Before Grok Bot spends hours on a task, ask it what it’s assuming. One wrong assumption can mean you pay for the work twice: once to do it, then again to fix it. You ask it to find potential customers. It has to decide which countries, company sizes and types of buyers to focus on. If those details aren’t established, you could get a well-researched list of the wrong people. Before a substantial task, try this prompt: “Before you start, check for assumptions that could materially change the outcome or cause significant rework. 1 - Separate what I explicitly told you, what the available sources establish and what you’re assuming. 2 - Check the available context to resolve what you can. Don’t ask me for information you already have. 3 - Show me only the consequential assumptions. For each, explain what would change if it were wrong. 4 - Recommend a sensible default where appropriate. Ask me only about unresolved choices that would materially change the work. Keep this brief. Handle ordinary implementation choices yourself.” The important part is number 3. You don’t need to approve every small decision. You want to catch the few choices that could send the entire task in the wrong direction. It won’t catch everything. But it gives you a chance to correct the direction before the work piles up. The cheapest time to fix a misunderstanding is before it becomes a finished deliverable.