The standalone Grok app

Use the standalone Grok assistant to turn a few business notes into a useful first draft, then check and improve it. This guide covers Grok on the web and its mobile apps; Grok Bot, the separate product for delegating work to AI teammates, has a different setup.

Before you start

• An internet connection and a browser, iPhone, or Android phone with access to Grok in your region.
• A sign-in method you can use again on another device. If you already have a Grok account, use its existing sign-in method.
• A small writing task and the facts it needs: for example, a business description, opening hours, service area, and the action a website visitor should take.
• A notes document where you can keep the final text. Use public business information for this first exercise.

Want to do it yourself?

Difficulty

2 out of 10

Estimated completion time

20–30 minutes

Skills you’ll need: Sign in, supply factual notes, and check and revise a short draft before saving it.

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How this helps your brand

A concise homepage draft can help visitors understand your offer and its next action. Reviewing every fact before placing the text in your editor keeps polished wording from adding unsupported promises.

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   Step 1: Open the official Grok assistant

   Start at grok.com in your browser. For a phone app, follow the iOS or Android download link on x.ai instead of choosing an unfamiliar app with a similar name. Those links lead to the official Grok listings.

   Open Grok and sign in. Follow the account screens you are shown; use the same sign-in method wherever you want to continue this work. You do not need to set up the developer API to follow this guide.

   Check the access and usage information shown for your account before choosing a subscription. Free access is limited and availability depends on location; this exercise does not require a particular paid plan.

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   Step 2: Choose a small result you can judge

   Pick one piece of writing, such as a short introduction for your home page. Avoid asking for an entire website strategy in your first message: a small draft makes mistakes easier to spot.

   Write down the facts separately before opening the chat. For example: Maple Lane Repairs fixes bicycles in Guelph, takes bookings by phone, and serves local commuters. Leave out prices and opening hours unless you know them.

   Decide what a successful answer looks like. For this example, ask for an introduction under 80 words, one heading, and a short booking button label. These are instructions you can check directly.

   Tip: Before adding personal material, review Settings and Data Controls in the mobile app. The consumer FAQ explains the Improve the model control. For this exercise, ordinary public business facts are enough.

   Illustrated exampleTurn a few facts into a small, checkable writing task

   A

   Facts in your notes

   Business

   Maple Lane Repairs

   Service

   Bicycle repairs

   Area

   Guelph

   Booking

   By phone

   Use only confirmed details.

   B

   A result you can check

   Write for people who cycle to work.

   Friendly and direct. Under 80 words.

   Return1 heading1 short introduction1 button label

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   Step 3: Send the facts and the writing brief together

   Use the message box in Grok to paste the prompt at the end of this guide. Replace every bracketed field with your own details, then send it. Keep the audience, requested length, tone, and source facts in the same message.

   For the bicycle shop example, the audience might be people who cycle to work, the tone could be friendly and direct, and the main action could be calling to book a repair. Tell Grok to list missing information rather than fill it in.

   Wait for the response and read the whole draft before asking for a revision. A plausible sentence about free inspections or same-day repairs still needs to come from your facts.

   Illustrated exampleCheck the answer against the source facts

   Compare each claim with your notes supplied fact needs checking

   Your notes

   Maple Lane Repairs fixes bicycles in Guelph. Book by phone.

   Draft from Grok

   • Bicycle repairs in Guelph
   • Free same-day inspections
   • Call to book a repair

   ✓

   Keep the service and location. Remove the inspection promise unless you confirm it.

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   Step 4: Check the draft against your original notes

   Compare the answer with the facts you wrote down, sentence by sentence. Check names, places, services, and any promises about timing or results. Count the words if the draft must fit a particular space.

   Then read it as a customer. Can someone tell what you do, who you help, and how to contact you? If a sentence sounds polished but says little, mark it for revision.

   • Keep details that appear in your notes and help the reader.
   • Remove claims you cannot support, even if they sound reasonable.
   • Keep unanswered questions in a separate list to resolve before publishing.
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   Step 5: Ask for one specific improvement

   Reply in the same conversation so your correction follows the draft. For example: “Remove the claim about same-day repairs; I did not provide that. Keep the business name and service area, use shorter sentences, and stay under 80 words.”

   Check the revised version again. If Grok keeps inventing details, paste your approved facts once more and ask for a draft using only those facts. If a needed fact is still unknown, leave it out and answer the question yourself later.

   This second pass is part of the task. Sending a good prompt does not guarantee that every detail in the response is correct.

   Illustrated exampleMake one correction, then check the revision

   01

   Flag one problem

   “Same-day repairs” was never confirmed.

   Unsupported claim

   02

   Give a precise correction

   “Remove same-day repairs. Keep Maple Lane Repairs and Guelph, and stay under 80 words.”

   03

   Review the new draft

   Maple Lane Repairs fixes bicycles for Guelph commuters. Call to book a repair.

   Check it against notes again

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   Step 6: Continue on another device or recover access

   If you want to switch from phone to browser, open grok.com and sign in with the same account. The official overview documents shared conversations across the web and mobile apps. Find this conversation and add a follow-up such as “Give me a shorter heading for the approved draft.”

   If your conversations or subscription do not match, first compare the sign-in methods on both devices. An Apple, Google, X, or email login can put you in a different account. Use the original method; buying another subscription is not a troubleshooting step.

   For app login problems, update and restart the app. For a browser problem, the official FAQ suggests trying a private browser window. If a usage limit appears, read its message and return when access is available rather than repeatedly resending the same request.

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   Step 7: Keep the approved text somewhere useful

   Select the final text and copy it into your notes document. Label it with the business name and date, and keep your original facts beside it so another person can check the wording.

   Read it once more outside the chat. Remove any unanswered questions from the customer-facing copy, and resolve them separately. You now have text to place into your website editor; the writing conversation alone has not changed your live website.

Help me write a short home-page introduction using only the facts below.

Business name: [name]
What we do: [services you actually offer]
Who we help: [audience]
Location or service area: [confirmed place]
Main action for visitors: [for example call to book]
Other approved facts: [paste facts, or write none]
Tone: [for example friendly and direct]

Return one heading, an introduction under 80 words, and one button label of no more than five words. Do not invent prices, opening hours, qualifications, reviews, contact details, or promises. Put questions about missing information after the draft. I will review the facts before using the text.