When Android says “Could not create the Bot”

On the Meet your first Bot screen, create can fail with Could not create the Bot. Please try again. even though the app opens. Cursor staff (deanrie) on Cannot create first Bot on Android put that failure on the Agent Computer backend, not on reinstall, force-stop, or network.

Confirm the class

1. You are stuck on first-Bot create (Chief of Staff / Start Chat / Create My Own).
2. The app itself launches and signs in.
3. Reinstall, force stop, retry, and a different network do not finish create.
4. Staff wording matches: the cloud computer that runs Bots is unavailable server-side.

Install and sign-in steps stay in Install Grok Bot on Android. This page is only the create failure after the app is already open.

What to do

1. Stop reinstalling and switching networks for this error class.
2. Open Send Feedback in the app, or post on the Cursor forum Bug Reports tag, and ask for an Agent Computer recovery for the account.
3. Tell staff whether the computer can be recreated from scratch, or whether files and saved logins must be kept (staff asked that on the thread before recovery).
4. After staff restores the computer, fully close the app, reopen it, and tap Start Chat again.

Related failures

• Existing Bots that chat with Bot failed to respond while the computer pane still shows: When “Bot failed to respond” needs a backend recovery.
• Client Update / Recover / Reset all failing on a dead computer: When client Update, Recover, and Reset all fail.

Pitfalls

• Reinstall does not provision a new Agent Computer when the backend is down.
• A healthy-looking app shell does not mean Bot create can finish.
• Collect Grok Bot version, Android version, exact error text, and approximate time/timezone before you file.