Run six read-only X research bots for a content business
An artist set up six Grok Bots on the X API, with scripts written by Claude: an audit of fake and inactive followers, a daily creator scout, a weekly shoutout list, a mention radar, warm leads and a picker for older posts worth quoting. None of them post or reply.
Source
@GlennHasABeard on X · 2026-10-18
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-20.
What they did
An artist set up six Grok Bots on the X API, with scripts written by Claude: an audit of fake and inactive followers, a daily creator scout, a weekly shoutout list, a mention radar, warm leads and a picker for older posts worth quoting. None of them post or reply.
Result (as claimed)
All six cost about $30 a month in API credits, he says; 53 likes and 2,100 views.
Tools they used
Cost: Grok Bot: from $30/mo.
Set it up
Pick one goal and metric
For example replies to outreach, ad ideas per week or landing page conversion.
Set up the tools
Open Grok Bot, Claude, X API. Load your offer, audience and examples of what already works.
Generate, then review
Have the agent research and draft. You approve every message, post or ad before it goes out.
Measure and iterate
Track the metric for a week, keep what works and feed the results back into the prompt.
Copy the full setup prompt
Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Run six read-only X research bots for a content business What the original author did: An artist set up six Grok Bots on the X API, with scripts written by Claude: an audit of fake and inactive followers, a daily creator scout, a weekly shoutout list, a mention radar, warm leads and a picker for older posts worth quoting. None of them post or reply. Reported result (as claimed by the author): All six cost about $30 a month in API credits, he says; 53 likes and 2,100 views. Source: https://x.com/GlennHasABeard/status/2111935110929174714 Tools they used: Grok Bot, Claude, X API Category: Marketing & growth Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Run six read-only X research bots for a content business What the original author did: An artist set up six Grok Bots on the X API, with scripts written by Claude: an audit of fake and inactive followers, a daily creator scout, a weekly shoutout list, a mention radar, warm leads and a picker for older posts worth quoting. None of them post or reply. Reported result (as claimed by the author): All six cost about $30 a month in API credits, he says; 53 likes and 2,100 views. Source: https://x.com/GlennHasABeard/status/2111935110929174714 Tools they used: Grok Bot, Claude, X API Category: Marketing & growth Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Run six read-only X research bots for a content business What the original author did: An artist set up six Grok Bots on the X API, with scripts written by Claude: an audit of fake and inactive followers, a daily creator scout, a weekly shoutout list, a mention radar, warm leads and a picker for older posts worth quoting. None of them post or reply. Reported result (as claimed by the author): All six cost about $30 a month in API credits, he says; 53 likes and 2,100 views. Source: https://x.com/GlennHasABeard/status/2111935110929174714 Tools they used: Grok Bot, Claude, X API Category: Marketing & growth Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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