feat(grok): add Grok Build (xAI) as a seventh CLI run mode

SessionMode gains 'grok', a first-class backend alongside Claude Code,
shell, OpenCode, Codex, Gemini, Antigravity and Pi: its own PTY, tmux
session, charcoal tab identity ('gk' badge), welcome button, run-mode
entry, cron agentType, Docker and remote-SSH command defaults, and
clone-repo Brain option. Flag surface verified live against grok 1.0.5.

Grok mixes two existing shapes and the wiring follows from that:

- Codex-shaped on permissions: the bypass switch is GrokConfig.alwaysApprove
  (--always-approve, grok's bypassPermissions mode; config-level deny rules
  still apply on top). The Run button sends it true, like runAntigravity(),
  and clampExternalCliBypassForOwner() puts grok in the only-if-sent branch:
  a bare grok spawn is grok's own ask-mode default, which is already safe,
  so only a sent config needs the flag forced off. Cron needs nothing for
  the same reason.
- OpenCode-shaped on rendering: grok is a fullscreen alternate-screen TUI
  with mouse support, so it stays OUT of isAltScreenStripMode() and lands
  on the narrow tmux-attach strip and the 'buffer' local-echo fallthrough
  (unmeasured against an authenticated composer; documented fallback is the
  'off' branch).
- Pi-shaped on resolution: 'grok' has npm squatters (@vibe-kit/grok-cli
  also installs a grok bin), so grok-cli-resolver.ts version-probes every
  candidate (grok --version, killSignal SIGKILL, VITEST-gated) and
  GET /api/grok/status surfaces path AND version; GROK_VERSION_REGEX is
  shared with the dependency registry so doctor and run mode cannot drift.

Env allowlist gains GROK_* plus the XAI_* vendor namespace (XAI_API_KEY is
grok's documented headless auth var), the same narrow-vendor reasoning as
GOOGLE_* for gemini. Resume is id-regexed on purpose: grok's own --resume
also matches session titles, which are arbitrary user strings that must
never reach the bash -c spawn line.

Docker: grok is not on npm, so the agent image installs it in its own step
(xAI's installer has no --dir override; the binary is copied to
/usr/local/bin and root's ~/.grok dropped in the same layer), and
credentials are seeded per-file (auth.json, config.toml, pager.toml; the
dir also holds sessions/, memory/ and the ~160MB binary). Remote SSH routes
through the login-shell wrapper like the other agent CLIs.

Verified end to end on an isolated CODEMAN_INSTANCE with grok 1.0.5
installed: /api/grok/status resolves and reports the probed version,
quick-start spawns a pane whose command line ends in 'grok
--always-approve', the real TUI renders (OAuth device screen on an
unauthenticated box), and grokConfig round-trips through state.json.
Docs: docs/grok-integration.md (user guide) + docs/grok-integration-plan.md
(decisions, verification record, follow-ups).

Tests: test/grok-mode.test.ts, test/grok-cli-resolver.test.ts, plus
extended clamp/system-routes/render-index-html/run-mode-ui/mobile-overview/
local-echo-gating coverage. npm test (the CI gate) green: 5910 tests.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## Session launch modes
### External CLI modes (OpenCode, Codex, Gemini, Antigravity, Pi)
### External CLI modes (OpenCode, Codex, Gemini, Antigravity, Pi, Grok)
**External CLI modes (OpenCode, Codex, Gemini, Antigravity, Pi)**: `isExternalCliMode()` in `session.ts` (`mode === 'opencode' || 'codex' || 'gemini' || 'antigravity' || 'pi'`) gates Claude-specific behavior — Ralph tracker, BashToolParser, token/CLI-info parsing, and ❯-prompt readiness detection are all skipped (these CLIs render their own TUIs; readiness = output stabilization instead). All five modes **require tmux — no direct PTY fallback** — because secrets are injected via `tmux setenv` (socket-scoped `${this.tmux()} setenv`, never on the spawn command line): OpenCode gets `OPENCODE_CONFIG_CONTENT` etc., Codex gets `OPENAI_API_KEY`/`CODEX_API_KEY`/`CODEX_HOME` (`setCodexEnvVars`), Gemini gets `GEMINI_API_KEY`/`GOOGLE_API_KEY`/`GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT`/`GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS`/`GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI` etc. (`setGeminiEnvVars`, all in `tmux-manager.ts`). Codex specifics: command built by `buildCodexCommand()` (`--model`, `resume <id>`, `--dangerously-bypass-approvals-and-sandbox` from the `codexConfig` payload / `codexDangerouslyBypassApprovals` app setting; `renderMode` is schema-coerced to `'hybrid'`, the only supported mode). Gemini specifics: command built by `buildGeminiCommand()` (`--skip-trust` always, `--approval-mode <default|auto_edit|yolo|plan>` defaulting to `yolo` for parity with Claude's `--dangerously-skip-permissions`, `--model`, `--resume` from the `geminiConfig` payload); availability via `GET /api/gemini/status` — session/quick-start routes fail with `OPERATION_FAILED` + install hint (`npm install -g @google/gemini-cli`) when missing. Codex AND Gemini export `COLORTERM=truecolor` + unset `NO_COLOR` (other modes unset `COLORTERM`); Gemini joins `isAltScreenStripMode()` (Codex/Claude/Gemini are Ink TUIs that repaint inline → strip alt-screen/`3J` so scrollback survives). Codex availability via `GET /api/codex/status`. Antigravity specifics: command built by `buildAntigravityCommand()` (`--model`, `--conversation <id>` resume, `--dangerously-skip-permissions` from the `antigravityConfig` payload); availability via `GET /api/antigravity/status` — routes fail with `OPERATION_FAILED` + install hint (`curl -fsSL https://antigravity.google/cli/install.sh | bash`) when missing. Unlike the other three it is NOT an npm package (standalone binary, `~/.local/bin/agy`), which is why `docker/agent.Dockerfile` installs it with its own `--dir /usr/local/bin` step rather than in the `npm install -g` line, and why it does NOT join `isAltScreenStripMode()`. Frontend: run-mode dropdown → `runCodex()`/`runGemini()` in `session-ui.js` ("Run CX"/"Run GM" labels), App Settings → Agents & CLIs → Codex; Respawn/Ralph options are Claude-only, so session options open on the Session tab for external CLI sessions. ⚠️ `run*()` MUST unwrap the `{success,data}` envelope (`(await res.json()).data.available` / `data.data.sessionId`) — reading the raw shape silently breaks the run. Tests: `test/run-mode-ui.test.ts` + `test/gemini-mode.test.ts` (vm-sandbox harness, no real DOM).
