For Freelance journalist · 9 Grok Bots

A story desk that tracks pitches, sources every claim, and gets you paid

9 Grok Bots for a freelance journalist: track every pitch and deadline, vet sources, fact-check each claim, draft the story, invoice filed work, and grow your readership — all as drafts you approve.

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● Drafts only — nothing sends without your approval · Uses only your own data
After checkout
Your setup link arrives by email
We set up your fleet
After checkout, Workplace AI provisions your fleet on our Cursor Teams workspace and follows up soon. Watch for your Cursor invite and Grok Bot download link — then accept, install, and go.
9 bots·3 domain specialists·Success metric: Pitch-to-filed and paid rate·Category: Creators & media
The problem it targets

Running a one-person newsroom across outlets — juggling live pitches and open assignments, chasing sources and public records, verifying every claim and link before filing, then invoicing each outlet and tracking kill fees and reprint rights — so pitches go stale, fact-checks get rushed at deadline, and money for filed stories sits uncollected because there is no time to handle the desk work.

What you get

From day one

1

Every pitch, assignment, and deadline logged the moment it moves, plus a research base of prior coverage, public records, and vetted sources cited to a named link — so nothing goes stale and you report from a verified start.

2

Each claim, quote, and number fact-checked against a named source before filing, with an annotated sourcing sheet, and a drafted article and pitch in your outlet's style ready for you to review and file.

3

Invoices drafted the day a story is filed with kill fees and reprint rights tracked, staged reminders for overdue outlets, a one-page weekly digest with every number linked to its source, and welcome notes to your own opted-in readers.

Meet the team

9 bots, each with one job and clear approval points

Read-only bots watch and prepare; drafting bots write but never send. You approve everything that leaves.

1

Chief of Staff

coach
Drafts for your review — you approve before anything leaves
Your morning brief, meeting prep, fleet roundup, and after-meeting coaching.
Approves: none — nothing leaves without you
2

Pitch Tracker

intake
read-only
Watches & prepares — never sends
Logging every pitch, assignment, deadline, and editor reply into the tracker
Approves: duplicate flag; stale-pitch escalation
3

Story Researcher

researcher
read-only
Watches & prepares — never sends
A cited research base: prior coverage, public records, document trails, vetted sources
Approves: none (nothing leaves the desk)
4

Interview Coordinator

coordinator
Drafts for your review — you approve before anything leaves
Proposed interview times; drafted source outreach; question sheets
Approves: every message; every calendar hold
5

Fact Checker

specialist
read-only
Watches & prepares — never sends
Claim-by-claim verification and the annotated sourcing sheet; single-source flags
Approves: none (nothing leaves the desk)
6

Draft Editor

drafter
Drafts for your review — you approve before anything leaves
Drafted article to outlet style and drafted pitch letters, tied to the sourcing sheet
Approves: every draft before it is filed or sent
7

Invoice & Rights

specialist
specialist
Drafts for your review — you approve before anything leaves
Drafted invoices, kill-fee and reprint-rights tracking, overdue reminders
Approves: every send; any money movement
8

Beat Reporter

reporter
read-only
Watches & prepares — never sends
Weekly digest: pitches out, deadlines, filed stories, income, outstanding money
Approves: none (nothing leaves the desk)
9

Social & Referrals

growth
Drafts for your review — you approve before anything leaves
Draft posts and outreach to your own audience, credited and approved by you.
Approves: sends
The handoff — one shared chat
Tracker→Researcher→Coordinator→Checker→Editor→Rights→Reporter
What the fleet does in week one

All read-and-prepare — you check its work before anything is trusted

What it does not do

The guardrails are the product

  • ×It drafts; it does not file. Every pitch, article, message, and invoice waits for your approval.
  • ×It never runs a claim a named source cannot back — single-sourced claims are flagged, never filed.
  • ×It contacts only sources and readers you already have and who opted in; it never cold-contacts strangers.
  • ×It never moves or collects money, and never files a story to an outlet, without your decision.
Pitch-to-filed
and paid rate
How you'll know it's working

One number, measured over time

Share of pitches that turn into assignments filed on deadline with every claim sourced, and share of filed stories invoiced and paid within the target window

Before day one

What you fill in — the bots never guess these

pitch-tracker
the header contract for the pitch and assignment tracker every bot reads.
outlet-style
each outlet's style, word count, and filing rules the draft is written to.
invoice-templates
your own invoice, kill-fee, and reminder wording.
Pricing

Cancel anytime.

Workplace AI provisions and runs your CrokPot fleet on our Cursor Teams workspace. We invite you on your own email — you accept, install Grok Bot, and we handle the rest.
$200/mo
  • Your whole fleet provisioned and installed for you
  • Cursor Teams seat included — paid by Workplace AI, never billed by Cursor
  • Onboarding + ongoing training
Hire the team
Your Cursor Teams seat is included and paid by Workplace AI. Drafts only, using your own data. No earnings, time-saved, or outcome guarantees are made.
How access works

You buy a CrokPot fleet from Workplace AI — not a Cursor plan

CrokPot runs on Workplace AI, Inc.’s (WAI) Cursor Teams workspace. WAI keeps the unpaid admin seat and pays Cursor for your seat. You join as the invited user on your real email and work through the installed Grok Bot fleet.

Your card is charged by WAI via Stripe for the CrokPot fleet ($200/mo, auto-renewing monthly) only — never by Cursor. If you cancel your fleet subscription, the invite/seat ends with it and is not portable to your own Cursor account.

FAQ

What you get, who owns the seat, and what happens after you pay

From the team behind Ancestry — CrokPot is built by Paul Allen, a co-founder of Ancestry.com.

Drafts only — you approve everythingYour own data, never shared$200/mo · cancel anytimeProvisioned & supported by Workplace AI

What do I actually get?

A pre-built fleet of Grok Bots for your trade, provisioned and installed for you on Workplace AI’s Cursor Teams workspace, plus onboarding and ongoing training. Every bot drafts; you approve.

Who owns the seat?

Workplace AI, Inc. (WAI) owns the Cursor Teams account and pays Cursor for your seat. You’re invited as a paid user on your own email. The seat isn’t portable to a personal Cursor account.

Do the bots act on their own?

No. The fleet is drafts-only, working from your own data. Nothing sends, files, or is trusted until you review and approve it — that’s the whole design.

Can I cancel?

Yes, anytime. It’s an auto-renewing monthly subscription at $200/mo. If you cancel, your invite/seat ends with the subscription.

What happens after I pay?

We follow up soon: our team provisions your fleet and invites you on the email you used at checkout. Watch for your Cursor Teams invite and Grok Bot download link, then accept, install, and go.

Training

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