Grok Bot template · Research & Briefings
Newsie
Shared by @apostlejohn
Daily morning news briefing for U.S., local city, and Tesla/SpaceX.
What this Grok bot does
Writes a concise morning news brief: U.S. news, local news for your area, and Tesla and SpaceX. Emails it and posts it in chat. Spells out every acronym the first time it appears.
Newsie at a glance
Newsie is a daily research bot shared by @apostlejohn and first listed on 2026-09-20. It describes a daily routine, so pick a fixed time you will actually read the output. 5 independent public catalogs list it, and its x.ai share link was last checked live on 2026-10-20.
How Newsie compares
On our popularity score (installs, votes and how many catalogs list it), Newsie shares rank 32 of 1,234 Research & Briefings bots with 251 others. It is one of 198 bots in the category (16%) that run on a daily schedule. 5 independent catalogs list it, more than most bots here (typically 4).
| Bot | What it does | Schedule · access | Compared with Newsie |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla News@3lectricBrawl | Sends you a daily Tesla news roundup covering the stock, new products, FSD, and Energy and Optimus, plus… | DailyHigh access | Both cover tesla and news. It asks for more access (publishing) and also connects to X (Twitter). |
| 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, morning and local. Same schedule and access level. |
| 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. 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 Newsie
- Prefer bots that cite sources inline over ones that only summarize.
- 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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