**External CLI modes (OpenCode, Codex, Gemini, Antigravity, Pi, Grok)**: `isExternalCliMode()` in `session.ts` (`mode === 'opencode' || 'codex' || 'gemini' || 'antigravity' || 'pi' || 'grok'`) gates Claude-specific behavior — Ralph tracker, BashToolParser, token/CLI-info parsing, and ❯-prompt readiness detection are all skipped (these CLIs render their own TUIs; readiness = output stabilization instead). All six modes **require tmux — no direct PTY fallback** — because secrets are injected via `tmux setenv` (socket-scoped `${this.tmux()} setenv`, never on the spawn command line): OpenCode gets `OPENCODE_CONFIG_CONTENT` etc., Codex gets `OPENAI_API_KEY`/`CODEX_API_KEY`/`CODEX_HOME` (`setCodexEnvVars`), Gemini gets `GEMINI_API_KEY`/`GOOGLE_API_KEY`/`GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT`/`GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS`/`GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI` etc. (`setGeminiEnvVars`, all in `tmux-manager.ts`). Codex specifics: command built by `buildCodexCommand()` (`--model`, `resume <id>`, `--dangerously-bypass-approvals-and-sandbox` from the `codexConfig` payload / `codexDangerouslyBypassApprovals` app setting; `renderMode` is schema-coerced to `'hybrid'`, the only supported mode). Gemini specifics: command built by `buildGeminiCommand()` (`--skip-trust` always, `--approval-mode <default|auto_edit|yolo|plan>` defaulting to `yolo` for parity with Claude's `--dangerously-skip-permissions`, `--model`, `--resume` from the `geminiConfig` payload); availability via `GET /api/gemini/status` — session/quick-start routes fail with `OPERATION_FAILED` + install hint (`npm install -g @google/gemini-cli`) when missing. Codex AND Gemini export `COLORTERM=truecolor` + unset `NO_COLOR` (other modes unset `COLORTERM`); Gemini joins `isAltScreenStripMode()` (Codex/Claude/Gemini are Ink TUIs that repaint inline → strip alt-screen/`3J` so scrollback survives). Codex availability via `GET /api/codex/status`. Antigravity specifics: command built by `buildAntigravityCommand()` (`--model`, `--conversation <id>` resume, `--dangerously-skip-permissions` from the `antigravityConfig` payload); availability via `GET /api/antigravity/status` — routes fail with `OPERATION_FAILED` + install hint (`curl -fsSL https://antigravity.google/cli/install.sh | bash`) when missing. Unlike the other three it is NOT an npm package (standalone binary, `~/.local/bin/agy`), which is why `docker/agent.Dockerfile` installs it with its own `--dir /usr/local/bin` step rather than in the `npm install -g` line, and why it does NOT join `isAltScreenStripMode()`. Frontend: run-mode dropdown → `runCodex()`/`runGemini()` in `session-ui.js` ("Run CX"/"Run GM" labels), App Settings → Agents & CLIs → Codex; Respawn/Ralph options are Claude-only, so session options open on the Session tab for external CLI sessions. ⚠️ `run*()` MUST unwrap the `{success,data}` envelope (`(await res.json()).data.available` / `data.data.sessionId`) — reading the raw shape silently breaks the run. Tests: `test/run-mode-ui.test.ts` + `test/gemini-mode.test.ts` (vm-sandbox harness, no real DOM). Grok specifics: command built by `buildGrokCommand()` (`--always-approve` from `grokConfig.alwaysApprove` — grok's `bypassPermissions` permission mode, deny rules still apply; `--model`; `--resume <id>` / `--continue`, id-regexed so grok's resume-by-TITLE feature can never put an arbitrary string on the spawn line); availability via `GET /api/grok/status`, which carries `version` because the resolver version-probes candidates (`grok` has npm squatters, e.g. @vibe-kit/grok-cli — `GROK_VERSION_REGEX` is shared with the dependency registry so doctor and run mode agree). Like antigravity it is a standalone binary (xAI installer → `~/.grok/bin`, symlinked into `~/.local/bin`), so `docker/agent.Dockerfile` installs it in its own step (copy to `/usr/local/bin`, drop root's `~/.grok` in the same layer) and it stays OUT of `isAltScreenStripMode()` (fullscreen alt-screen TUI with mouse support — the opencode case, not the Ink case). Env allowlist: `GROK_*` plus the vendor namespace `XAI_*` (`XAI_API_KEY` is grok's documented headless auth var — the same narrow-vendor-namespace reasoning as `GOOGLE_*` for gemini). Docker cred seeding is per-file (`auth.json`, `config.toml`, `pager.toml` from `~/.grok` — the dir also holds `sessions/`, `memory/`, and the ~160MB binary under `downloads/`). Grok tests: `test/grok-mode.test.ts`, `test/grok-cli-resolver.test.ts`.
