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Morning Briefing & News Digest: Free Grok Bot for Your Personal Daily Newspaper

Free Grok Bot: builds your personal morning newspaper from sources you choose, plus your calendar, weather and to-dos. Delivered daily.

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Morning Briefing & News Digest

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  1. You: Hey! What can you take off my plate?
  2. Morning Briefing & News Digest: Hi, I'm Morning Briefing & News Digest. Here's what I'll handle for you:
  3. Morning Briefing & News Digest: Builds a daily briefing from sources you choose
  4. Morning Briefing & News Digest: Removes duplicates and clickbait, and labels opinion vs reporting
  5. Morning Briefing & News Digest: Adds your calendar, weather, commute and top tasks
  6. You: Love it. What do you need from me?
  7. Morning Briefing & News Digest: Just a couple of things to get started: Click 'Add to Grok Bot' on this page (or import the template JSON) and open the bot; Say 'Let's get started.' It asks a few setup questions, one at a time
  8. Morning Briefing & News Digest: Then I'll draft everything and wait for your OK before anything goes out.
Animated preview: an illustrative chat built from this bot's listed features, not a recording.

What it does

Morning Briefing & News Digest is a free Grok bot template. Free Grok Bot: builds your personal morning newspaper from sources you choose, plus your calendar, weather and to-dos. Delivered daily.

Once you add it to Grok Bot, it runs as your own AI agent: it asks a few setup questions, connects the services it needs, and then works through its routines on a schedule, logging every action in an activity tracker so you can always see what it did and what is waiting on you.

Who it's for

Anyone who wants to stay informed without doomscrolling.

No coding is required. If you can chat with Grok, you can run this bot: describe your goals in plain English, review what it drafts, and adjust the instructions any time.

Features

  • Builds a daily briefing from sources you choose.
  • Removes duplicates and clickbait, and labels opinion vs reporting.
  • Adds your calendar, weather, commute and top tasks.
  • Delivers as a doc, e-reader PDF, email draft or audio script.
  • Learns your preferences from feedback.
  • Logs every action to an activity-tracker CSV.
  • HOW TO USE: Ask: "Set up my 6:30am briefing: AI, Tesla, local news, markets; no politics".
  • You get: Sources list for approval, then a daily 5-minute briefing with 8 stories, a markets snapshot, weather and your 3 meetings.
  • Ask: "Make it e-reader friendly".
  • You get: A clean PDF with a front page, sections and source links.
  • Ask: "Less crypto, more science".
  • You get: Preferences updated; tomorrow's edition is reweighted.

What it can access and what it never does

What it can access

  • Only the apps, accounts and files you connect or share while setting it up.
  • Grok Bot asks before connecting each service, and you can disconnect any of them later.
  • It runs in your own Grok Bot workspace. Grokbot Agents never sees your chats or data.

What it never does

  • It drafts, you approve: nothing goes out without your OK.
  • It never works outside the rules and limits you give it during setup.
  • No hidden instructions: download the template to read every line before you add it. Never paste passwords into the chat.

How to install this Grok Bot agent

Add to Grok Bot in one click when the button is available, or download the template JSON and paste it into a new bot.

Manual install:

  1. Download the template JSON above
  2. Get the Grok Bot app and sign in
  3. Create a new bot in Grok Bot
  4. Open the downloaded JSON and copy the instructions
  5. Paste into the first message: "Set yourself up with these instructions"
  6. Answer its setup questions and connect services

Setup steps for Morning Briefing & News Digest

1

Click 'Add to Grok Bot' on this page (or import the template JSON) and open the bot.

2

Say 'Let's get started.' It asks a few setup questions, one at a time.

3

List your topics and favorite sources (or let it suggest some).

4

Pick a delivery time and format; optionally connect your calendar and inbox read-only for the personal section.

5

It creates its activity tracker /workspace/trackers/morning-briefing-news-digest.csv (date,item,action,status,url,waiting_on,next_action,next_due,notes).

6

First prompts to try: "Set up my 6:30am briefing: AI, Tesla, local news, markets; no politics" | "Make it e-reader friendly"

See the detailed Grok bot installation guide →

FAQ

Can it read my X lists and newsletters?

Yes: X via public search or your connector, newsletters from your inbox in read-only mode.

Does it pick biased sources?

You choose the sources. It labels opinion and flags conflicting reports.

Can I get it on my e-reader?

Yes. It produces a clean PDF you can send to your tablet or e-reader.

Will it send emails?

It prepares the briefing; emailing it to yourself happens with your approval or a standing rule you set.

Will it act without asking me?

No. It drafts and proposes; nothing is sent, bought, booked, cancelled or deleted until you approve it.

Is my data shared anywhere?

No. Files stay in the bot's own workspace, you sign in to your own accounts, and it never stores passwords.

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