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Install grok-build with Homebrew Cask
Extensible coding agent for the terminal. Version 0.2.118 via Homebrew Cask; verified 2026-08-01. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#grok-build.
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Package summary
Extensible coding agent for the terminal
Project links
Commands and aliases
- agent
- grok
history
Project history and usage
Grok Build is xAI's terminal coding-agent CLI, packaged in Homebrew as a cask because the official distribution is a prebuilt end-user command-line application rather than a source-built Unix formula.
Project history
xAI introduced Grok Build as an early beta coding agent and CLI for professional software engineering work. The official documentation describes it as a coding agent usable through an interactive terminal UI, scripts, bots, or Agent Client Protocol clients.
The product grew around the same Grok coding-model line that xAI exposed through its API, but the CLI is the user-facing developer tool: it installs a `grok` command, provides plan and review workflows, and supports agent-extension surfaces such as skills, plugins, hooks, MCP servers, and subagents.
Adoption history
Initial access was tied to xAI subscription accounts, which makes the package-manager story closer to a proprietary developer CLI than to a traditional open-source utility. The Homebrew cask makes the binary easier to install and update on macOS while official docs continue to point users at xAI's shell installer.
How it is used
The CLI is used from a terminal either as an interactive full-screen coding agent or in headless/automation contexts. xAI's docs also describe ACP operation over JSON-RPC on standard input and output for editor or tool integration.
Why package nerds care
For package nerds, Grok Build is notable as a fast-moving AI coding-agent binary distributed outside a public source repository. Its Homebrew cask record matters because it gives macOS users a package-manager path for a tool whose upstream installation docs otherwise prefer a remote installer script.
Timeline
- 2026: xAI announced Grok Build as an early beta terminal coding agent.
- 2026: xAI documented interactive TUI, headless scripting, ACP, skills, plugins, hooks, MCP servers, and subagents for the CLI.
- 2026: Homebrew distributed Grok Build as a cask for macOS users.
Related projects
- Related xAI surfaces include the Grok Build API model family, xAI API documentation, and integrations with agentic coding environments that can use Grok accounts or the Grok Build model.
- Adjacent package-manager comparisons include other binary coding-agent CLIs distributed through Homebrew casks or tap formulas rather than source-built packages.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for grok-build. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
grok | binary | Homebrew cask binary | grok-0.2.118-macos-aarch64 |
agent | binary | Homebrew cask binary | grok-0.2.118-macos-aarch64 |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.2.118
manager updated2026-08-01
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:grok-build |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.118 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Homepage | https://x.ai/cli |
| Last updated | 2026-08-01T01:24:46Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| SHA-256 | 2de5b9609a03492dd6b9e4cca9637d651fe998bb8371bf9f852e7b28b38c034e |
| Download URL | https://x.ai/cli/grok-0.2.118-macos-aarch64 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
grok-build
nix profile install nixpkgs#grok-build- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Grok Build
zypper95%
grok-build 0+git20260723.69f0ba8-1.2
Terminal AI coding agent by xAI
https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build
sudo zypper install grok-build- License: Apache-2.0
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: grok-build
- 5 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Grok Build
winget95%
xAI.GrokBuild
winget install --id xAI.GrokBuild -e- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Grok Build
MacPorts94%
grok
sudo port install grok- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Grok
winget92%
Docker.Agent
winget install --id Docker.Agent -e- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Agent
winget92%
GoCD.Agent
winget install --id GoCD.Agent -e- installed executable or alias match
- Matched by: Agent
source trail
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- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
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