**Pi specifics** (#206, `docs/pi-integration.md`): command built by `buildPiCommand()` (`--model` — the only builder whose model regex admits `:` and `/`, for `sonnet:high` and `openai/gpt-4o` — plus `--provider`, `--thinking`, `--session <id>` / `-c`, and the TRI-STATE `--approve`/`--no-approve`). ⚠️ **Pi has no permission prompts and no sandbox**, so there is no `--dangerously-skip-permissions` analog and Codeman must not invent one; the privilege-shaped knob is `approveProjectTrust`, which makes pi LOAD AND EXECUTE repo-local `.pi/extensions` TypeScript and npm-install missing project packages. It therefore joins `clampExternalCliBypassForOwner()`'s **materialize** branch (gemini's, not codex/antigravity's only-if-sent one): an absent config still yields `--no-approve` for a non-granted owner, because pi's own default is an interactive prompt the session user could answer themselves. ⚠️ `--api-key` is NEVER wired — it would put a provider secret on the spawn command line. ⚠️ Pi stays **out** of `isAltScreenStripMode()`: its default TUI renders into the main screen with terminal-owned scrollback (nothing to strip), and since 0.84.0 the user can flip to a fullscreen TUI at runtime via `/settings`, where the alt screen is load-bearing — being out of the list is exactly what makes that switch safe. ⚠️ Only the `PI_*` env prefix was added; pi's ~34 provider keys share no prefix and `ALLOWED_ENV_PREFIXES` is a single GLOBAL list with no mode context, so admitting them would widen the allowlist for every mode at once (a mode-aware allowlist is the tracked follow-up). ⚠️ `pi` is a short, GENERIC binary name, so unlike the sibling resolvers `pi-cli-resolver.ts` sanity-probes `pi --version` (cached, vitest-skipped) and requires semver-shaped output; `GET /api/pi/status` carries `version` on top of the sibling `{available, path}` shape so a misresolution is diagnosable. Local echo: pi lands on the `'buffer'` overlay via the fallthrough in `_updateLocalEchoState` (pinned in `test/local-echo-codex-gating.test.ts`); if pi's live composer turns out to fight it the way codex's did, the fallback is one `'off'` branch. Tests: `test/pi-mode.test.ts`, `test/routes/external-cli-bypass-clamp.test.ts` (first-ever coverage of the clamp).
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| Field | Required | Values / limits | Notes |
| -------------------------- | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `name` | ✅ | 1–200 chars | Display name; also used as the created session's name. |
| `agentType` | ✅ | `claude` \| `shell` \| `opencode` \| `codex` \| `gemini` \| `antigravity` \| `pi` | Reuses Codeman's `SessionMode`. `shell` = a plain terminal. ⚠️ A `pi` job's readiness poll looks for `❯`/a token count, neither of which pi prints, so it burns the poll budget and then sends the prompt anyway (slower start, still works). |
| `agentType` | ✅ | `claude` \| `shell` \| `opencode` \| `codex` \| `gemini` \| `antigravity` \| `pi` \| `grok` | Reuses Codeman's `SessionMode`. `shell` = a plain terminal. ⚠️ A `pi` or `grok` job's readiness poll looks for `❯`/a token count, which neither CLI prints, so it burns the poll budget and then sends the prompt anyway (slower start, still works). |
| `workingDir` | ✅ | valid path (allowlist-validated) | Validated at **create/update** (must exist, be a directory, and not resolve into a blocked tree — `/etc`, `/root`, `/proc`, `/sys`, `/dev`, or `/` itself) and again **at fire time**. |
| `launchCommand` | — | ≤ 2000 chars, single line | `shell` mode only: sent as the **first input line** once the shell is up, before the prompt. Ignored for other agent types. |
| `promptMode` | ✅ | `inline_text` \| `prompt_file_path` | See §5. |
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Run a case inside an **isolated Docker container** instead of directly on the host. Any number of Codeman sessions can share one container (it is scoped to the case, not the session), so a whole project lives in a sandbox with its own network, resource caps, and filesystem, and you can **export the container to move it to another machine**.
Docker mode is a **location overlay on cases**, the direct analog of [remote SSH cases](./remote-hosts.md): where a remote case runs a local tmux pane doing `ssh host` into a durable remote tmux server, a docker case runs a local tmux pane doing `docker exec -it` into a durable **in-container** tmux server. It is not a separate `SessionMode`, so `claude` / `shell` / `opencode` / `codex` / `gemini` / `antigravity` / `pi` all work inside the container.
