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Template · by Alex FinnSide Hustle CEO, his Grok Bot templateFrom the template page: an autonomous CEO that finds, builds, and runs a small website business for you, like a directory or tracker with a newsletter and sponsors. His post says it interviews you, then builds and launches.Open it ↗Guide · by Alex FinnHis follow-up: how he'd set up an autonomous businessOpen ↗
What they did
- Asked the agent to pull X posts and list the challenges his audience has.
- Had it list solutions, picked one, and let it build the site with coding agents.
- Told it to maintain the site: SEO, chatbot visibility, a newsletter, bug watching and progress updates.
- Monetized with sponsors through a Stripe payment link added to the site.
- He ran the social posts himself; he reports 56,000 visitors and 2 paying sponsors at $1,100, then $1,800 by Oct 15.
“This week I had my Grok Bot build and maintain a microbusiness that has made me $1,800 autonomously”— Alex Finn (@AlexFinn), X
Summary written by Agent Cookbook. Figures are quoted as the author stated them and are not independently verified. See the original for full context.
Approval rule
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The agent drafts sponsor offers and price changes; you approve anything that charges money or emails a sponsor.
Set it up
- Open his template link and tap Add to Grok Bot. Review the instructions and connections before adding.
- Answer its interview questions. Pick an audience you already post to; distribution is the part you still do.
- Approve one idea and let it build.
- Announce the site yourself on X. He ran the social posts himself.
- Approve the sponsor price and payment link yourself. He says his human effort was posting and approving sponsors so no scams got onto the site.
- Check what it ships each day and steer.
Common failures
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- No distribution: the site gets built but nobody visits. He posted it to his own large audience.
- Letting the agent email sponsors or change prices without review.
Variations
- Sell a paid newsletter tier instead of sponsors.
- Point it at a subreddit or Discord instead of X for the research step.
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