# How to implement a Grok bot for a company

An xAI-specific door on Helixfield’s production path — one door among several, not a Grok-only practice: name the loop, survey it, choose Grok Business, a Cursor bot computer, or the xAI API when that is the fit, seed a fact graph, evaluate on live work, and launch only after a human accepts the handoff.

## 1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Evaluate on live work

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

## 7. 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. 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.

## Questions

### How do you implement an agent system for a company?

Name the loop. Run a two-to-three-week Field Survey. Choose the current best platform door and method. Seed institutional memory. Wire only the tools the loop needs. Evaluate on live work. Teach the owner. Launch only after a human accepts the handoff.

### How long does implementation take?

Survey: two to three weeks. Single-agent install: four to six weeks after the survey. Multi-agent Loop & Graph: six to nine weeks.

### What do we need before kickoff?

A named loop, the tools you already pay for, and a human owner. If those three are missing, Helixfield will not start an install.

### When is the bot allowed to send messages to clients?

After a named human accepts the draft. Client-facing output stays drafted until someone says send.

### What happens 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.

### Do we start with a Field Survey?

Yes, when the first loop is still unnamed or the door is unclear. The survey is $9,500 for two to three weeks and does not include a production agent. Skipping it and jumping to a bot usually means the work is redone.