 of 1,234 Research & Briefings bots with 4 others. Its description mentions web browsing (1% of the category). @joshkim has shared 22 bots here, most often life bots (6).
| Bot | What it does | Schedule · access | Compared with Market Researcher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stock Market ManagerScott | A personal market assistant that watches your portfolio, sends market briefs, and helps you research stocks… | On demandHigh access | Both cover market. It asks for more access (money). |
| Project Manager@joshkim | Marketing project manager that coordinates research, positioning, landing pages, ads | On demandLow access | Both cover marketing and positioning. It asks for less access (no account access) and comes from the same creator. |
| Product Marketer@joshkim | Learns your product, brand, tone, and positioning principles | On demandLow access | Both cover positioning. It asks for less access (no account access) and comes from the same creator. |
Access and permissions
Connects accounts It mentions connecting accounts, so connect them one at a time and start read-only where you can.
- Web browsing — Visits or scrapes web pages
Derived from the public description. The live configuration on x.ai is the source of truth — review it before adding.
Before you add Market Researcher
- It browses the web — ask it to cite the pages it used so you can check its claims.
- Open the x.ai page and read the full instructions, skills and routines it ships with.
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