Vibe Grok Build
xAI's terminal coding agent (the grok CLI): a full-screen TUI that also runs headless and over the Agent Client Protocol.
- Maker
- SpaceXAI (xAI)
- Kind
- coding agent
- Interface
- CLI, IDE (ACP)
- Open source
- Open source · Licence: Apache-2.0 · GitHub
- GitHub stars
- 27,429 (GitHub API, 2026-10-17)
- Models
- Grok models (default); docs say it 'supports any custom model' via ~/.grok/config.toml · Bring your own model
- Pricing
- Included in xAI subscription plans. Plus ($8/mo) lists Grok Chat, Voice, Imagine and Build. Premium is $30/mo, Super $100/mo and Ultra $200/mo, each with more usage. Teams costs $30+/user/mo and Enterprise is custom. You can also use an XAI_API_KEY. (source: official page, checked 2026-10-17)
- MCP support
- Yes
- Subagents
- Yes
- Headless / scripted mode
- Yes
- Sandboxing
- Yes Landlock (Linux) and Seatbelt (macOS) profiles. Off by default.
- Note
- The README says the repo is 'synced periodically from the SpaceXAI monorepo'. The community superagent-ai/grok-cli is a different project.
- Official site
- https://docs.x.ai/build/overview
- Sources
- docs.x.ai/build/overview · x.ai/build · x.ai/pricing · github.com/xai-org/grok-build · api.github.com/repos/xai-org/grok-build · docs.x.ai/build/features/mcp-servers · docs.x.ai/build/features/subagents · docs.x.ai/build/cli/headless-scripting · docs.x.ai/build/features/sandbox (docs checked 2026-10-17)
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