What do I get without paying?

Create agents, write prompts and memories, run them manually. Everything on this site with a `free plan` chip works on that.

What exactly costs money?

Scheduled/automated runs and outside connectors (Sheets, Gmail, Zendesk). Check xAI's current plan page for pricing — tiers change.

Is it worth paying for one template?

If the template's value is a scheduled run (weekly digest, hourly triage), yes — that's precisely what you're buying.

Is Grok Bot free? What the free tier actually covers

Manual agent runs are free; scheduling and connectors are paid. Every paste-and-run template is free.

Steps

Check the plan chip on the template page — free plan or pro plan tells you before you start.
If it says free plan: create the agent, paste the prompt, run. No card needed.
If it says pro plan: read why — the page’s deps show the connector it needs; its steps say whether it runs on a schedule.
Often the free workaround exists: run the same prompt manually and paste in the data by hand.

The honest split

Works free	Needs paid
Paste notes → get a draft	Sheet connector reads the rows itself
Run a digest by hand Friday	The digest runs itself Monday 08:00
One-off repurposing	Standing hourly triage

Four of our templates carry the free plan chip — the paste-only ones. The other ten need paid for the connector or schedule they use — and every page tells you which.

When to pay

Pay when the template’s whole value is not having to remember. An invoice chaser you run monthly by hand loses to one that runs itself — that’s the paid feature, and it’s the whole point of the template. See routines and scheduled runs.

Next: free-path starting points

Templates to start with: meeting follow-up drafter and content repurposing digest — both paste-and-run, zero paid features.