Docker mode is a **location overlay on cases**, the direct analog of [remote SSH cases](./remote-hosts.md): where a remote case runs a local tmux pane doing `ssh host` into a durable remote tmux server, a docker case runs a local tmux pane doing `docker exec -it` into a durable **in-container** tmux server. It is not a separate `SessionMode`, so `claude` / `shell` / `opencode` / `codex` / `gemini` / `antigravity` / `pi` / `grok` all work inside the container.
## One-time setup: build the base image
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```bash
docker run --rm codeman/agent:base bash -lc \
'for c in claude codex gemini opencode agy pi; do printf "%-9s " $c; $c --version 2>&1 | head -1; done'
'for c in claude codex gemini opencode agy pi grok; do printf "%-9s " $c; $c --version 2>&1 | head -1; done'
```
Antigravity (`agy`) is the one CLI not installed from npm (Google ships a standalone binary), so it has its own Dockerfile step and adds roughly 190MB; a full image lands near 1.6GB. Pi also gets its own step, because upstream documents installing it with `--ignore-scripts` and that flag must not silently change how the other four npm CLIs install.
Antigravity (`agy`) and Grok (`grok`) are the two CLIs not installed from npm (Google and xAI ship standalone binaries), so each has its own Dockerfile step, adding roughly 190MB and 160MB respectively. Pi also gets its own step, because upstream documents installing it with `--ignore-scripts` and that flag must not silently change how the other npm CLIs install.
Pi's credentials are seeded per-FILE rather than as a whole directory (`auth.json`, `settings.json`, `trust.json`, `models.json`, `models-store.json` out of `~/.pi/agent`), because that directory also holds `sessions/`, `extensions/`, `skills/` and the installed package trees — gigabytes on an active host. Consequence: in-container pi sessions are invisible host-side, so `pi -c` inside a Docker case only sees that container's own history. See [`pi-integration.md`](./pi-integration.md).
Pi's credentials are seeded per-FILE rather than as a whole directory (`auth.json`, `settings.json`, `trust.json`, `models.json`, `models-store.json` out of `~/.pi/agent`), because that directory also holds `sessions/`, `extensions/`, `skills/` and the installed package trees — gigabytes on an active host. Consequence: in-container pi sessions are invisible host-side, so `pi -c` inside a Docker case only sees that container's own history. See [`pi-integration.md`](./pi-integration.md). Grok is seeded per-file for the same reason (`auth.json`, `config.toml`, `pager.toml` out of `~/.grok`, which also holds `sessions/`, `memory/` and the ~160MB binary under `downloads/`), with the same consequence for `grok -c`. See [`grok-integration.md`](./grok-integration.md).
## Quickest path: one-click "Run in Docker"
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# Grok Build (xAI) integration plan
> **Status**: Executed. This document records the plan, the decision behind each wiring
> point, and what was and was not verified. The user-facing guide is
> [`grok-integration.md`](./grok-integration.md); the per-decision invariants live in
> [`architecture-invariants.md#external-cli-modes-opencode-codex-gemini-antigravity-pi-grok`](./architecture-invariants.md#external-cli-modes-opencode-codex-gemini-antigravity-pi-grok).
> Template: the pi integration (`c5b5963`, [`pi-integration-plan.md`](./pi-integration-plan.md)),
> which was itself calibrated against the four follow-up commits the antigravity
> integration needed. All of grok's facts below were verified against **grok 1.0.5**
> (`grok 1.0.5 (5115b46bc9)`), installed live during the work.
## 1. What Grok Build is
[xai-org/grok-build](https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build) is xAI's coding agent: a
Rust fullscreen-TUI binary named `grok`, installed by
`curl -fsSL https://x.ai/cli/install.sh | bash` into `~/.grok/bin` (with symlinks into
`~/.local/bin`; the installer also ships an `agent` alias). Config lives in
`~/.grok/config.toml`, TUI appearance in `~/.grok/pager.toml`, credentials in
`~/.grok/auth.json` (0600), sessions under `~/.grok/sessions/`. Auth is browser OAuth
on first launch, `grok login --device-auth` for SSH boxes, or `XAI_API_KEY` for
headless use. It has Claude-style permission modes (`default`/`acceptEdits`/`auto`/
`dontAsk`/`bypassPermissions`/`plan`), allow/deny rules, hooks, MCP, subagents, and a
headless `-p` mode.
