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You do not get one locked room per Bot. You get one cloud computer on your account, and every Bot on that account works on it.

That is the beginner correction that keeps tripping people up: separate Bots are not separate sandboxes.

What the docs say (start here)

Official docs put it plainly:

• Every Bot on your account uses the same persistent cloud computer.
• Browser cookies and signed-in sessions are shared.
• Files are visible to every Bot.
• Command-line credentials are shared.
• One Bot can continue from work another Bot saved.

The computer is assigned to your user account, not to an individual Bot. Each Bot gets its own screen so several can work in parallel. Those screens are separate work surfaces, not separate security boundaries.

Read it yourself:

• Use the computer and apps
• FAQ - Do my Bots share one computer?
• Approvals, security, and privacy - shared-computer boundary

Plain language (what that feels like)

If you like a spoken walkthrough before you re-read the docs:

• Before You Build a Grok Bot Team, Check What They Share (Johnny Nel). Demo bots on the same account expose the same visible computer surface; treat that as a shared workbench, not a vault per nameplate.
• Grok Bot Never Logs Off. Now What? (What's Brewing in Tech). Sessions and work persist after you close the laptop; plan for that persistence instead of assuming a clean slate per Bot.

Use those as plain-language companions. Prefer docs.x.ai when a claim gets sharp.

Secondary explainers (CellCog and similar) often restate the same shared-computer model. Check them; do not let a blog invent isolation the docs never promised.

What that means on your roster

• A login you put on the computer is available to every Bot you run, including ones you create later.
• A file in /workspace is not private to the Bot that wrote it.
• Deleting a Bot removes that Bot's profile, conversation, and routines. It does not wipe shared-computer files or browser sessions.
• Users are isolated from each other. Within one user, Bots isolate jobs and conversations, not the computer.

Do not invent a story where each Bot gets its own VM. Official product language is one computer per user (or per team member on enterprise), shared by that user's Bots. Screens are not sandboxes.

What to do instead

Stop using "I'll just make another Bot" as a security boundary.

1. Sign out of a service when that account should no longer be available on the machine.
2. Remove sensitive temporary files when the job is done.
3. Uninstall connectors and revoke authorization in the source service when access is finished.
4. Pause or delete routines tied to that project.
5. If a workload needs its own computer and credentials, give it its own Cursor user. That is the documented isolation boundary, not a second Bot name.

Pair this with approvals

Keep sending, publishing, purchasing, deletion, and production changes behind approval. Connect only the tools a workflow needs. Start with read-only tasks and draft outputs.

Sharing a Bot is also not a security boundary. A public link copies configuration. It does not share your computer or logins, and it still exposes whatever you left in the Bot's description. Scrub secrets before you share.

For the security-review cheat sheet (Firecracker per user, Auto Review scope, Network Controls), see the Security FAQ.

Sources: docs.x.ai computer-and-apps + FAQ; Johnny Nel / plain-language YT. Check secondary blogs before you rely on them.

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