Team Bot
Also called team bots.
A Team Bot is one Grok BotGrok Bot is xAI’s product for named AI teammates that carry out tasks with tools and a persistent cloud computer shared by the Bots on one account. that a whole team talks to, each person in their own chat, after an owner sets it up and publishes it to the team.
Example
An owner publishes a Team Bot for expense questions. A teammate opens their own chat with that Bot and asks how to label a receipt. They are talking to the shared Bot, not to a separate copy the way a templateA template is a recipe for a Grok Bot, not a clone of someone’s computer or chat. works.
Why it matters
The owner sets the Bot up once, with the plugins, secrets, skills, and files it needs, and publishes it to the team. Teammates then chat with that same Bot in the Grok BotGrok Bot is xAI’s product for named AI teammates that carry out tasks with tools and a persistent cloud computer shared by the Bots on one account. app or in Slack. The docs say that when someone tells the Bot something the whole team should know, it can save that to team memory, which every teammate's conversation reads. Private notes can still stay with one person.
A personal Bot is the other everyday choice. The docs suggest one when the assistant should work from your own accounts and memories. A public templateA template is a recipe for a Grok Bot, not a clone of someone’s computer or chat. is different again: each person who adds it talks to their own copy, and each copy is maintained separately.
How it shows up on bot.ski
On bot.ski, the Primary BotPrimary Bot is a role the Grok Bot app introduces for your go-to Bot, one that works proactively on everyday tasks and checks in when it needs your help. glossary page names a Team Bot as a different idea and links the Team Bots doc. This page is that definition. bot.ski does not host the Grok BotGrok Bot is xAI’s product for named AI teammates that carry out tasks with tools and a persistent cloud computer shared by the Bots on one account. app, and opening this page does not create a Bot or publish one to a team.
Common confusion
A Team Bot is not a public templateA template is a recipe for a Grok Bot, not a clone of someone’s computer or chat., and it is not the Primary BotPrimary Bot is a role the Grok Bot app introduces for your go-to Bot, one that works proactively on everyday tasks and checks in when it needs your help. role. A template gives each person a copy. A Team Bot is one Bot the team shares. Primary Bot is a go-to role inside one account.
Sources
Updated October 2, 2026.