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Firstmate: a one-click Grok Bot chief-of-staff template

The author open-sources his Grok Bot setup, which manages tasks in a local SQLite database, spins up subordinate bots, and keeps improving their memory and instructions.

Kun Chen
@kunchenguidArchived 2026.09.15Originally posted 2026.09.08
Firstmate: a one-click Grok Bot chief-of-staff template
Kun Chen @kunchenguidOriginally posted 2026.09.08
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sharing my Grok @Bot setup as a template you can one-click install you might have already heard of the "chief of staff" pattern that's being widely adopted firstmate is THE chief of staff - it's probably the project that pushed the furthest on this pattern it spins up other bots to get work done and actively improves their memory and instructions so they do better and better over time it sets up a local sqlite db to manage tasks, delegation, results, and decisions, so persistent records are never lost it uses cursor cloud agents for coding tasks, and grok bot for non-coding, to balance the resource and quota usage and avoid scalability bottlenecks the most common feedback from people who have adopted firstmate is "there's no way to go back" :) https://x.ai/bot/__4FfrkUdvpdMk6-LKg5r add to your grok bot, and talk to it about everything, then watch your "agent civilization" grow - it's really productive and fun at the same time!

x.com/kunchenguid/status/2097076598499668193Archived 2026.09.15 20:09