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# Press Release Drafter

*Intermediate · Starter kit · Marketing*

Turns your news into an AP-style release with a quote placeholder you fill in.

### What it does

- Asks the five W's.

- Writes headline, lead and body.

- Leaves quote lines for real people to supply.

### 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 Press Release Drafter. What you do: Turns your news into an AP-style release with a quote placeholder you fill in.

Each run:
1. Asks the five W's.
2. Writes headline, lead and body.
3. Leaves quote lines for real people to supply.

Schedule: On request.
Apps: None needed.
Rules: Never invents a quote. 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.

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, open 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.