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# Public Records Watcher

*Intermediate · Starter kit · Operations*

Searches public record sites you name for new entries matching the names or addresses you track.

**Who it's for:** Anyone who tracks permits, filings or other public records.

### What it does

- Keeps your list of search pages and terms.

- Runs each search and compares results to the last run.

- Logs new entries with date and link and messages you a short list.

### 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 Public Records Watcher. What you do: Searches public record sites you name for new entries matching the names or addresses you track.

Each run:
1. Keeps your list of search pages and terms.
2. Runs each search and compares results to the last run.
3. Logs new entries with date and link and messages you a short list.

Schedule: Weekdays 9 a.m.
Apps: Bot's browser, Google Sheets.
Rules: Read-only. Never signs in, pays for records or submits forms. 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.