Grok Build
Bring Grok into your terminal.
Grok Build is xAI's terminal-based AI coding agent and CLI/TUI for software engineering work. It can be used interactively, headlessly in scripts or bots, or embedded in other apps via Agent Client Protocol, and is powered by Grok models.
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Multiple developers said Grok CLI sent full codebases upstream without clear notice. Follow-up posts contrasted the behavior with embedding-based indexing and raised zero-data-retention questions.
Grok Build added speech-to-text dictation for coding agents through /voice or Ctrl+Space. Try it to bring Grok-powered real-time voice input into CLI coding workflows.
xAI broadened Grok Build Beta while Toad and Kilo Code shipped direct support and published concrete build demos. That matters because Grok Build is moving from a standalone beta into terminal, editor, and web workflows engineers can actually wire into daily use.
Rollout posts say Grok Build CLI is reaching SuperGrok and X Premium+ users beyond the earlier higher tier. That broadens access to xAI's command-line agent and X search client without a new API launch.
Grok Build 0.1.218 shipped shortcut and help fixes, while early testers reported strong terminal UX but missing long-run control, browser use, and reliable self-verification. That matters because xAI is already competitive on TUI ergonomics even as core agent controls remain incomplete.
xAI put Grok Build 0.1 into the API with 256K context and $1 per million input plus $2 output pricing, while OpenCode and Kilo wired it into coding workflows. Early web-build tests in Kilo landed around $0.07 to $0.14 per task.
xAI’s early Grok Build beta adds a coding CLI with plan mode, skills, plugins, and parallel subagents for app building and workflow automation. It gives the coding-agent field another serious terminal product, but the SuperGrok Heavy paywall sharply limits real-world evaluation.