# Grok Build

> Grok Build is an officially published AI tool from xAI. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

- **Canonical URL:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/grok-build
- **Kind:** AI tool
- **Publisher:** xAI
- **Trust level:** official
- **Risk score:** 10/100 (low)
- **Website:** https://x.ai/cli
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-02
- **JSON:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/api/entries/agent/grok-build

## Description

xAI official terminal coding agent with TUI, plan mode, sub-agents, MCP support

## Why it scored 10

The score starts at the catalog's neutral base of 50 and moves only through the signals below. The formula is published at https://catalog.anomity.ai/about — there is no model and no hidden heuristic.

| Signal | Contribution | Severity | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Published by the vendor | -40 | trust offset |  |

Clamped result: **10/100**, band **low**.

## Configuration surface

Files this tool reads on the host. Anything written here changes what the agent does next.

- `grok-build-project-skill` — Grok Build project skills
- `grok-build-user-config` — User-level Grok Build configuration
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\.grok\config.toml`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.grok/config.toml`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.grok/config.toml`
- `grok-build-agents-md` — Project AGENTS.md (Grok Build picks this up automatically)
    - win32: `${PROJECT}\AGENTS.md`
    - darwin: `${PROJECT}/AGENTS.md`
    - linux: `${PROJECT}/AGENTS.md`
- `grok-build-skills` — User-level Grok Build skills
- `grok-build-plugins` — Installed Grok Build plugins

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Source: Anomity Catalog (https://catalog.anomity.ai/). Scoring methodology: https://catalog.anomity.ai/about. Machine-readable index: https://catalog.anomity.ai/llms.txt · https://catalog.anomity.ai/openapi.json