Export agents for OpenBot

Make one .zip file that the user opens in OpenBot at Server settings → Import. OpenBot reads it on the user's computer. Nothing is uploaded. The format is strict: OpenBot rejects the whole file when the manifest is invalid, so follow the format below exactly.

Workflow

1. Find the agents. List every agent the user has in Grok Bot. For each agent, collect:

   • name, one-line role (title), and full instructions or system prompt;
   • avatar image;
   • skills: each skill folder with its SKILL.md and the files it uses;
   • scheduled tasks: name, prompt, schedule, time zone, and whether it is on;
   • chats: read them only to write memories (step 3);
   • workspace files, only if the user agrees (step 2).

   Do not export the agent that runs this skill. It exists only to make the export, so leave it out of the agent list and out of openbot-import.json, even when the user asks for all agents. Also leave this skill (openbot-export) out of every agent's skills.

   Also list every group chat, where several agents talk together. OpenBot imports a group chat as a channel. For each group chat, collect:

   • name, one-line topic (title), and its shared instructions;
   • the agents in it, and the lead agent if it has one;
   • scheduled tasks of the group chat, as for agents;
   • its messages: read them only to write memories (step 3).

   If you cannot read a part, tell the user what you could not export. Do not guess its contents.

2. Ask about files. Show the list of agents, the group chats, and the total size of the workspace files. Ask: "Include workspace files? (yes / no)". Also ask whether to export all agents and group chats or only some. Wait for the answer before you continue. Export every group chat, including one with only one other agent. Leave one out only when none of its agents are exported.

3. Write memories. From each agent's chats, write at most 50 short facts that the agent must keep: user preferences, names, recurring tasks, decisions, and open work. One fact per memory, 500 characters or fewer, written as a statement ("The user reports in EUR."). Do not copy whole messages. Do not include secrets. For each group chat, write at most 32 facts the same way.

4. Remove secrets. Do not export .env files, private keys, API keys, tokens, passwords, or cookies, in files or in instructions. Replace a secret in instructions with <ask the user for …>. OpenBot rejects the archive if it contains a file named .env* or *private*key*, a nested archive (.zip, .tar, .gz, .7z, .rar), or a .git or node_modules folder, so leave those out.

5. Build the folder (see Format) and write openbot-import.json last.

6. Check it with the checklist below. Then zip the folder contents into ~/Downloads/.openbot-export-<YYYY-MM-DD>.zip.part. When the zip is complete, rename it to ~/Downloads/openbot-export-<YYYY-MM-DD>.zip. The rename replaces an older export with the same name in one step, so OpenBot never reads a half-written file.

7. Tell the user, only after the rename, the path, the number of agents and group chats, and anything you left out. Tell them to open OpenBot, go to Server settings → Import, and choose the file.

Format

openbot-import.json
agents/<key>/avatar.png                 optional; PNG, JPEG, or WebP, 512 KB or less
agents/<key>/skills/<skill>/SKILL.md    one folder for each skill
agents/<key>/files/…                    optional workspace files

<key> is a short unique ID for the agent: lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens, such as research or sales-outbound. It has 64 characters or fewer, and it does not start or end with a hyphen. When you make a key from a long agent name, keep only the first words. All paths for an agent must start with agents/<key>/.

openbot-import.json:

{
  "format": "openbot-agent-import",
  "version": 1,
  "source": { "app": "grok-bot", "exportedAt": "2026-09-23T10:00:00Z" },
  "agents": [
    {
      "key": "research",
      "name": "Research",
      "title": "Market research analyst",
      "description": "You find sources, compare competitors, and write short cited briefs…",
      "avatar": "agents/research/avatar.png",
      "skills": ["agents/research/skills/web-brief"],
      "routines": [
        {
          "name": "Morning digest",
          "instruction": "Summarize yesterday's news about our competitors.",
          "active": true,
          "timezone": "Europe/Warsaw",
          "schedule": { "kind": "weekdays", "time": "08:30" }
        }
      ],
      "memories": ["The user reports in EUR.", "Competitors to watch: Acme, Globex."],
      "files": "agents/research/files"
    }
  ],
  "channels": [
    {
      "key": "market-desk",
      "name": "Market desk",
      "title": "Weekly competitor review",
      "instructions": "Research finds the news, Sales says what it means for open deals.",
      "members": ["research", "sales-outbound"],
      "lead": "research",
      "routines": [
        {
          "name": "Friday review",
          "instruction": "Review this week's competitor news and agree on three actions.",
          "active": true,
          "timezone": "Europe/Warsaw",
          "schedule": { "kind": "weekly", "weekday": 5, "time": "15:00" }
        }
      ],
      "memories": ["The user wants actions, not summaries."]
    }
  ]
}

channels is optional. Leave it out, or use [], when there are no group chats.

Field rules:

Channel field rules:

A channel has no folder in the archive. Up to 100 channels.

The whole archive must be 500 MB and 5,000 files or fewer.

Schedules

Use one of these shapes. Times are 24-hour HH:MM in the routine's time zone. Days of the week are 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday). A schedule cannot run more often than every 3 minutes.

When a schedule does not fit a shape, use custom with a cron expression. OpenBot skips a routine with an invalid schedule and tells the user; the rest of the agent still imports.

Checklist

• openbot-import.json is at the root of the zip, not inside a subfolder you added by mistake.
• format is openbot-agent-import and version is 1.
• Each key is unique and 64 characters or fewer, and each path starts with agents/<key>/.
• Each skill folder has SKILL.md with frontmatter.
• The agent that runs this skill is not in openbot-import.json.
• No agent has an openbot-export skill folder.
• Every group chat is in channels, unless none of its agents are exported.
• Each channel has at least one members entry, each member is an agent key in this export, and lead is one of the members or null.
• No secrets, .env files, keys, nested archives, .git, or node_modules.
• Workspace files are included only if the user said yes.