How to use this glossary

Grok Bot's vocabulary is small but slippery: the same thing can be a plugin or a connector, Marketplace became Connect Apps, and some new words, such as primary Bot, appear in the changelog before the docs. Each definition below paraphrases the official docs or Cursor's help as of October 7, 2026; where a term is only in the changelog, we say so.

Documentation: Computer and apps ↗ Grok Bot changelog ↗

Bots

The things you create and talk to. Every Bot on an account shares one computer, so the roles below organize work; they are not security boundaries.

Documentation: Create and manage Bots ↗ Team Bots ↗ Message and collaborate: group chats ↗ Cursor help: how-tos (helper Bots) ↗ Grok Bot changelog ↗

TermWhat it means
BotA durable AI teammate with a name, a job, its own conversation and working context that develops over time
Primary BotThe Bot marked with a star in your sidebar; since 0.66.0 it can offer to take work off your plate. Changelog term, not yet in the docs
Helper BotA Bot that one of your Bots created to help with its work (Cursor's help)
Team BotOne Bot your whole team talks to, each person in a private chat; set up and published by its owner. See Team Bots
Group chatA conversation with two to six Bots working toward one shared outcome, with visible handoffs
DuplicateA copy of a Bot inside your account with its profile, settings, skills, routines and avatar, but not its conversation history or learned memory
TemplateA shareable recipe for a Bot: its identity, description, skills and routines, opened from a link or the web Marketplace. Never includes your computer, logins or history

The computer

Where Bots do their work. Our shared-computer guide covers what this means for logins and context.

Documentation: Computer and apps ↗ Grok Bot security FAQ ↗ Approvals, security and privacy ↗

TermWhat it means
Computer (Agent Computer)The persistent cloud computer your Bots work on, with a browser, command line, files and connected tools. One per user, shared by all of that user's Bots
/workspaceThe shared folder on the computer where Bots keep durable project files; every Bot on the account can read it
Take over (Open the screen)Controlling the Bot's computer yourself, for example to type a password, complete two-factor sign-in or a CAPTCHA, then handing control back
Recover, Update, ResetComputer recovery controls, in that order. Recover and Update keep durable files and logins; Reset restores the last saved snapshot and can lose recent work
Execution on Local ComputerThe setting that lets Bots run commands on the computer in front of you: Ask every time (default), Always allow or Never allow

Work and automation

How a one-off task becomes repeatable work.

Documentation: Skills and routines ↗ Cursor help: how-tos (helper Bots) ↗ Grok Bot changelog ↗ Teams and enterprises: Cloud Agents ↗

TermWhat it means
SkillA reusable set of instructions for how to do a task. Private skills are one library shared by all your Bots; type / to use one
Teach a taskRecording up to ten minutes of your own computer work so the Bot can draft a skill from it; not available on mobile
RoutineAn instruction telling one Bot when to run a workflow, on a schedule or after an event. A Bot can own up to 50
Test runRunning a routine now to check it. It performs real work, so use safe inputs
Event triggerA routine that starts from something happening, such as a Slack message, a GitHub notification or a webhook call
ProjectA Cloud Agent that plans the work and runs its own agents, which a Bot can start when you ask (changelog 0.57.0)
Cloud AgentCursor's coding agent, running on separate computers; Bots can hand coding tasks to one, billed to your Cursor plan

Apps, sign-ins and secrets

How Bots reach your other tools. See plugins, connectors and MCP for the full picture.

Documentation: Computer and apps ↗ Grok Bot security ↗ Approvals, security and privacy ↗ Cursor help: connect plugins ↗ Cursor help: store secrets securely ↗ Grok Bot changelog ↗

TermWhat it means
Plugin (connector)A structured connection to a service such as Gmail, Slack or Notion. Installed once, available to every Bot on the account; its tokens stay on Cursor's backend
Connect AppsWhere you find and install plugins; called Marketplace until 0.67.0 (October 2). Bot templates moved to the web Marketplace at x.ai/bot/marketplace
Custom MCP serverA Model Context Protocol server you add yourself by asking a Bot in chat; it must be reachable over public HTTPS
Secret requestA secure card for entering a key or token; the value is masked, kept out of the transcript and not shown to the model
Secure FormThe in-chat form a Bot shows when a web page needs you to type something, which it fills into the page. In October a password filled this way appeared in a page snapshot; see Is Grok Bot safe?
1PasswordAn integration, connected from the app on a Mac since 0.53.0, that lets a Bot sign in with your saved logins, asking first unless you turn on Auto fill

Approvals and safety

What stops a Bot before it acts. Our permission boundaries guide turns these into a worksheet.

Documentation: Approvals, security and privacy ↗ Grok Bot security ↗ Grok Bot FAQ ↗ Grok Bot changelog ↗

TermWhat it means
Approval cardA card in the chat showing a proposed action, with Allow once, Always allow (which can save a rule) and Deny
Auto ReviewAn independent review model that checks risky actions, such as shell commands, plugin calls and computer use, before they run
Ask first ruleA rule that always stops matching actions for you. If it and an Allow automatically rule both match, Ask first wins
Custom RulesWhat Settings calls your saved approval rules since 0.68.0
Draft cardAn editable email or Slack message a Bot prepares for you to send or discard; can be switched off per Bot since 0.64.0
Privacy ModeCursor's data setting under which customer data is not used for training. Legacy Privacy Mode, which stores nothing, does not work with Grok Bot

Usage and plans

How Grok Bot is paid for. Prices are in our plan and pricing guide.

Documentation: Cursor help: plans and billing ↗

TermWhat it means
Weekly usageThe included Grok Bot allowance on your plan, measured in agent steps and tokens, which resets weekly
On-demand usageExtra usage after weekly usage runs out, billed through Cursor, only if you enable it
On-demand monthly limitThe cap on on-demand usage, the same as Monthly Limit under Spending on cursor.com. A run in progress can finish past it
Usage-credit trialCursor's free trial: a usage credit with a 7-day window that never becomes a paid plan
SuperGrok linkConnecting an individual SuperGrok or X Premium+ subscription to grant Grok Bot usage to your Cursor account. Permanent, and it does not stack with a Cursor plan

Quick answers

What is the difference between a skill and a routine?

A skill is a reusable set of instructions for how to do a task; a routine tells one Bot when to run a workflow, on a schedule or after an event. Save the method as a skill first, then add a routine when the task should run on its own. See skills vs routines.

Are a plugin and a connector the same thing?

Yes, in practice. The docs say connectors are installed as plugins, and the app calls them plugins. They live in Connect Apps, which was called Marketplace before version 0.67.0 (October 2).

What is a primary Bot?

The Bot marked with a star in your sidebar. The 0.66.0 changelog (October 2) says it will now spot work it can take off your plate and offer to handle it. The docs do not define the term yet, and since 0.68.0 a Team Bot cannot be a primary Bot.

Sources & next steps

Capabilities are grounded in the documentation below. The workflow design and acceptance checks are editorial suggestions.

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