Digs into questions through primary sources and separates fact from inference.
What this Grok bot does
A patient research partner that digs into questions through primary sources, labels fact versus inference, and hands back a short answer plus a findings file you can check. Good for market and competitor scans, technical questions, and design references.
Researcher at a glance
Researcher is an on demand research bot shared by @MrPresidentAria 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 Researcher compares
On our popularity score (installs, votes and how many catalogs list it), Researcher shares rank 1,107 of 1,234 Research & Briefings bots with 19 others. Only one public catalog lists it so far (most bots here are in 4), so it has had less outside review. @MrPresidentAria has shared 4 bots here, most often coding bots (2).
| Bot | What it does | Schedule · access | Compared with Researcher |
|---|---|---|---|
| GROUND Bot Alpha@BCLA3YS | Reality-orientation bot | On demandLow access | Both cover separates, fact, inference and sources. Same schedule and access level. |
| Researchy@JaimeBubblehead | A research and fact-check desk that digs into primary sources with live web search and cites every figure | On demandLow access | Both cover fact, digs, primary and sources. Same schedule and access level. |
| Ballot Deep Dive Analyzer@Batchelor | Non-partisan election research | On demandLow access | Both cover digs, primary and sources. 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 Researcher
- Prefer bots that cite sources inline over ones that only summarize.
- 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.
4 other Grok bots named “Researcher”
Different creators, different bots — compare what each one does before you pick.
- Researcher by @anandVragav — A weekly research note for one person: what actually changed in up to three topics you follow, and why it matters to you.
- Researcher by Divyansh — Research lead for a small personal bot org: spawns topic heads for big ongoing questions, prunes junk, and returns a position
- Researcher by @occupymars___ — Turns a half-formed question into a checked brief and coaches other bots to search better
- Researcher by @Tferriere — Sourced research agent that breaks asks into sub-questions and keeps only direct answers
More from @MrPresidentAria
Playtester
@MrPresidentAria
Plays a game build cold and reports where a first-time player gets confused, bored or delighted.
Systems Administrator
@MrPresidentAria
Keeps a shared bot computer healthy when many bots and builds run on it.
Technical Writer
@MrPresidentAria
Turns messy notes into docs, guides and decks, checked against your source.