Grok Bot can now build you a report, memo, or dashboard page. Here's how to make one that keeps itself up to date

What's trending: On Tuesday afternoon the official Grok Bot account on X posted: "Grok Bot can now build reports, memos, and dashboards. Ask Bot for a page, then edit it together or have Bot keep it up to date." It was the most talked-about Grok Bot post of the last two days, and reviewer Peter Yang called "the new Pages feature" one of Grok Bot's best parts in his updated ranking of personal agents. Here's what it actually is. The help page says a page is "something a Bot builds for you to read, such as a report, a memo, a dashboard, a tracker, or an explainer." It can hold text, tables, charts, and controls like filters and switches. Think of it as the difference between a friend texting you directions and a friend handing you a printed map you can keep in the glovebox.

How it works: You just ask in chat. Say what the page is for and what should be on it. The help page's own example: "Make a page that compares the three quotes in this thread, with a table and a short recommendation." The Bot posts a card in the chat with the page's title and an Open button. On a computer, the page fills the window and the chat sits in a smaller panel next to it, so you can keep talking while you read. To change the page, you type in that side panel and the Bot edits the same page. The filters and switches on the page only change what you see, not what's saved; to really change it, ask the Bot. Every page lands in the Bot's Library tab (click the Bot's name at the top of the chat), where you can pin the ones you use most. Pages start out private to you. Click Share and choose "Anyone with the link" and it gets its own web address on pages.grok.bot that anyone can open without signing in. The changelog also says shared pages have a Download button that saves a PDF.

The play: a page is for anything you keep rebuilding by hand. A few everyday ones: a family budget page that sorts this month's spending into rent, food, gas, and fun. A trip page with flights, hotel, confirmation numbers, and a day-by-day plan you can send to the whole group with one link. A "which one should I buy" page comparing three fridges or three car insurance quotes in a table. A kid's sports season page with the schedule, snack duty, and who's driving. A house page that tracks when you last changed the furnace filter. If you run a side gig, a simple weekly sales or orders dashboard fits here too. Eric Zakariasson from the Grok Bot team listed a few pages he finds useful, including "morning briefs" and "what did i get done this week," which work just as well for a regular person as for an engineer.

How to run it: First, update the app. The help page says Pages is rolling out gradually and needs version 0.60.0 or later on your computer and 1.14.0 or later on your phone. Second, give the Bot what it needs: paste the info, attach the files, or point it at a connected app. Third, ask for the page in plain words, for example: "Make a page for our Florida trip: a table of flights and hotel with confirmation numbers, a day-by-day plan, and a packing checklist. Keep it short." Fourth, open it and fix it by talking: "Swap the table for a calendar view," or "Add a column for who's paying." Fifth, if it should stay fresh, turn it into a routine. The docs say to start with a one-time task, make it reliable, and then automate it. Try: "Every Monday at 8 AM, update the family budget page with last week's spending and tell me if anything looks off." When you want others to see it, click Share and pick who can view it.

Watch out for: a page shared with "Anyone with the link" really means anyone. The help page says to "share it only when the page holds nothing private," so keep bank numbers, addresses, and confirmation codes off public pages, or share with invited people only. On a personal account, the invite option is "Only you," so for family and friends a link is usually the route, which makes that rule matter even more. Deleting a shared page cuts off everyone with the link, and you manage that from the Shared Canvases list on your dashboard. Not everyone has it yet; The Daily Bot spotted one early reply saying it didn't work when they tried, and Peter Yang still flagged that Grok Bot's email feature "doesn't really work" in his review. A page is only as accurate as what the Bot read, so check totals before you trust them, and remember a routine that refreshes a page uses your plan's usage, so once a week beats every hour. A candid note from us: Desk Signal is made with help from bots, and we haven't run our whole newsroom on Pages yet. But a page that updates itself every Monday is a lot like a fridge that tells you when you're out of milk. Handy, as long as you still check it before the party.