## 2. Shape decisions (why grok is wired the way it is)
Grok is a seventh run mode, alongside Claude Code, shell, OpenCode, Codex, Gemini,
Antigravity and Pi. Never a location overlay, never a web tab. Its wiring mixes two
existing shapes:
| Question | Decision | Why |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Permission bypass | `GrokConfig.alwaysApprove` -> `--always-approve` | Grok's real flag (verified via `--help`): "Auto-approve all tool executions", i.e. its `bypassPermissions` mode. Config-level deny rules still apply on top. The Run button sends `true`, matching `runAntigravity()` and Claude's own `--dangerously-skip-permissions` default: Codeman sessions exist for autonomous work. |
| Multi-user clamp branch | only-if-sent (codex/antigravity branch) | A bare `grok` spawn is grok's own ask-mode default, which is already safe, so the clamp only needs to force a SENT `alwaysApprove` off. Contrast pi, whose absent default is an answerable prompt and therefore needs the materialize branch. Cron needs nothing for grok for the same reason (`clampCronExternalCliConfigs`). |
| Alt-screen strip | OUT of `isAltScreenStripMode()` | Grok is a fullscreen alternate-screen TUI with mouse support (its own scrollback pane, `pager.toml [terminal] alt_screen`), i.e. the opencode case, not the Ink repaint case. It falls through to the narrow tmux-attach strip like opencode/antigravity/pi. |
| Resolver | version probe, like pi | `grok` has npm squatters (the unrelated `@vibe-kit/grok-cli` installs a `grok` bin). Candidates must pass `grok --version`; `GROK_VERSION_REGEX` is exported and shared with the dependency registry so doctor and run mode cannot disagree. The probe cannot tell two version-printing `grok`s apart, so `GET /api/grok/status` surfaces path AND version. Search dirs: `~/.grok/bin` first (installer target), then `~/.local/bin`, `/usr/local/bin`, `~/bin`. |
| Env allowlist | `GROK_*` + `XAI_*` prefixes | `GROK_*` covers grok's documented inputs (`GROK_HOME`, `GROK_CONFIG`/`GROK_CONFIG_PATH`, `GROK_MEMORY`, `GROK_WORKFLOWS`, `GROK_SANDBOX`, `GROK_OIDC_*`, `GROK_AUTH_PROVIDER_COMMAND`). `XAI_*` is xAI's vendor namespace and carries `XAI_API_KEY`, grok's documented headless auth var: the same narrow-vendor-namespace reasoning that admitted `GOOGLE_*` for gemini. Foreign provider keys stay out, as always. |
| Resume | `--resume <id>` / `--continue`, id-regexed | Grok's `--resume` also matches session TITLES (arbitrary user strings, case-insensitive). The `^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$` regex doubles as the no-titles rule, so nothing free-form can reach the `bash -c` spawn line. A valid explicit id wins over `-c`, mirroring pi. |
| Local echo | `'buffer'` via the `_updateLocalEchoState` fallthrough | UNMEASURED against an authenticated session (see §4). If grok's composer turns out per-keystroke reactive like codex's, the fallback is one `'off'` branch; teaching `PredictiveEchoAddon` grok's composer row is the larger follow-up. |
| Truecolor | `COLORTERM=truecolor` + `unset NO_COLOR` | Rust TUI with themes; joins the codex/gemini/antigravity/pi list in `buildEnvExports()` and `buildMuxAttachEnv()`. |
| Docker credentials | per-file seed: `auth.json`, `config.toml`, `pager.toml` | `~/.grok` also holds `sessions/`, `memory/`, `completions/`, `docs/` and the ~160MB binary under `downloads/`; a whole-dir seed would copy all of it on every container start. Same trade-off as pi: in-container sessions are invisible host-side, so `grok -c` in a Docker case sees only that container's history. |
| Docker install | own Dockerfile step | Not an npm package. xAI's installer has no `--dir` override, so the step copies `/root/.grok/bin/grok` (through the symlink, `cp -L`) into `/usr/local/bin` and removes root's `~/.grok` in the same layer. |
| Remote SSH | `exec "$SHELL" -i -l -c 'grok'` | sshd's remote-command PATH does not include `~/.grok/bin`; same login-shell fix as every other agent CLI. |
| What is NOT wired | `--permission-mode`, `--allow`/`--deny`, `-p` headless, `--worktree`, `--sandbox`, `--reasoning-effort`, `-s/--session-id`, `--fork-session`, `--agent`, `--output-format` | Follow-ups. The flag surface is kept minimal on purpose; grok is pre-1.0-style fast-moving and every flag added is a flag validated forever. |
## 3. Touch points (the checklist)
Backend: `types/session.ts` (SessionMode + GrokConfig + SessionState), `utils/grok-cli-resolver.ts` (new)
+ barrel, `tmux-manager.ts` (`buildGrokCommand`, dispatch, resume flag, PATH export, truecolor,
availability error, plumbing), `session.ts` (external-mode gate, label, config plumbing,
tmux-required error, attach env), `mux-interface.ts`, `schemas.ts` (prefixes, `GrokConfigSchema`,
both mode enums, remote command overrides, cron agentType), `session-routes.ts` (clamp + both
create paths), `system-routes.ts` (`GET /api/grok/status`), `server.ts` (availability inject +
mux restore), `docker-hosts.ts`, `remote-hosts.ts`, `config/dependency-registry.ts`,
`cron/cron-service.ts` (comment), `response-viewer-transcript.ts`, `tui/tui-client.ts` + `tui-app.ts`.
Frontend: `index.html` (welcome button, run-mode entry, cron option, clone Brain option),
`session-ui.js` (`runGrok()`, dispatch, availability, "Run GK" label, external-CLI gates,
runMode setter), `app.js` (label, `gk` tab badge, kill-menu), `settings-ui.js`,
`mobile-overview.js`, `home-sessions.js`, `panels-ui.js`, `i18n.js`, `styles.css` +
`mobile.css` (charcoal monochrome identity; the non-og skin block and the mobile
`!important` pair are both load-bearing, see the pi plan's §2.9 cascade trap).
