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Grok

Drive Grok (grok.com) chat from the terminal. All commands run through your existing browser session — no API key needed.

Mode: 🔐 Browser · Domain: grok.com

Commands

CommandDescriptionAccess
opencli grok statusPage availability, login state, current model and sessionread
opencli grok historyList recent conversations from the sidebar (requires login)read
opencli grok readRead messages in the current conversationread
opencli grok detail <id>Open a conversation by ID and read its messagesread
opencli grok ask <prompt>Send a prompt and wait for the assistant replywrite
opencli grok send <prompt>Fire-and-forget: send a prompt without waitingwrite
opencli grok newStart a fresh conversationwrite
opencli grok image <prompt>Generate images via Grok and return their URLswrite

Usage Examples

bash
# Sanity check
opencli grok status

# Recent conversations
opencli grok history --limit 10

# Read the active conversation as markdown
opencli grok read --markdown true

# Read a specific historical conversation by ID (or full URL)
opencli grok detail 7c4197f2-10a1-4ebb-a84a-fea89f4f1d06
opencli grok detail https://grok.com/c/7c4197f2-10a1-4ebb-a84a-fea89f4f1d06 --markdown true

# Ask a question and wait for the reply
opencli grok ask "Explain quantum computing in simple terms"

# Ask in a brand-new chat
opencli grok ask "Hello" --new true

# Fire-and-forget (don't wait for the reply)
opencli grok send "continue the previous answer"

# Start a new conversation
opencli grok new

# Generate an image
opencli grok image "a cyberpunk mechanical owl, neon purple and blue" --new true

Options

ask / send

OptionDescription
promptPrompt to send (required positional)
--newStart a new chat before sending (default: false)
--timeout(ask only) Max seconds to wait for the reply (default: 120)

read

OptionDescription
--markdownEmit assistant replies as markdown (default: false)

detail

OptionDescription
idSession ID (UUID) or full https://grok.com/c/<id> URL (required positional)
--markdownEmit assistant replies as markdown (default: false)

history

OptionDescription
--limitMax conversations to list (default: 20, max 100)

Output Columns

CommandColumns
statusStatus, Login, Model, SessionId, Url
historyIndex, Title, Url
readRole, Text
detailRole, Text
askresponse
sendStatus, Prompt
newStatus

Prerequisites

Notes

  • read works in the current tab even without an explicit ID; pair it with status to discover the active session ID first.
  • Grok commands default to persistent site sessions, so consecutive grok ask / grok read / grok detail invocations continue in the same Grok page. Pass --site-session ephemeral for a one-shot tab.
  • ask waits for the streaming reply to stabilize; send returns immediately after submission.
  • history reads the visible sidebar — if Grok lazy-loads older conversations, scroll the sidebar in your browser before re-running, or use detail <id> directly.
  • status returns Model / SessionId as null when they cannot be detected (e.g. page still loading) rather than a string sentinel — branch on null in agent code.
  • DOM or product changes on Grok can break composer detection — opencli grok status is the quickest sanity check.
  • limit is validated and rejected with ArgumentError if non-positive or above the documented max (history max 100); no silent clamp.

Released under the Apache-2.0 License.