Grok Bot chief of staff asks four questions before booking a flight
A one-line "book me a flight" triggered no tool calls; the chief of staff first asked for destination, dates, budget and approver, then completed the booking in 90 seconds.
I SENT MY GROK BOT CHIEF A ONE-LINE TASK WITH NO BUDGET, NO DELIVERABLE, NO REVIEW POINT. HE DID NOT START. HE ASKED FOUR QUESTIONS BACK. the task was "book me a flight." four words, felt complete to me. Chief read it and stopped before touching a single tool. what came back instead of a booking: 1. where › no destination in the task means no search to run. he will not guess a city from context. 2. when › a date range, not a vibe. "soon" is not a field he can act on. 3. budget › a number or a ceiling. without it every option looks equally valid to him, and none of them are. 4. review point › who confirms before the ticket is real. a flight is not reversible in under a minute, so this field is not optional. i answered all four in one message. the booking took ninety seconds after that. the four questions are not friction. they are Rule 3, doing exactly what it is supposed to do. a task with no source, no deliverable, no budget is not a task. it is a wish with a deadline attached. every Grok Bot charter i write now starts with those four fields already filled, before the first prompt.
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