Meta: `docker/agent.Dockerfile`, `install.sh`, `package.json` keyword, changeset,
`skills/codeman/reference/*`, CLAUDE.md, READMEs, `architecture-invariants.md`,
`remote-sessions.md`, `security-architecture.md`, `docker-cases.md`, `cron-guide.md`.
Tests: `test/grok-mode.test.ts` + `test/grok-cli-resolver.test.ts` (new);
`external-cli-bypass-clamp`, `system-routes`, `render-index-html`, `run-mode-ui`,
`mobile-overview`, `local-echo-codex-gating` (extended).
## 4. Verification performed
On this box, with grok 1.0.5 really installed and an isolated
`CODEMAN_INSTANCE=grokwt` server (own data dir, own tmux socket, port 5077):
1. `npm test` (the CI gate): green, 5900+ tests. `typecheck`, `lint`, `format:check`,
`check:frontend-syntax`, `check:public-assets`, `check:lockfile`: green.
2. `GET /api/grok/status` -> `{available: true, path: "/home/arkon/.local/bin", version: "1.0.5"}`
through the real resolver and probe.
3. `POST /api/quick-start {mode: "grok", grokConfig: {alwaysApprove: true}}` -> session
created, tmux pane spawned, real spawn line verified to end in `grok --always-approve`,
and the actual grok TUI rendered its OAuth device-approval screen in the pane
(unauthenticated box, so sign-in is exactly where a first run lands).
4. `grokConfig` persisted into the instance's `state.json`.
5. Session deleted by exact id; instance data dir and throwaway case removed.
**Not verified (honest gaps, all requiring an xAI account or more hardware):**
an authenticated conversation end to end; the local-echo buffer policy against grok's
real composer (§2); scrollback/repaint behavior of the fullscreen TUI under the narrow
strip during a long session; a Docker case with `mode: 'grok'` (needs a `--no-cache`
agent-image rebuild); a remote-SSH grok case; cron readiness degradation (expected:
same slow-start-then-send as pi, documented in `cron-guide.md`).
## 5. Follow-ups
- Idle/completion signal: grok has a hooks system (user-guide `10-hooks.md`); a hook
POSTing to `/api/hook-event` could give grok sessions real idle detection instead of
output-stabilization. Highest-value follow-up, same slot as pi's `agent_settled` idea.
- Response viewer: sessions are ACP JSONL under `~/.grok/sessions/<encoded-cwd>/<id>/updates.jsonl`;
`grok -p ... --output-format json | jq -r '.sessionId'` exists for correlation.
- Permission-mode picker (`--permission-mode`, `--allow`/`--deny`) in Session Options.
- Measure the local-echo policy and the fullscreen-TUI scrollback behavior against an
authenticated session; pin the result in `local-echo-codex-gating` the way pi did.
- `grok doctor` is a built-in terminal-support check worth pointing users at when a
pane renders oddly.
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# Grok Build (xAI) sessions
Codeman can drive [Grok Build](https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build) (xAI's `grok`
CLI, the agent behind docs.x.ai/build) as a session backend, alongside Claude Code,
OpenCode, Codex, Gemini, Antigravity and Pi. `grok` is a seventh **run mode**: its own
PTY, its own tmux session, its own tab identity (monochrome charcoal, `gk` badge). It
is not a location overlay like Docker or remote-SSH cases, and it is not a web tab.
The design rationale behind each decision below lives in
[`grok-integration-plan.md`](./grok-integration-plan.md). Everything here was verified
against grok 1.0.5.
## Install
```bash
curl -fsSL https://x.ai/cli/install.sh | bash
```
The installer places the binary in `~/.grok/bin` and symlinks it into `~/.local/bin`
(it also installs an `agent` alias Codeman ignores). `grok update` self-updates.
Codeman resolves the binary via the server PATH and then the usual install locations,
`~/.grok/bin` first. **`grok` is a name with known squatters** (the unrelated
`@vibe-kit/grok-cli` npm package also installs a `grok` bin), so like `pi` the
resolver does not trust a PATH hit on its own: it runs `grok --version` once and
requires version-shaped output (`grok 1.0.5 (5115b46bc9)`). Check what it resolved:
```bash
curl -s localhost:3000/api/grok/status | jq
# { "available": true, "path": "/home/you/.grok/bin", "version": "1.0.5" }
```
The endpoint carries `version` on top of the sibling `/api/*/status` shape precisely
so a misresolution is visible rather than presenting as "the mode just doesn't work".
## Authenticate
- **Browser OAuth (default)**: the first `grok` run opens a sign-in flow; in a
Codeman pane you get the device-code screen with a URL to open elsewhere.
Credentials land in `~/.grok/auth.json` (0600) and refresh automatically.
- **Device code**: `grok login --device-auth`, made for SSH boxes and headless hosts.
- **API key**: `export XAI_API_KEY="xai-..."` (console.x.ai). Used as a fallback when
no session token exists. As a per-session Codeman `envOverride` it flows through
socket-scoped `tmux setenv`, never the spawn command line.
- **Enterprise OIDC**: `GROK_OIDC_ISSUER` / `GROK_OIDC_CLIENT_ID`.
