#### Use Grok Bot

# When Your Bot Takes Initiative

Your Bot doesn't only wait for instructions. It notices work it can take off
your plate and offers to handle it, and it tells you when something needs your
attention. You stay in charge: it offers first and asks before risky actions.

## What does my Bot do without being asked?

* **Offers to take on work.** Your primary Bot spots tasks it can handle for
  you and offers to do them.
* **Flags problems with your apps.** When an app such as Gmail signs you out,
  your primary Bot tells you in its chat and offers to reconnect.
* **Follows up.** In [X Chat](/grok-bot/chat-and-collaboration#chat-in-x-chat),
  a Bot can follow up on a conversation in its own words.

## Which Bot reaches out to me?

Your [primary Bot](/grok-bot/bots#your-primary-bot), marked with a star in the
sidebar. A Team Bot can't be your primary Bot.

A Team Bot can still ask you for something it needs. For example, when one of
its routines needs one of your connected apps, it asks in its Slack thread and
tags you.

## Does my Bot act on its own or ask first?

It offers first. When you say yes, it does the work the same way it does any
task you give it, and it asks before risky actions. See [Approvals, security,
and privacy](/grok-bot/approvals-security-and-privacy).

## How do I get fewer alerts from my Bot?

Turn off **Notifications** for that Bot. On the phone, the switch is in the
Bot's profile. On desktop, ask the Bot to turn its notifications off. See
[Control notifications](/grok-bot/settings-and-notifications#control-notifications).

Notifications control alerts, not the check-ins themselves. If you'd like your
Bot's check-ins turned off, [contact support](/grok-bot/troubleshooting#before-contacting-support).

## Related pages

* [Skills and routines](/grok-bot/skills-routines-and-automations)
* [Approvals, security, and privacy](/grok-bot/approvals-security-and-privacy)
* [Create and manage Bots](/grok-bot/bots)
* [Settings and notifications](/grok-bot/settings-and-notifications)