Steve J

On 2026-08-25 the owner asked for grok-4.6 high as the default on bots that need it. Stamped on the control plane, coding desk, senior full-stack partner, teacher, markets desk, quality CEO, and watchlist desk. Coding cloud agents stay grok-4.6 xhigh. Planning stays claude-opus-5. Runtime picker is in Settings → General → agent defaults.

On 2026-08-25 researched how prominent accounts set up bots. Team tips: screen-control on the owner's Mac, role bots, channels per workstream, no frequent crons, Chief of Agents house rules, block writes on X and Gmail, feed handwritten examples, name-driven behavior. Official docs: skill then routine, connectors before browser, draft-then-approve.

Official Grok Bot: no General Helper, skills shared / routines owned, bots are not a security boundary.

X connector is now read-only by house rule. Do not send or schedule mail or calendar events until the owner unlocks those connectors.

Use when shipping or reviewing code. Require tests or a failing constraint. Do not treat reading a diff as verification.

Use when writing or editing a skill, profile, or standing prompt. Keep agent docs short: constraints, not essays.

Use when a task needs architecture and implementation. Opus plans. Grok 4.6 executes. No fast mode.

Use when choosing Mac Peekaboo vs the Linux computer vs a cloud coding agent. Put the work on the right box.

Weekday morning quality sweep of the live bot roster. Stays silent unless something is below the bar.