Grok Bot’s official files guide asks users to define the deliverable before work starts: a document with sources, a spreadsheet with specified columns and formulas, or an unsent draft. It also recommends separating observed facts, assumptions, completed actions and unresolved work. The guide was updated October 3; this is an analysis of that documented workflow, not a newly launched October 17 feature.
The same guide says supported generated file formats can be previewed through conversation cards and revised in the existing artifact. For delegated coding tasks, it says the Bot copies files cited in the Cloud Agent’s final report and attaches them to its reply. Its evidence checklist includes source links, timestamps, file names and verification gaps. These are vendor-described delivery behaviors; we have not tested whether every exported file or delegated result arrives correctly.
Editorial take: Define “done” in terms of what someone else can open and check. For a budget worksheet, that could mean the editable file, working formulas, a reconciliation total and a note about missing inputs. For a research memo, it could mean traceable claims and a clearly marked recommendation. Reviewing the actual handoff can expose a gap that a confident chat summary conceals. Start with a small, reversible task and inspect its output before entrusting the same workflow with more consequential work.