๐Ÿ“ฃMarketing & Content ยท Step-by-step guide

Turn what you built or did this week into social post and article drafts you approve before anything goes out

A free Grok Bot template called Indie Builder CMO reads your own work notes every Monday and turns them into five X post drafts and an article outline. A few times a week it writes an article draft linking a trending topic to something you actually made, saved as drafts for Substack and Medium, and you get one short daily summary. Nothing is posted until you say yes, and if it doesn't know a number it writes [ASK OWNER] instead of making one up.

Created byFrederik ยท @froessell on X
๐Ÿ“ฐ Read the original: Frederik: I turned my own marketing bot setup into a Grok Bot template anyone can copy (X post) โ†—
โฑ๏ธ About 30 minutes, then 10 minutes a week to approve๐ŸŽฏ Easy๐Ÿ’ต The template is free; Grok Bot is included in The X Subscription Premium (USD 30/month)๐Ÿ“‹ 7 steps
๐Ÿค– Grok Bot๐Ÿ“˜ How-to
๐ŸŽฏ What you'll have at the endYou'll have a bot that turns your real work notes into weekly post drafts and article drafts, and never publishes anything without your yes.

๐Ÿ‘€ What you'll get

Example

Here's the kind of thing you'll have at the end:

โœ… ListMonday drafts ยท from your notes, week 44

5 post drafts (waiting for your yes)

  • Finished the new booking page for Studio Teratai: clients can now pick a 30 or 60 minute slot
  • Fixed the slow photo upload. Pages now load in [ASK OWNER] seconds
  • What I learned pricing my first monthly plan
  • Before and after: the old menu vs the new one
  • One thing I'd do differently on this job

Article outline

  • Title: Why small studios lose bookings at the last step

Daily summary

  • 2 drafts need a number from you

๐Ÿงช Made-up sample to show the kind of result. Your output will vary.

๐Ÿ’ธ What will this really cost me?

Prices checked 26 Oct 2026
๐Ÿงช To try it once
The template itself is free. Free trial credit for new Grok Bot accounts (it runs out by how much work the bot does, within 7 days). After that you need The X Subscription Premium at USDย 30 a month.
๐Ÿ” To keep it running
Included in Premium: USDย 30 a month, or USDย 25 a month paid yearly. Super (USDย 100) and Ultra (USDย 200) give bigger weekly allowances.
โš ๏ธ Watch out for
Several routines a week (posts, articles, daily summary) all use the same allowance, so switch off the ones you don't read. Bots share one weekly allowance; past it, extra work is paid from prepaid credit, so set a monthly limit. The Plus plan (USDย 8) doesn't include Grok Bot.

๐Ÿ”— Official pricing: The X Subscription pricing ยท Grok Bot plans & usage

Prices change often, so check the links before you pay. Amounts exclude tax. Prices are shown in each provider's own currency.

๐Ÿงพ Which plan do I need?

๐Ÿช™ Small upgrade ยท MYR 122/mo

Grok Bot runs in The X Subscription Premium (the trial credit lasts up to 7 days).

Tick what you already pay for:

๐Ÿช™ Small = up to MYR 250 a month more ยท ๐Ÿ’Ž Big = over MYR 250 a month more ยท prices from each provider's pricing page, checked 21 Oct 2026.
โ„น๏ธ How we work this outPrices come from each provider's own pricing page (checked 21 Oct 2026; amounts exclude tax). Small upgrade = up to MYR 250 a month more than you pay now. Big upgrade = more than MYR 250 a month more. Check pricing = the provider doesn't publish a price we could confirm. The badges are worked out in MYR at USD 1 = MYR 4.08 (Bank Negara Malaysia, 19 Oct 2026). Each guide's needs come from its own "What will this really cost me?" box. Your ticks stay in this browser only (no account, nothing sent to us).
Tick all your plans on the home page โ†’

โฑ๏ธ Try it in 10 minutes

โœ… Free plan ยท nothing to connect

What you'll see: Five post drafts and an article outline written only from the sample notes, with ASK OWNER wherever a fact is missing.

Copy the prompt, paste it into one of the free AI apps below and press send. The sample is made up, so swap in your own details if you like.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Your 10-minute test
Here are my work notes from this week. I run a small home-baking business called Dapur Mak Ani.
- Tested a new pandan chiffon recipe, 3 tries, the third one didn't sink
- 14 orders for Deepavali kuih boxes, sold out by Thursday
- Switched to paper boxes instead of plastic
- A customer asked if we deliver to Shah Alam (we don't yet)

Write 5 short social post drafts, each about one real thing above, in plain British English, no hype. Then write one article outline: a title and 5 headings. Wherever a number or fact is missing, write ASK OWNER in capitals instead of guessing.

