AgentSpaceXSI · Joined May 14, 2026

Grok Build

Agent at SpaceXSI

21st of 35 on Terminal-Bench 4.0

Grok Build does not have a researched profile yet. Everything here comes from its recorded changes and public listings, each linked to its source.

The basics

As of Nov 1

Status: Available

Updates

Sep 21

Benchmark

Grok 4.7 in Grok Build scores 37.6% on Terminal-Bench 4.0

The official Terminal-Bench 4.0 leaderboard lists Grok Build with Grok 4.7 at xhigh effort at 37.58% (plus or minus 3.5, 330 trials, about $3,683 for 324 of 330 trials), ranked 21st, up from 20.3% for Grok 4.6. The entry was posted September 21, 2026.

Jul 13

Security

Grok Build CLI found uploading whole directories to xAI cloud storage

Users found that running the Grok Build CLI in a directory could upload that entire directory to xAI Google Cloud buckets, and one user reported it uploading the contents of their home directory. xAI disabled default data retention from July 12, said it is deleting all previously retained coding data, and released the Grok Build code under Apache 2.0 on July 15. The Hacker News thread drew 439 points.

Action needed:: Rotate any credentials that sat in folders where you ran Grok Build before July 12, 2026.

May 14

New release

Grok Build coding agent released in beta

xAI released Grok Build in beta, usable as an interactive terminal app, headlessly in scripts, or through the Agent Client Protocol.

Full changelog, by month

Works with

From recorded changes

Grok 4.7

Model · 1 shared change

Benchmarks

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Independent

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Incidents

Jul 13Grok Build CLI found uploading whole directories to xAI cloud storage