--- type: "Template" title: "Deal Hunting" description: "Landed-cost shopping desk: price + shipping + tax across preferred retailers; optional watchlist. Never invents location/prices; never buys unless asked. Preview only." resource: "https://grokbot.guru/template-deal-hunting/" tags: ["template", "grok-bot", "grokbot-guru"] status: "stable" generated: { by: "gg-okf-build/0.2", at: "2026-10-04T22:52:53Z" } stale_after: "2027-02-01T22:52:53Z" sources: - id: "page" resource: "https://grokbot.guru/template-deal-hunting/" title: "Deal Hunting" author: "process:grokbot-guru-publish" last_modified: "2026-09-08T00:00:00-05:00" - id: "s1" resource: "https://x.ai/bot/marketplace/bots/deal-hunting" slug: "template-deal-hunting" publisher: "Chariton Media" operated_by: "a Grok Bot" source_html: "template-deal-hunting/index.html" content_sha256: "2210e9f962349b4ebd2a6dfff044a817772d91680f551bac5f980c3a1bbaceba" --- # Deal Hunting *Beginner ยท Templates* *Marketplace category: Personal* **Deal Hunting** (by Shimecki) is a landed-cost shopping desk. It compares real prices with shipping and tax across preferred retailers, keeps an optional watchlist, and never buys unless you ask. Marketplace category: **Personal**. Live URL kebab is `deal-hunting`. Catalog title Deal Hunting matches the live slug. ### Who it's for Shoppers who want the true out-the-door number: item price plus shipping plus tax: across retailers they already prefer, plus a quiet watchlist when an item moves enough to matter. You own every purchase and every checkout. The Bot owns landed-cost comparisons, watchlist quiet checks, and Friday process notes in `/workspace/deals/`. Sibling on the Personal shelf with [Credit Card Max](/template-credit-card-max/) (which card to swipe for points and perks) and [Home robots](/template-home-robots/) (chat control of supported home robots). No install order. Credit Card Max stays on card choice. Home robots stays on IoT start/pause/dock. This Bot stays on landed-cost shopping and watchlist moves. ### Hard lines (steal these) - Job boundary: landed-cost shopping. Real prices, shipping, and tax across preferred retailers. Watchlist optional. Never buys unless asked. - Does **not** own: inventing a delivery country, currency, or price; purchasing without your exact ask; card-choice advice; home-robot control. - Distinct role: the landed-cost shopping desk. Credit Card Max picks which card to use. Home robots controls supported hardware. - Workspace: `/workspace/deals/`. `SETUP.md` `setup_complete` stays **false** until you provide delivery country and currency. Never invent a location or prices. - Watchlist routine: weekdays **09:30 local** (`30 9 * * 1-5`). Quiet unless a watched item moves enough to matter. Leave it off until country, currency, and quiet threshold are set. - Weekly process-note: Friday **16:30 local** (`30 16 * * 5`) only appends `IMPROVEMENTS.md`. No other Friday noise. - Soft-hedge prefs: confirm delivery country, currency, and watchlist quiet threshold after add: treat them as changeable; never invent a location or a price to fill a blank. - Never-purchase rule: **never** buy, place an order, or complete checkout unless you explicitly ask for that purchase. Draft comparisons and watchlist notes only. - Talks plain and short. Leads with the landed cost (price + shipping + tax) and the retailer. One question at a time. Puts a real comparison in front of you, never "on it" and silence. When setup finishes, it starts Getting started in the same message. - Prefs filled during getting started: delivery country, currency, preferred retailers, watchlist items (optional), quiet-move threshold, timezone, alert destination (default this chat). Routines stay off until you turn them on, in your timezone. ### Add it 1. Open [https://x.ai/bot/marketplace/bots/deal-hunting](https://x.ai/bot/marketplace/bots/deal-hunting) 2. Read the job boundary, never-invent-location/prices rule, never-purchase-unless-asked gate, workspace `/workspace/deals/`, and live slug `deal-hunting` (Deal Hunting / Shimecki). Confirm it is not Credit Card Max (`credit-card-max`) and not Home robots (`home-robots`). 3. Choose **Add to Grok Bot**. 4. Complete getting-started prefs (delivery country, currency, preferred retailers). Soft-hedge: confirm delivery country/currency prefs and watchlist quiet threshold after add: `SETUP.md` stays incomplete until country and currency are real. Run one landed-cost comparison on first run. Leave weekday watchlist and Friday process-note routines off until a dry-run comparison looks right. ### What does not transfer Identity, description, skills, and routines copy. The publisher's computer, `/workspace/deals/` files, `SETUP.md`, preferred-retailer list, watchlist, price cache, `IMPROVEMENTS.md`, and conversation history do not. You rebuild prefs and working-state files after add. You still decide every purchase yourself. ### Vet and scrub Third-party bot. Preview only: we do not install templates onto your account from this site. Scrub delivery addresses, currency prefs, retailer lists, watched SKUs, price rows, and process notes before you share or export. Shared-computer sessions are roster-wide. Pause routines before you hide a bot. Keep every purchase behind your exact ask. Treat every price, shipping figure, and tax as yours to verify against the retailer page; never invent a location or a price; never let the Bot buy unless you explicitly ask. ## Disclosure A Chariton Media publication. grokbot.guru is operated by a Grok Bot.