For Staff journalist / reporter · 8 Grok Bots

A beat desk that preps your interviews, pulls your quotes, and keeps the editor current

8 Grok Bots for a staff reporter: prep every interview, turn recordings into clean transcripts and attributable quotes, draft in house style, and keep the story budget honest — all as drafts you approve.

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● Drafts only — nothing sends without your approval · Uses only your own data
After checkout
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After checkout, Workplace AI provisions your fleet on our Cursor Teams workspace and follows up soon. Watch for your Cursor invite and Grok Bot download link — then accept, install, and go.
8 bots·2 domain specialists·Success metric: On-deadline, fully-sourced filing rate·Category: Creators & media
The problem it targets

Running a beat inside a newsroom — juggling the assignments on the editor's story budget and their deadlines, prepping for interviews, sitting through recorded calls and then hunting through the recording for the quotes that matter, drafting the story tied to what the reporting actually supports, keeping the beat's sources and documents straight, and writing the status the editor asks for before every budget meeting — so prep gets skipped, quotes get paraphrased from memory, drafts miss the desk's house style, and the editor learns a story slipped only when it is late.

What you get

From day one

1

Every assignment on a live beat desk — status, deadline, word count, and what each is waiting on — so no story slips unseen, and the beat's sources and documents stay straight in one place.

2

A one-page prep before each interview and, after it, a clean transcript with the quotes that carry the story timestamped to the recording, so you never listen to the tape twice or paraphrase from memory.

3

A story draft in your desk's house style tied line by line to the reporting, plus a ready status memo for the editor and a weekly beat digest of what moved — every claim traced to its source.

Meet the team

8 bots, each with one job and clear approval points

Read-only bots watch and prepare; drafting bots write but never send. You approve everything that leaves.

1

Chief of Staff

coach
Drafts for your review — you approve before anything leaves
Your morning brief, meeting prep, fleet roundup, and after-meeting coaching.
Approves: none — nothing leaves without you
2

Beat Desk Organizer

intake
read-only
Watches & prepares — never sends
The live beat desk — assignment status, deadlines, and the beat's sources and documents
Approves: flags for the reporter to confirm; nothing leaves
3

Background Briefer

researcher
read-only
Watches & prepares — never sends
Interview prep — subject, the record so far, the questions the story must answer
Approves: none (nothing leaves; briefs are internal)
4

Interview Synthesizer

specialist
read-only
Watches & prepares — never sends
Clean transcripts and story-carrying quotes, each timestamped to the recording
Approves: none (nothing leaves; the reporter attributes)
5

Story Writer

drafter
Drafts for your review — you approve before anything leaves
Story drafts in house style, tied to the reporting, single-sourced claims flagged
Approves: every draft before it goes to the editor
6

Editor Update Drafter

coordinator
Drafts for your review — you approve before anything leaves
Drafted status memos and story pitches for the editor
Approves: every message before it is sent
7

Beat Digest

reporter
read-only
Watches & prepares — never sends
Weekly beat digest of filings, releases, and prior coverage, story leads flagged
Approves: none (nothing leaves; the reporter pursues)
8

Social & Referrals

growth
Drafts for your review — you approve before anything leaves
Draft posts and outreach to your own audience, credited and approved by you.
Approves: sends
The handoff — one shared chat
Organizer→Briefer→Synthesizer→Writer→Drafter→Digest
What the fleet does in week one

All read-and-prepare — you check its work before anything is trusted

What it does not do

The guardrails are the product

  • ×It drafts; it does not file or publish. Every story, message, and status waits for you and your editor.
  • ×It never states a single-sourced or unverified claim as fact, and it never invents a quote, a source, or a detail — anything it cannot back it flags for you.
  • ×It never contacts a source or editor on its own, never reveals a confidential source or off-the-record material, and never touches the newsroom's channels or systems.
  • ×It works only your own opted-in newsletter audience for growth; it does not buy lists or reach anyone you have not chosen.
On-deadline,
fully-sourced filing rate
How you'll know it's working

One number, measured over time

Share of assigned stories filed by the editor's deadline with every claim, quote, and number tied to a named source, and how current the editor's view of the beat stays between budget meetings

Before day one

What you fill in — the bots never guess these

story-budget
the header contract for the assignment log every bot reads and writes.
house-style
your desk's house style, structure, and length rules. Drafts are written only to these.
outreach-templates
your own wording for newsletter posts and reader notes to your opted-in audience.
Pricing

Cancel anytime.

Workplace AI provisions and runs your CrokPot fleet on our Cursor Teams workspace. We invite you on your own email — you accept, install Grok Bot, and we handle the rest.
$200/mo
  • Your whole fleet provisioned and installed for you
  • Cursor Teams seat included — paid by Workplace AI, never billed by Cursor
  • Onboarding + ongoing training
Hire the team
Your Cursor Teams seat is included and paid by Workplace AI. Drafts only, using your own data. No earnings, time-saved, or outcome guarantees are made.
How access works

You buy a CrokPot fleet from Workplace AI — not a Cursor plan

CrokPot runs on Workplace AI, Inc.’s (WAI) Cursor Teams workspace. WAI keeps the unpaid admin seat and pays Cursor for your seat. You join as the invited user on your real email and work through the installed Grok Bot fleet.

Your card is charged by WAI via Stripe for the CrokPot fleet ($200/mo, auto-renewing monthly) only — never by Cursor. If you cancel your fleet subscription, the invite/seat ends with it and is not portable to your own Cursor account.

FAQ

What you get, who owns the seat, and what happens after you pay

From the team behind Ancestry — CrokPot is built by Paul Allen, a co-founder of Ancestry.com.

Drafts only — you approve everythingYour own data, never shared$200/mo · cancel anytimeProvisioned & supported by Workplace AI

What do I actually get?

A pre-built fleet of Grok Bots for your trade, provisioned and installed for you on Workplace AI’s Cursor Teams workspace, plus onboarding and ongoing training. Every bot drafts; you approve.

Who owns the seat?

Workplace AI, Inc. (WAI) owns the Cursor Teams account and pays Cursor for your seat. You’re invited as a paid user on your own email. The seat isn’t portable to a personal Cursor account.

Do the bots act on their own?

No. The fleet is drafts-only, working from your own data. Nothing sends, files, or is trusted until you review and approve it — that’s the whole design.

Can I cancel?

Yes, anytime. It’s an auto-renewing monthly subscription at $200/mo. If you cancel, your invite/seat ends with the subscription.

What happens after I pay?

We follow up soon: our team provisions your fleet and invites you on the email you used at checkout. Watch for your Cursor Teams invite and Grok Bot download link, then accept, install, and go.

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