## What Codeman wires up
`GrokConfig` (per session, persisted in `state.json`, round-trips through respawn):
| Field | Flag | Notes |
| ----------------- | --------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `model` | `--model <v>` | e.g. `grok-4.5`, or a custom `[model.<name>]` from `config.toml` |
| `alwaysApprove` | `--always-approve` | Grok's `bypassPermissions` mode; deny rules still apply on top |
| `continueSession` | `--continue` | Most recent session for the working directory; skipped when resuming |
| `resumeSessionId` | `--resume <v>` | Ids only, never titles (grok's own `--resume` also matches titles) |
Every value is regex-validated and **dropped** (not escaped) if it fails, because the
result is interpolated into the pane's `bash -c "..."` command.
The Run button sends `grokConfig: { alwaysApprove: true }`, the same product decision
as Claude's `--dangerously-skip-permissions` default and Antigravity's
`--dangerously-skip-permissions`: Codeman sessions exist for autonomous work. Keep
hard limits as `deny` rules in `~/.grok/config.toml` (they apply in every mode), and
in **multi-user mode** a non-granted owner's `alwaysApprove` is forced off
server-side; a bare `grok` spawn is grok's own ask-mode default.
Env overrides: the `GROK_*` prefix (`GROK_HOME`, `GROK_CONFIG`, `GROK_MEMORY`,
`GROK_WORKFLOWS`, `GROK_SANDBOX`, `GROK_OIDC_*`, ...) plus the `XAI_*` vendor
namespace (`XAI_API_KEY`) are allowlisted. Foreign provider keys are not, as ever.
## What Codeman deliberately does NOT wire up
- **`--permission-mode`, `--allow`/`--deny`.** The boolean covers the autonomous
case; the full rule surface is a follow-up with UI.
- **`-p`/headless, `--output-format`, `--json-schema`.** Codeman drives the TUI.
- **`--worktree`, `--sandbox`, `--reasoning-effort`, `-s/--session-id`,
`--fork-session`, `--agent`/`--agents`.** Tracked as follow-ups in the plan doc.
## Terminal behavior
Grok renders a **fullscreen alternate-screen TUI** (scrollback pane + prompt, mouse
supported). Under Codeman it runs inside tmux like every external CLI, so the
fullscreen rendering stays inside the pane and the browser terminal shows tmux's
repaints; grok stays out of the alt-screen strip list on purpose (the opencode case,
not the Ink case). If a pane renders oddly, `grok doctor` checks terminal, color and
input support without starting a session, and `~/.grok/pager.toml` can force
`alt_screen = "inline"`.
On touch devices grok currently gets the buffered local-echo overlay like Claude,
Gemini, OpenCode and Pi. This is the fallthrough default and has not been measured
against an authenticated grok composer; if grok turns out per-keystroke reactive the
way codex was (issues #218/#219/#220/#222), the fix is the `'off'` branch in
`_updateLocalEchoState` (terminal-ui.js).
## Docker cases
The agent image installs grok in its own Dockerfile step (not npm; xAI's installer
targets `$HOME/.grok/bin` with no `--dir` override, so the binary is copied to
`/usr/local/bin`). Rebuild with the mandatory `--no-cache`:
```bash
node scripts/build-agent-image.mjs --no-cache
```
Credentials are **seeded**, not shared: `auth.json`, `config.toml` and `pager.toml`
are copied into the container's own `~/.grok`, so an in-container grok never writes
refreshed OAuth tokens back to the host and `docker commit` exports stay secret-free.
Only those three files, because `~/.grok` also holds `sessions/`, `memory/` and the
~160MB binary under `downloads/`. Trade-off, same as pi: in-container sessions are
invisible host-side, so `grok -c` inside a Docker case only sees that container's own
history.
## Remote SSH cases
`grok` mode is routed through an interactive login shell
(`exec "$SHELL" -i -l -c 'grok'`), because sshd's remote-command PATH does not include
`~/.grok/bin`. Per-session config and `envOverrides` do not cross ssh and are rejected
rather than silently ignored; use the per-host command override instead. For auth on
the remote host, `grok login --device-auth` exists for exactly this.
## Known gaps
- **No idle/completion hook yet.** Idle detection falls back to output-stabilization
like the other external CLIs. Grok has a hooks system, so a Codeman hook POSTing to
`/api/hook-event` is the highest-value follow-up.
- **No response viewer.** Grok writes ACP JSONL sessions under
`~/.grok/sessions/<encoded-cwd>/<session-id>/updates.jsonl`; nothing reads them yet.
- **Cron jobs mis-detect readiness.** The readiness poll looks for `❯` or a token
count, neither of which grok prints, so a grok cron job burns its poll budget and
then sends the prompt anyway. It works; it is just slower to start.
- **Ralph, respawn heuristics, token/CLI-info parsing and the `❯` readiness probe are
off** for grok, as for every external CLI.
