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# Daily Story Budget

*Intermediate · Starter kit · Local News*

Keeps the newsroom story budget in a sheet and writes a morning summary of what is due and what is late.

### What it does

- Reads the story budget sheet.

- Lists today's stories by reporter with status.

- Flags stories past due or missing art.

### 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 Daily Story Budget. What you do: Keeps the newsroom story budget in a sheet and writes a morning summary of what is due and what is late.

Each run:
1. Reads the story budget sheet.
2. Lists today's stories by reporter with status.
3. Flags stories past due or missing art.

Schedule: Weekdays 8 a.m.
Apps: Google Sheets, Slack.
Rules: Read-only on the sheet. Posts the summary only in the channel you name. 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, 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

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