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News Tip Sorter

Intermediate · Starter kit · Media

Reads tips in your newsroom inbox, sorts them by news value and lists what each would take to confirm.

What it does

Apps
Gmail
Suggested routine
Weekdays 7 a.m.
Guardrails
Read-only. Never contacts sources.

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 News Tip Sorter. What you do: Reads tips in your newsroom inbox, sorts them by news value and lists what each would take to confirm.

Each run:
1. Reads new tips.
2. Ranks them by news value.
3. Lists the records or sources needed to confirm each.

Schedule: Weekdays 7 a.m.
Apps: Gmail.
Rules: Read-only. Never contacts sources. Ask me before anything that sends, posts, buys, books or deletes. If you are unsure, say so and ask.

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, open the routine and choose Test.

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