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# Remote Sessions (SSH)
Codeman can run a session's agent on a **remote host over SSH** instead of the
local machine. The agent (Claude, OpenCode, Codex, Antigravity, Gemini, Pi, or a plain shell)
local machine. The agent (Claude, OpenCode, Codex, Antigravity, Gemini, Pi, Grok, or a plain shell)
runs inside a `tmux` server **on the remote host**, so it survives the SSH
connection dropping; Codeman attaches to it the same way it attaches to a local
managed session.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Types live in `src/types/session.ts`; persistence in `src/remote-hosts.ts`.
| `RemoteHost` (extends `RemoteSshOptions`) | A saved host: `id`, `label`, `host`, `username`, `port?`, `commands?` (per-mode launch command override). |
| `RemoteCase` | A working directory on a host: `name`, `type: 'remote'`, `hostId`, `remotePath`. |
| `SessionRemote` (extends `RemoteSshOptions`) | The resolved bundle stamped onto a live session: host coordinates + `remotePath` + `commands`, plus **`owned?`** and **`remoteSessionName?`** (COD-105 — see [Ownership](#ownership-launched-vs-discovered-and-attached-cod-105)). Built by `toSessionRemote(host, case)` (sets `owned: true`) for the launch path, or `toAttachedSessionRemote(host, name, path)` (sets `owned: false`) for the attach path. Both copy the advanced SSH options through so every connection is identical. |
| `RemoteCommandMode` | `Extract<SessionMode, 'shell' \| 'claude' \| 'opencode' \| 'codex' \| 'gemini' \| 'antigravity' \| 'pi'>` — the modes that can run remotely. |
| `RemoteCommandMode` | `Extract<SessionMode, 'shell' \| 'claude' \| 'opencode' \| 'codex' \| 'gemini' \| 'antigravity' \| 'pi' \| 'grok'>` — the modes that can run remotely. |
| `RemoteSessionInfo` (COD-105) | One discovered remote tmux session: `name` (always `codeman-*`), `attached` (a client is connected), `created` (epoch s), `windows`. Returned by `listRemoteCodemanSessions()`. |
Persistence is two flat JSON arrays in the instance data dir:
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Docker cases (1.4.0) run a session inside a per‑case container instead of on the host. The security posture:
- **Hardened create flags, always** — `--cap-drop ALL`, `--security-opt no-new-privileges`, `--pids-limit` (fork‑bomb guard), `--memory` == `--memory-swap` (a real OOM cap), `--init`, and non‑root: `--user <hostUid>:0` on Linux (host uid → workspace files stay host‑owned; GID 0 keeps `$HOME` writable), `--userns=keep-id` on rootless Podman. **Never** `--privileged`, and **never** the docker socket — the pure builder in `docker-hosts.ts` cannot emit them and the schema cannot represent them.
- **Credentials never enter an image** — the convenient default bind‑mounts host cred dirs (`~/.claude`, `~/.codex`, `~/.gemini` — which also carries Antigravity's `antigravity-cli/` state — `~/.config/{gcloud,opencode}`, and five seeded files from `~/.pi/agent`) read‑write. Bind mounts are physically excluded from `docker commit`, so exported images are secret‑free. API‑key CLIs get their key as an exec‑time NAME‑ONLY `--env OPENAI_API_KEY` (no `=value`, no `ps` leak, never committed); a create‑time `-e` for a secret is never used. The **sealed** profile (`mountCredentials:false` + `network:none`) drops the host mounts; full‑image export is then refused (an in‑container login would ride the committed layer) unless a pre‑commit scrub is opted into.
- **Credentials never enter an image** — the convenient default bind‑mounts host cred dirs (`~/.claude`, `~/.codex`, `~/.gemini` — which also carries Antigravity's `antigravity-cli/` state — `~/.config/{gcloud,opencode}`, five seeded files from `~/.pi/agent`, and three from `~/.grok`) read‑write. Bind mounts are physically excluded from `docker commit`, so exported images are secret‑free. API‑key CLIs get their key as an exec‑time NAME‑ONLY `--env OPENAI_API_KEY` (no `=value`, no `ps` leak, never committed); a create‑time `-e` for a secret is never used. The **sealed** profile (`mountCredentials:false` + `network:none`) drops the host mounts; full‑image export is then refused (an in‑container login would ride the committed layer) unless a pre‑commit scrub is opted into.
- **Blast radius — accept it explicitly** — the convenient profile mounts an arbitrary host workspace RW plus the host credential dirs RW into a network‑enabled container, so container‑run agent code can read/modify those host trees and reach the network at once. Still a net improvement over today's on‑host `--dangerously-skip-permissions` execution; use the sealed profile for genuinely untrusted work.
- **Import is untrusted‑bundle‑safe** — `/api/docker-cases/import` validates the manifest + per‑member SHA‑256 before extraction, rejects absolute / `..` tar members (traversal guard), and re‑tags the loaded image into a quarantined namespace so it can never overwrite `codeman/agent:base` or a pre‑existing tag.
- **Host guard & the bridge‑hooks listener** — in‑container hook callbacks carry `Host: host.docker.internal` / `host.containers.internal`; both are on the always‑on host‑header allowlist (`DOCKER_HOST_GATEWAY_ALIASES`) and resolve to the host only from inside a container netns, so they are not a browser DNS‑rebinding surface. On a loopback‑only server, in‑container hooks are opt‑in via `CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS=1`, which binds a SECOND listener on the docker bridge gateway serving **only** the hook endpoints (every other path → `403`) into the same hook‑secret‑gated pipeline. The bridge is host‑internal (containers + host), not the LAN, so it does not widen network exposure; the hook secret is bind‑mounted read‑only and referenced by path.