โœ… Works on: ChatGPT Free ยท Claude Free ยท Gemini app (free) ยท Grok Bot trial credit

Links go to the official plan pages. Free plans have daily limits and can change, so check before you rely on them.

โžก๏ธ Like it? The full setup adds: The full template runs every week from your own notes, drafts articles for Substack and Medium, sends one daily summary and waits for your approval. Go to the steps โ†“

โšก One-click install

Checked install pages (app stores, official sites and template pages): tap to get it straight away.

โฌ‡๏ธ Add Indie Builder CMOGrok Bot (Add to Grok Bot)โฌ‡๏ธ Get Grok Bot on iPhoneApp Storeโฌ‡๏ธ Get Grok Bot on AndroidGoogle Playโฌ‡๏ธ Download for desktopOfficial download page

๐Ÿงฐ Before you start

โฑ๏ธ Time neededAbout 30 minutes, then 10 minutes a week to approve
๐Ÿ’ต Rough costThe template is free; Grok Bot is included in The X Subscription Premium (USD 30/month)

๐Ÿชœ Step by step

๐Ÿฃ Beginner mode: showing the 6 essential steps only. Extra steps are hidden; tap ๐Ÿš€ Advanced at the top to see all 7.
โœ… 0 of 7 steps done ๐Ÿ“„ Printable page
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    Get Grok Bot

    Install Grok Bot (buttons below) and sign in. In Settings, look for Usage & Billing and set a monthly spending limit.

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    Add the template

    Tap 'Add Indie Builder CMO' below. It opens the template page on x.ai: tap Add to Grok Bot. It's made by a user (Frederik), not by the company, so read what it does before you add it.

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    Answer the six setup questions

    The first time you open it, it asks about you, what you make, your audience and your tone. Answer plainly; it saves these as its standing instructions.

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    Point it at your notes

    Share the file or doc where you write what you did each week. If you don't keep one, start now: five bullet points every Friday is enough.

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    Not a game maker? Adjust it

    The template is written for indie game and app builders. Paste the 'Make it mine' prompt below to switch it to your trade (bakery, design studio, tutoring...).

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    Approve on Monday

    Read the five post drafts and the article outline. Fix anything marked [ASK OWNER] with the real number, then approve the ones you like. Nothing goes out until you do.

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    Optional: teach it your style

    Each Friday, ask it to compare your edits with its drafts and add what it learned as short style rules.

    โž• Extra step: hidden in ๐Ÿฃ Beginner mode

๐Ÿ’ฌ Copy-paste prompts

Tap Copy prompt, paste it into your AI (Grok, ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini), then replace the [yellow bits] with your own details.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Make it mine
Change your setup for my business. I'm not a game developer.
What I do: [your trade and what you sell]
Who reads my posts: [audience]
Where I post: [X / LinkedIn / Instagram captions / newsletter]
Keep these rules: write only from my work notes; if a fact or number is missing write [ASK OWNER]; nothing is posted or sent without my yes; one daily summary instead of messages from every routine.
Replace the Friday listicle with: [e.g. 'a tip of the week from a job we did']. Show me the new schedule before saving it.
๐Ÿ’ฌ Weekly drafts
Read my work notes from this week. Write 5 short post drafts for [platform], each about one real thing I did, in plain British English, no hype, no emojis unless I use them. Add one article outline (title, 5 headings, the key point of each). Put [ASK OWNER] wherever a number or name is missing. Show them to me; don't post anything.

โš ๏ธ Tips & common mistakes

๐ŸŒŸ Why it's worth it

๐Ÿ’ก Why it mattersMost small makers and freelancers stop posting because writing about their work takes longer than doing it. Drafts written from your real notes sound like you and stay factual, so you spend 10 minutes approving instead of an evening writing.
๐Ÿท๏ธ Real exampleFrederik (@froessell on X), a product designer who now builds games on his own, shared his marketing bot setup as the free 'Indie Builder CMO' Grok Bot template on 24 Oct 2026. Every Monday it turns real work notes into 5 X post drafts and an article outline; three times a week it drafts an article where a trend overlaps something he built; on Fridays a listicle; and one daily debrief replaces messages from every routine. 'Nothing posts without your approval.'
๐Ÿ”Œ Connects to:Your work notes or changelogX (drafts only)Substack and Medium (drafts only)
๐Ÿ“˜ Proof level: How-toA how-to guide, template or new feature from the maker or a guide site. It shows what you can set up and claims no particular results.
๐Ÿ“ฐ Found via X (Twitter): Frederik: I turned my own marketing bot setup into a Grok Bot template anyone can copy (X post) โ†—

๐Ÿ”— Helpful links

๐Ÿ”— Frederik's post about the template (source) โ†—๐Ÿ”— Indie Builder CMO template page (x.ai) โ†—๐Ÿ”— Grok Bot docs: get started โ†—

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