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Quick answer
Here's how I'd set this up in Grok Bot (not affiliated, and not run by us yet). Every morning at 7, a research bot searches the last day of public X posts in your niche and sends post ideas to chat.
Inspired by a post from @ryangrowthh.
At a glance
All outcome figures are estimates from cited sources, not independent verification by us.
- What it is allowed to do
- Read-only
Only reads, researches, or summarizes. It never drafts outbound content or changes anything.
- Time saved (estimate)
- Not measured yet
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Tools needed
- AI bot, X
- Typical cost
- Not stated in sources. Public X reads do not need an X connection. The routine runs on the bot you already use.
Reviewed Oct 21, 2026
Basis (estimate): Not measured yet. We haven't timed this.
What does this setup do?
Every morning at 7, a bot searches the last day of public X posts in your niche and sends you post ideas in chat. You still write and publish.
Who is it for?
For anyone who posts on X and loses the first hour of the day hunting for something worth saying.
How do you set it up?
Tools
- One research bot in Grok Bot. It has its own chat, and it remembers your niche.
- A morning routine. Ask for it in plain words: every morning at 7, send the report in chat.
- Public X reads for posts and search, so this part needs no account connection.
Steps
- Make a bot and tell it your niche, who you write for, and the topics you skip.
- Ask it to remember that. It keeps those facts for later chats.
- Ask for a routine: every morning at 7, scan public posts and message you the report in chat.
- The scan reads public posts, users, search results, trends, and news without logging in as you.
- Tell it the caps: 25 results per call, 30 calls a minute, 1000 calls a day. If it hits a cap, it says so and stops.
- You read the ideas and write the posts yourself.
Example output
Illustrative. Your results will differ.
- 8 public posts stood out in the niche since yesterday
- 5 content ideas, each tied to a real post link
- Nothing was posted.
Copy-paste prompt
Adapt bracketed fields to your situation.
You are my X content research bot. Remember these facts:
- Niche: [niche]
- Who I write for: [audience]
- Topics I skip: [skip list]
Every morning at 7, run this and message me the report in this chat.
Scan public X posts from the last day in my niche. Use public search and public posts only. Do not connect as me. Do not post, reply, like, repost, or send a DM.
Look for posts with more replies or reposts than that account's other recent posts. Use public counts only: likes, reposts, replies, quotes. Do not use impressions. If you cannot see a number, leave it out.
Caps: 25 results per call, 30 calls a minute, 1000 calls a day. If you hit a cap, stop and say so. Do not invent posts to fill the list.
Report:
1. Up to 8 posts. For each: link, author, the public counts you actually saw, and one line on why people replied.
2. 5 content ideas for me. For each: the angle, which post it came from, and why it fits my niche.
3. If nothing stood out, say that in one line.
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What usually goes wrong?
Where agents tend to stall on this job. More patterns in Where AI gets stuck.
- Public search is a sample, not the whole niche. It can miss posts, private accounts stay closed, and a call returns at most 25 results. A short report does not mean nothing happened.
Which chat tools work with this prompt?
This prompt needs routines and connectors, so it's written for:
- Grok Bot
Common questions
- What is an X content research bot?
- One bot with a morning routine. It searches public X posts in your niche and sends ideas to chat. You still write the posts.
- How do I find content ideas on X?
- You tell the bot the niche, then ask it to run every morning at 7. It uses public search and sends the report in chat before you start scrolling.
- Can an AI bot scan Twitter overnight for post ideas?
- Yes, for public posts. Routines run on a schedule while you're away, so you can set it for any hour before you wake up. It can't open private accounts, and it should say so if it hits the daily call cap.
- Will the bot post for me?
- No. Even the X connection that signs in as you can't publish posts, and this setup doesn't use it. It reads public posts and reports ideas. You publish.
Where should you go next on this site?
What tips make it smoother?
- Name the niche in one sentence. "Marketing" is too wide. "Solo consultants posting about pricing" is a niche.
- Ask it to skip your own posts so the report is not just a mirror.
- If a morning report is thin, that can be the cap or a quiet day. Ask which one it was.
Where do the claims come from?
Summaries use public sources linked below, not independent verification. How setups are picked.
- Read @ryangrowthh’s write-up (x.com)
@ryangrowthh: Describes a bot that scans a niche overnight and brings content ideas back in the morning. Inspiration only. We did not run it.
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