From the August 11 beta to the August 26 expansion
xAI launched Grok Bot in beta on August 11, 2026 as a team of always-on agents that work inside the user's own tools. On August 26, the company announced that Grok Bot was being included with SuperGrok, SuperGrok Plus, SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Pro, Cursor Pro+, Cursor Ultra and the Cursor Teams Standard and Premium plans, with its own usage separate from Grok and Cursor usage. An earlier version of this story dated the expansion to August 21; the official announcement is dated August 26.
Who has access today: check before you subscribe
The rules changed after that announcement. Cursor's help center, checked on October 2, 2026, says ongoing access comes from Cursor Ultra, a Premium seat on a Cursor team (a Standard seat alone is not enough) or a linked individual SuperGrok, SuperGrok Plus or SuperGrok Heavy account, which grants Grok Bot usage, highest on Heavy. Cursor Pro and Pro+ do not include ongoing access, and SuperGrok Lite, Team and Enterprise do not qualify. A SuperGrok link is permanent and cannot be moved to another Cursor account. Included usage resets weekly; after that, extra usage can be billed to the account's on-demand spend if it is enabled.
One cloud computer shared by your Bots
According to xAI's documentation, each Bot works on a persistent cloud computer with a browser, filesystem and terminal, and keeps working while your laptop is closed. That computer belongs to the account, not to a single Bot: all of a user's Bots share its files, browser sessions and app logins. Bots can message each other in group chats, learn a workflow from a demonstration and rerun it as a scheduled routine. The app runs on macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android.
Approvals, credentials and where data lives
Bots have no identity of their own: they act as the signed-in member and can never hold more access than that person. For sign-in, two-factor and payment steps, the Bot hands control back to the person instead of typing credentials. Risky actions can go through Auto Review, an automated review layer that lets an action proceed, requires approval or blocks it. Controls such as network destination allowlists, audit logs and admin-enforced review rules are Enterprise only. Bot computers currently run in the United States.
What to do in your company
Start with a real task that has defined tools and a clear finish line, and state in the request what the Bot may change and where it must stop to ask for approval. Because Bots share the same computer and sessions, do not sign different clients' accounts into the same environment without separating access, and review US data processing before including customers' personal data. To compare agents on results rather than demos, see how to read AutomationBench-AA. To design a pilot with human approvals and measurement, see AI for business.
Sources
xAI: Introducing Grok Bot (Aug 11, 2026); xAI: Grok Bot is now included with more plans (Aug 26, 2026); Cursor: Grok Bot plans and billing; Grok Bot documentation; Grok Bot security.