How to implement a Grok bot.

1. 01

   Name the loop

   Write the repeating work in one sentence and name the human who can reject the output. If you cannot name the loop, do not buy seats or start an install.

2. 02

   Run a Field Survey

   Spend two to three weeks mapping the loop, the tools you already pay for, and the facts a bot would need. Helixfield prices this diagnostic at $9,500. It does not include a production agent.

3. 03

   Choose the Grok door — if it is the current best fit

   Pick Grok Business seats, a Cursor bot computer, the xAI API, or a mix from the loop — not from a demo. If Astra, Claude, or Gemini is the better door, that is the install. Many companies end up mixed.

4. 04

   Seed the fact graph

   Write the facts, rules, systems, people, and open questions the bot must pack. Label each proposed, accepted, or ask. Chat history is not the graph.

5. 05

   Wire only the tools the loop needs

   Connect the applications the job actually touches. Write permissions down. A bot that can click every app is a liability.

6. 06

   Evaluate on live work

   Score the bot on real jobs, not a scripted demo. Missing facts become asks. Invented numbers fail the evaluation.

7. 07

   Teach the owner

   The owner learns four verbs: pack, act, extract, ingest. They must be able to reject a bad fact and refuse an outbound draft.

8. 08

   Accept the handoff

   A named human accepts the system before it touches clients. Client-facing output stays drafted until someone says send. Thirty days of correction follow launch.

After launch, thirty days of correction are included. Most companies then move to a Circuit retainer at $6,800 per month (three-month minimum) so the graph does not rot. Vendor seats remain on the client’s bill.