--- title: Grok Build slug: grok-build url: "https://toolweight.com/tools/grok-build" homepage: "https://x.ai" categories: coding-agents last_verified: 2026-11-07 dataset_version: 0738be72 license: CC-BY-4.0 --- # Grok Build > xAI's coding harness, launched July 2026, on this page but not yet verified. - Appeared July 2026; on the roster because leaving it off would misrepresent the category. - We have not run it and will not restate a launch post as fact. - Nearly every cell on this row is null until a hands-on pass. - Read the absence of scores as an absence of evidence, not a verdict. ## Identity | | | | --- | --- | | Name | Grok Build | | Company | xAI | | One-liner | xAI's coding harness, launched July 2026, on this page but not yet verified. | | Site | https://x.ai | | Open source | No | | Compared in | 1 | ## Where it is compared ### [Coding agents](https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents) Ranked **#2 of 17** on default weights. | Field | Value | Confidence | Verified | Source | Note | Permalink | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Surface | CLI | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://x.ai/news/grok-build-cli | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--surface | | Default model | Grok 4.5 | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xai-org/grok-build/main/crates/codegen/xai-grok-pager/docs/user-guide/11-custom-models.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--default_model | | Model breadth | any provider / router | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xai-org/grok-build/main/crates/codegen/xai-grok-pager/docs/user-guide/11-custom-models.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--model_breadth | | Repo indexing | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--repo_indexing | | Plan mode | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://x.ai/news/grok-build-cli | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--plan_mode | | Checkpoint & undo | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--checkpointing | | Headless / CI | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://x.ai/news/grok-build-cli | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--headless_ci | | Local models | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xai-org/grok-build/main/crates/codegen/xai-grok-pager/docs/user-guide/11-custom-models.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--local_models | | Where it stops | - | Unknown | - | - | Not scored until we have run it. Launch-post claims are not evidence for this field. | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--stops_at | | MCP | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://x.ai/news/grok-build-cli | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--mcp_support | | Subagents | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://x.ai/news/grok-build-cli | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--subagents | | Hooks | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://x.ai/news/grok-build-cli | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--hooks | | Skills / commands | ● | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://x.ai/news/grok-build-cli | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--skills_commands | | Background agents | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--background_agents | | Opens PRs | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--pr_authoring | | Permissions | allowlist + OS sandbox | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://docs.x.ai/build/features/sandbox | Sandbox is off unless a profile is enabled; permissions default to ask mode. | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--permission_model | | BYOK | ● | Inferred | 2026-11-07 | https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xai-org/grok-build/main/crates/codegen/xai-grok-pager/docs/user-guide/01-getting-started.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--byok | | Licence | Apache-2.0 | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xai-org/grok-build/main/README.md | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--licence | | Pricing model | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--pricing_model | | Entry price | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--entry_price | | Token markup | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--gateway_markup | | GitHub stars | 28,000 | Measured by Toolweight | 2026-11-07 | https://api.github.com/repos/xai-org/grok-build | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--github_stars | | Terminal-Bench | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--terminal_bench | | Bench model | - | Unknown | - | - | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--terminal_bench_model | | Positioning | A powerful, extensible coding agent used via an interactive TUI, headlessly in scripts or bots, or through ACP in other apps. | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://docs.x.ai/build/overview | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--positioning | | First release | 2026-05-25 | Vendor-claimed | 2026-11-07 | https://x.ai/news/grok-build-cli | - | https://toolweight.com/compare/coding-agents#grok-build--first_release | **Verdict.** Listed for completeness, scored nowhere because we have not run it yet. ## Alternatives - [Aider](https://toolweight.com/tools/aider), Minimal terminal pair-programmer with a tree-sitter repo map and automatic git commits. - [Amp](https://toolweight.com/tools/amp), Sourcegraph's opinionated agent with no model picker and an ad-supported free tier. - [Claude Code](https://toolweight.com/tools/claude-code), Anthropic's terminal-first agent, with IDE, web and GitHub Action surfaces. - [Cline](https://toolweight.com/tools/cline), Open-source VS Code and JetBrains agent built around an explicit plan/act split. - [Codex CLI](https://toolweight.com/tools/codex-cli), OpenAI's open-source Rust agent, with the strongest local sandboxing on this page. - [Cursor](https://toolweight.com/tools/cursor), VS Code fork with a real codebase index, background cloud agents and a CLI. - [Devin](https://toolweight.com/tools/devin), Fully delegated cloud engineer: file a task in Slack or the web app, get a PR back. - [DIY harness](https://toolweight.com/tools/diy-harness), Your own loop over a model API with an agent SDK, the build-it-yourself reference point. - [Gemini CLI](https://toolweight.com/tools/gemini-cli), Apache-2.0 terminal agent from Google with an unusually generous free tier. - [GitHub Copilot (Agent HQ)](https://toolweight.com/tools/github-copilot), Copilot's coding agent plus a control plane for running third-party agents on your repos. - [Goose](https://toolweight.com/tools/goose), Block's Apache-2.0 agent, MCP-native from the start, as both a CLI and a desktop app. - [Kilo Code](https://toolweight.com/tools/kilo-code), Open-source VS Code agent in the Cline/Roo lineage, with an orchestrator mode and a CLI. ## Licence and attribution Data from Toolweight (https://toolweight.com), licensed CC-BY-4.0. - Licence: [CC-BY-4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - Canonical HTML: https://toolweight.com/tools/grok-build - Machine-readable: https://toolweight.com/tools/grok-build.md · https://toolweight.com/api/v1 · https://toolweight.com/mcp - Toolweight takes no affiliate revenue and sells no placements.