Edit a Grok Bot profile name title description and avatar

Each Bot owns its own name, title, description, avatar, and notification preference. Those fields live on the Bot, not in app-wide settings. Official guides: Work with Grok Bot → Edit a Bot, and Settings and notifications → Per-Bot settings.

Update the profile when the role, approval boundary, or how you find the Bot in the sidebar has changed. Leave day-to-day task detail in the conversation so the description stays short and durable.

What belongs in the profile

Put rules that should remain true in the description: approval limits, systems the Bot may touch, and outcomes it must never send without you. Put the current task in a message. The name and title are how you scan the sidebar. The avatar is a visual cue only; it does not change tools or permissions.

Open per-Bot settings

1. Open the Bot in the sidebar.
2. Open View conversation details, then Agent settings.
3. Or open Bot actions and choose Edit Profile.
4. Confirm you are editing this Bot alone — app-wide settings under the account menu do not rewrite another Bot’s profile.

Change name title description and avatar

1. Edit the name so the sidebar label matches the job you want to find later.
2. Set a short title that states the role in a few words.
3. Rewrite the description with durable boundaries and responsibilities. Keep task-specific instructions out of this field.
4. Choose or replace the avatar so the Bot is easy to spot in a long roster.
5. Save and return to the conversation.
6. Send one short message that confirms the new scope if the description changed materially.

Keep description and messages apart

Description example: “Never send external messages without approval.” Message example: “Draft follow-ups for these twelve accounts.” When a preference becomes standing policy, move it from chat into the description so future turns keep it. When a fact is only true for this week’s task, leave it in the message.

Pitfalls

• Stuffing the day’s task list into the description — the field is for durable rules, and a long task dump goes stale fast.
• Editing app-wide Settings when you meant one Bot’s profile — per-Bot fields live under conversation details / Agent settings.
• Assuming a new avatar changes access — identity fields do not grant plugins, logins, or computer credentials.
• Forgetting notifications live here too — the same Agent settings panel holds the per-Bot notification switch; group chats do not use that switch.