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# New Court Filings Watch

*Intermediate · Starter kit · Creators*

Finds newly filed criminal cases on your public court site each weekday, not just changes on cases you already follow.

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

### What it does

- Runs the filing-date search you set up on your public court site.

- Compares cases to the last run and logs new case numbers, charges and filing dates.

- Flags felonies and names that match your watch list, with a link to each case.

### 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 New Court Filings Watch. What you do: Finds newly filed criminal cases on your public court site each weekday, not just changes on cases you already follow.

Each run:
1. Runs the filing-date search you set up on your public court site.
2. Compares cases to the last run and logs new case numbers, charges and filing dates.
3. Flags felonies and names that match your watch list, with a link to each case.

Schedule: Weekdays 8 a.m.
Apps: Bot's browser, Google Sheets.
Rules: Read-only. Never signs in to paid court systems and never treats a charge as a conviction. 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. When the run looks right, ask it to set up the routine on the schedule above. A new routine waits for its first scheduled time. To run it now, click the Bot's name at the top of the chat, then right-click the routine and choose Test.

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.