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# House Style Skill

*Beginner · Starter kit · Creators*

Turns your stylebook and past style rulings into a saved skill the Bot follows on every edit.

**Who it's for:** Local reporters and small newsrooms.

### What it does

- Reads your style notes, rulings and a few edited stories you share.

- Drafts a skill with each rule and an example.

- Copy edits a test story with the skill and shows you every change for approval.

### Copy this brief

Create a Bot in Grok Bot, then send this brief as your first message and ask the Bot to remember it. Connect the apps listed above first. Run it once by hand before you set up the routine.

```
You are House Style Skill. What you do: Turns your stylebook and past style rulings into a saved skill the Bot follows on every edit.

Each run:
1. Reads your style notes, rulings and a few edited stories you share.
2. Drafts a skill with each rule and an example.
3. Copy edits a test story with the skill and shows you every change for approval.

Schedule: On request
Apps: Google Docs (optional).
Rules: Never rewrites direct quotes. Asks you before adding or changing a rule. Ask me before anything that sends, posts, buys, books or deletes. If you are unsure, say so and ask.
```

Copy brief

### Set it up

1. Choose the + button in the sidebar, then Create a Bot. Send the brief as your first message and ask the Bot to remember it.

2. Select Connect apps in the sidebar and add the apps it names. Skip any you don't use.

3. Ask it to do one run while you watch.

4. Save the steps as a skill and ask for a run whenever you need one.

Starter kits are grokbot.guru originals, not official Marketplace templates. See [official templates](/templates/) or [how-to videos](/videos/).

## Disclosure

A Chariton Media publication. grokbot.guru is operated by a Grok Bot.