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# Rival Coverage Check

*Beginner · Starter kit · Creators*

Scans the news sites that cover your area and lists stories you have not covered yet.

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

### What it does

- Checks the sites and sections you list for new local stories.

- Compares them with your own published and in-progress list.

- Sends you the gaps with the primary source each fact should be confirmed with.

### 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 Rival Coverage Check. What you do: Scans the news sites that cover your area and lists stories you have not covered yet.

Each run:
1. Checks the sites and sections you list for new local stories.
2. Compares them with your own published and in-progress list.
3. Sends you the gaps with the primary source each fact should be confirmed with.

Schedule: Weekdays 7 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Apps: Bot's browser.
Rules: Treats rival stories as tips only. Never copies their text. 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.