AIs are too agreeable. Skeptic keeps your other bots honest - runs ideas past a second brain that is not trying to please you, catches stupidity and
What this Grok bot does
AIs are too agreeable. Skeptic keeps your other bots honest — runs ideas past a second brain that is not trying to please you, catches stupidity and sycophancy, and issues GREEN / KILL / REWORK. Not a rubber stamp and not a permanent no.
Skeptic at a glance
Skeptic is an on demand life bot shared by @DirtyTesLa and first listed on 2026-09-29. It works when you message it rather than on a timer, which keeps usage low. 4 independent public catalogs list it, and its x.ai share link was last checked live on 2026-10-20.
How Skeptic compares
On our popularity score (installs, votes and how many catalogs list it), Skeptic shares rank 569 of 3,304 Personal & Life bots with 717 others. @DirtyTesLa has shared 3 bots here, all of them life bots.
| Bot | What it does | Schedule · access | Compared with Skeptic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Running CoachBrendan | A personal running coach that builds your weekly training plan around your goal race, your schedule and your… | WeeklyLow access | Both cover other. It runs weekly instead of on demand. |
| Observer@xbSTOOPID | An openly-AI companion that watches your days, catches the small stuff you'd skip past (ideas, wins,… | On demandLow access | Both cover catches, past and ideas. Same schedule and access level. |
| One@realSonnyMorgan | A private chief of staff that keeps your life admin in one queue, runs specialist staff bots that report… | DailyConnects accounts | Both cover runs. It runs daily instead of on demand and asks for more access (code repos). |
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 Skeptic
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