Finds and tracks free directories, shelves and awesome-lists of Grok Bot templates, and flags paid sites and prompt dumps.
What this Grok bot does
Finds and tracks free directories, shelves and awesome-lists of Grok Bot templates, and flags paid sites and prompt dumps. Read-only, with an optional weekly report of what's new.
Shelf Scout at a glance
Shelf Scout is a weekly coding bot shared by @JayinEly and first listed on 2026-10-25. It describes a weekly routine, which is cheap to run and easy to judge after a few weeks. One public catalog lists it, and its x.ai share link was last checked live on 2026-11-09.
How Shelf Scout compares
On our popularity score (installs, votes and how many catalogs list it), Shelf Scout shares rank 559 of 703 Coding & Shipping bots with 42 others. It is one of 22 bots in the category (3%) that run on a weekly schedule. Its description mentions code repos (29% of the category). Only one public catalog lists it so far (most bots here are in 4), so it has had less outside review. @JayinEly has shared 9 bots here, most often research bots (4).
| Bot | What it does | Schedule · access | Compared with Shelf Scout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free AI Credits Finder@LidaWangX | Hunts freebies | On demandLow access | Both cover free and finds. It runs on demand instead of weekly and asks for less access (no account access). |
| Competitor Scout@Promise1web3 | Tracks competitor creators in your X niche every day and reports their top-performing posts, formats, paid… | DailyConnects accounts | Both cover scout and paid. It runs daily instead of weekly. |
| Bridge Bot@xiaohu | Lets ChatGPT, Claude Code or any tool send tasks to your Grok Bot over a webhook | On demandLow access | Both cover prompt. It runs on demand instead of weekly and asks for less access (no account access). |
Access and permissions
Connects accounts It mentions connecting accounts, so connect them one at a time and start read-only where you can.
- Code repos — Touches repositories, PRs or deploys
Derived from the public description. The live configuration on x.ai is the source of truth — review it before adding.
Before you add Shelf Scout
- Give it read-only repository access first and keep merging in human hands.
- Run it on demand for a few days before you switch on its weekly routine.
- 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.
Another Grok bot named “Shelf Scout”
Different creators, different bots — compare what each one does before you pick.
- Shelf Scout by @XyberRun — Curates a weekly reading list (books + articles) from what you have actually been working on — real signals, not generic founder lists
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