What Is Auto-review in Grok Bot?

Short answer

Auto-review is Grok Bot’s safety check. In the app’s words, “Grok Bot checks each action before it runs and asks you first when needed.” You’ll find the switch in Settings → General, under Bot. It was on when we opened a fresh account.

As of Oct 26, 2026 (Grok Bot desktop app v0.75.8).

Grok Bot Settings, General, Bot section: the Auto-review switch turned on, with the description "Grok Bot checks each action before it runs and asks you first when needed. Add rules to customize what it can do automatically", and the Custom Rules form below

How it works

When an action needs your OK, the Bot stops and shows an approval in chat. Nothing happens until you answer.
You can tune it with Custom Rules: “When Grok Bot wants to… it should Allow automatically / Ask first”.
If rules conflict, “Ask first” wins. The app adds: “These rules apply only to you. Built-in safety checks always apply.”

Custom Rules form with the "It should" dropdown open, showing Allow automatically and Ask first

Our advice

Leave Auto-review on.
Add Ask first rules for anything you can’t undo: sending, posting, paying, deleting, publishing. See how to add custom rules.
Use Allow automatically only for small, safe, repeated actions, like reading a folder you own.

Passwords and one-time codes go through a takeover or the Vault, never chat. The full picture is in Keeping Grok Bot safe.