# 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. ## Install ```sh sudo av install cask:grok-build ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew Cask (100%): ```sh brew install --cask grok-build ``` Evidence: local Homebrew cask metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** cask:grok-build - **Package manager:** Homebrew Cask - **Version:** 0.2.118 - **Source summary:** Extensible coding agent for the terminal - **Homepage:** - **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T01:24:46Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - grok (binary) - agent (binary) - agent (alias) - grok (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.2.118 ## 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 Notes 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. ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - grok-build: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gr/grok-build/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper - grok-build - 0+git20260723.69f0ba8-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: grok-build from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Terminal AI coding agent by xAI | https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build - winget - xAI.GrokBuild: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: xAI.GrokBuild from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix - MacPorts - grok: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/grok/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - Docker.Agent: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: Docker.Agent from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix - winget - GoCD.Agent: installed executable or alias match | Windows Package Manager source index: GoCD.Agent from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/grok-build.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/grok-build.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph