Business prompts for Grok

Prompts for the paperwork and the thinking behind a business: meeting notes, decisions, pricing, proposals and the awkward emails that still have to go out.

Running a business, a team or a project produces a constant stream of documents and decisions. The prompts below are aimed at both. Some turn raw material into something usable: meeting notes into action lists, a long thread into a one-page summary, a pile of receipts into a table. Others help you think: pricing a service, comparing suppliers, listing the risks of a plan, writing a decision memo that shows the trade-offs honestly. A few handle awkward communication, such as chasing a late payment or saying no to a client.

Where there are numbers, comparisons or several constraints at once, the prompt suggests Grok 4.3 Thinking. It reasons step by step before it answers and shows its working, which makes a wrong assumption easier to spot. Text-heavy prompts run well on Grok 4.20, the quick default. One prompt uses image understanding: attach a photo of a receipt or a supplier invoice and Grok copies the lines into a table, marking anything it could not read.

Treat every answer as a draft. Grok can get sums wrong, and it gives general information, not legal, tax or financial advice, so have contracts and filings checked by a professional. The chat cannot browse the web, so market prices, exchange rates and new regulations need to come from you or from official sources. Remove client names, bank details and personal data before you paste anything.

More on this: how small businesses use Grok, plus the Email Writer and the Summarizer.

How to adapt these prompts

  • Give real figures, even rough ones; Grok will not guess your costs well.
  • Say who will read the result: a client, your manager, an investor.
  • Ask for a table whenever you compare options.
  • Ask "what am I missing?" as a follow-up to any plan.
  • Replace names with roles, such as "Client A" or "our supplier", before you paste.
  1. 01

    Meeting notes into action items

    Turn these meeting notes into a list of action items. For each one, give the task, the owner, the deadline and any dependency. Put decisions in a separate short list, and flag tasks that have no owner or no date: [paste notes]

    #meetings Use this prompt
  2. 02

    Summarise a long email thread

    Here is a long email thread about [topic]: [paste thread]. Summarise it on one page: the current status, what was agreed, what is still disputed and who is waiting on whom. Quote the exact wording of any commitment someone made.

    #summaries#email Use this prompt
  3. 03

    Receipts into an expense table

    I've attached a photo of [a receipt or several receipts]. Put every item into a table with date, vendor, description, amount and a likely expense category, add a total row, and mark any figure you couldn't read clearly.

    #expenses#image Use this prompt
  4. 04

    Price a service properly

    I offer [service] to [type of client]. Each job takes about [hours] plus [costs]. I want to earn [target hourly income] after costs. Work out a price per job and show your working, then suggest two packages, such as a basic and a premium tier, and what goes in each.

    grok-4.3#pricing Use this prompt
  5. 05

    Compare supplier quotes

    Compare these supplier quotes for [what we're buying]: [paste quotes]. Build a table with total cost over [period], delivery time, minimum order, payment terms and risks. Then recommend one, explain why, and say what I should negotiate before signing.

    grok-4.3#suppliers#decisions Use this prompt
  6. 06

    Write a decision memo with trade-offs

    Write a one-page decision memo on whether to [decision]. Options: [options]. Facts: [key numbers and constraints]. For each option, give costs, benefits, risks and what we'd need to believe for it to be right. End with a recommendation and what would change my mind.

    grok-4.3#decisions#strategy Use this prompt
  7. 07

    Run a pre-mortem on a plan

    Imagine it is a year from now and our plan to [plan] has failed. Write the most likely story of how it failed, then list the ten risks behind that story, rate each for likelihood and impact as low, medium or high, and suggest one cheap early warning sign for each.

    #risk#planning Use this prompt
  8. 08

    Chase a late payment

    Write a firm, polite email to [client] about invoice [number] for [amount], now [days] days overdue. Mention the original due date, how to pay, and what happens if it is still unpaid by [date]. Keep it professional: no threats and no grovelling.

    #invoices#email Use this prompt
  9. 09

    Turn down extra work from a client

    A client asked for [request], which is outside our agreed scope. Write a reply that declines to do it for free, explains why in one sentence, and offers two options: [paid option] or [alternative]. Keep the relationship warm and the email under 150 words.

    #clients#email Use this prompt
  10. 10

    Draft a one-page business plan

    Draft a one-page plan for [business idea] in [location]: the customer, the problem, the offer, how we reach customers, start-up costs, how we make money, and the three numbers I should track monthly. Mark every assumption I need to check.

    #planning#startup Use this prompt
  11. 11

    Sanity-check six months of cash flow

    Here are my expected monthly income and expenses for the next six months: [paste figures]. Build a simple cash-flow table, show the month when the balance is lowest, and suggest three ways to avoid running short that don't involve borrowing.

    grok-4.3#finance Use this prompt
  12. 12

    Write a one-page proposal

    Write a short proposal for [client] for [project]. Structure: their problem in their own words, what we'll do, the timeline, the price of [price], what's not included, and next steps. Keep it to one page and drop filler like 'we are delighted'.

    #proposals#sales Use this prompt
  13. 13

    Job description plus interview questions

    Write a job description for [role] at [company type] and six interview questions that test the two most important skills, [skill 1] and [skill 2]. For each question, describe what a strong answer and a weak answer would sound like.

    #hiring Use this prompt
  14. 14

    First-week onboarding checklist

    Create a first-week onboarding checklist for a new [role] joining our [team or business]. Split it by day and include accounts to set up, people to meet, things to read, and one small real task they can finish by Friday. Add a short welcome note from me: [what I want to say]

    #hiring#onboarding Use this prompt
  15. 15

    SWOT backed by evidence

    Make a SWOT analysis for [business] based only on these facts: [paste facts]. For every point, say which fact supports it, and leave out anything the facts don't support. Then list the two actions that follow most directly from the analysis.

    #strategy Use this prompt
  16. 16

    Prepare for a negotiation

    I'm negotiating [what] with [counterparty]. My ideal outcome: [ideal]. My walk-away point: [limit]. Help me prepare: their likely priorities, three concessions that cost me little, questions to ask early, and phrases for holding firm politely.

    #negotiation Use this prompt
  17. 17

    Make sense of open survey answers

    Here are open-text answers from our customer survey about [topic]: [paste answers]. Sort them into themes, give a rough count per theme, quote the most telling answer for each, and separate complaints we could fix this month from ones that need a bigger decision.

    #research#customers Use this prompt
  18. 18

    Explain the numbers to the team

    Explain these figures to a team that doesn't work in finance: [paste figures or summary]. Use plain words and one comparison from everyday life, and finish with the three things the team can actually influence.

    #finance#communication Use this prompt
  19. 19

    Weekly status update in five bullets

    Turn my messy notes into a weekly status update for [manager or client]: what got done, what's next, what's blocked and what I need from them. Five bullet points at most, most important first: [paste notes]

    grok-4.20#reports Use this prompt
  20. 20

    Rewrite a policy in plain language

    Rewrite this internal policy so every employee can understand it in two minutes: [paste policy]. Keep the rules exactly the same, use short sentences and a few headings, and add a short 'In practice' example for the rule people break most often.

    #policies#plain language Use this prompt

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