{"found":true,"collection":"patterns","library_url":"https://www.grokbotdb.com/library/pat.teardown-is-manual","generated":"2026-09-06T05:32:11Z","citation":["Quote the record id and its source_url (or provenance if there is no URL).","Include last_verified or observed_at when present. Do not present an old date as current.","If tier is community and confidence is low, say so. Do not launder it into a fact.","If the database does not hold the answer, say that. Do not invent Grok Bot product claims.","Contradictions are data: when conflicts_with is present, report both records rather than picking a favourite.","Deprecated and removed records stay visible. They are history, not current guidance."],"record":{"id":"pat.teardown-is-manual","name":"Offboarding is a checklist, ending in a verification","category":"safety","problem":"Deleting a Bot removes its profile, conversation and routines, and leaves files and live browser sessions behind, because those were never scoped to it.","technique":"Pause or delete its routines, sign out of the websites on the shared computer, uninstall the connectors and revoke their authorisation at source, remove sensitive files from /workspace, hide or delete the Bot, then ask a different Bot to attempt the access you just removed and confirm it fails.","why_it_works":"The verification step is the only one that proves the rest worked.","when_to_use":"Every offboarding, and any credential rotation.","when_not_to":"If you may need the work later, hide rather than delete, but remember hiding does not pause routines.","manual_ref":"5.5","evidence":"documented","related":["pat.hiding-does-not-pause","pat.session-not-secret","pat.approvals-do-not-reverse"],"confidence":"high","first_seen":"2026-09-03","last_verified":"2026-09-03"}}