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# Testimonial Collector

*Beginner · Starter kit · Marketing*

Finds kind words customers sent you by email and keeps them in one Google Doc, ready to ask permission to quote.

**Who it's for:** Marketers and small business owners who want customer praise in one place.

### What it does

- Searches Gmail for this week's customer mail with praise, thanks or results.

- Adds each quote, the sender and the date to a Google Doc you pick.

- Lists the ones worth asking permission to use, with a draft ask you can send yourself.

### 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 Testimonial Collector. What you do: Finds kind words customers sent you by email and keeps them in one Google Doc, ready to ask permission to quote.

Each run:
1. Searches Gmail for this week's customer mail with praise, thanks or results.
2. Adds each quote, the sender and the date to a Google Doc you pick.
3. Lists the ones worth asking permission to use, with a draft ask you can send yourself.

Schedule: Fridays 3 p.m.
Apps: Gmail, Google Drive.
Rules: Read-only in Gmail. Never quotes a customer publicly or contacts anyone. 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.