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NEW Grok Build AI is INSANE!
AI News Today | Julian Goldie Podcast · 2026-06-16 · 10 min
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Grok Build CLI Just Surprised Me: Side-by-Side Tests vs Claude, Kimi & GLM + Agent OS IntegrationThe script reviews the new Grok Build coding agent and CLI, saying it’s a major upgrade over the old version and the best results the creator has seen from the same prompt, especially for games and 3D builds. It showcases multiple outputs (a dark first-person game, clean websites, 3D/MMO/RPG-style demos, animations like glowing fish trails and lava-lamp liquid that follows the mouse) while noting quality is inconsistent and sometimes disconnected from prompts. The creator compares Grok Build against Kimi Code, GLM 5.2, and Claude Opus, claiming Grok Build’s game beat Claude’s for the same prompt and outperformed Kimi and GLM on some tests, though GLM looked better for certain animations. They highlight OAuth login and that X Premium Plus/Super Grok subscribers get access, plus parallel sub-agents, self-check loops, and integration into an agent operating system alongside other models, then promote an Agent OS package via AI Profit Bot.
✨ Episode Outline — click any point to jump to it in the episode
Problem solved
Whether the new
Grok Build coding agent and CLI is good enough to add alongside
Claude,
Gemini and
Hermes in an agent OS.
Benefits
- Log in via OAuth using existing Twitter/X subscription, no extra cost
- CLI sits alongside Claude, Hermes, Gemini in one agent OS
- Parallel sub-agents build many projects fast
- Self-checking loop improves output each iteration
- Generates AI avatar videos, images and voice notes
Use cases
- Spun up a full factory of eight parallel sub-agents from one sentence to build many projects at once
- Built a 3D RPG 'Dragon Realm' game that ran smooth and near-perfect, beating Kimi Code 2.17's basic build
- Same-prompt build beat Claude Opus 4.8, Kimi Code 2.7 and GLM 5.2 — first time Grok beat Claude on the test
- Trained Grok to produce AI avatar videos, images (alternative to Minimax) and voice notes inside Hermes studio
- Tested for about an hour by giving one prompt and walking off while sub-agents built
KPIs / results
- 8 parallel sub-agents working from one sentence
- Beat Claude Opus 4.8, Kimi Code 2.7 and GLM 5.2 on identical prompt
- Beta launched 25th of May to Super Grok and X Premium Plus subscribers
Tools / build
- Grok Build CLI
- Hermes Agent OS with Grok integrated
- Grok AI avatar video generator
- Dragon Realm 3D RPG demo
📑 Chapters — tap a time to jump there
00:00
Grok Build Surprise
- Grok Build surprises as best build seen for same prompt
00:37
Touring Early Demos
- Touring early demos: dark FPS game, clean website, 3D RPGs
01:12
OAuth and CLI Access
- OAuth login via Twitter; CLI included with X subscription
02:08
Studio Media Features
- Studio media: AI avatar videos, images, voice notes; Minimax alternative
02:36
Beta Announcement Context
- Beta announced 25th May for Super Grok and X Premium Plus
04:37
Animations Mixed Results
- Mixed animation results: fish, orbit, lava lamp; some disconnected
05:50
Parallel Sub Agents
- Parallel sub-agents: eight agents build projects from one sentence
06:22
Dragon Realm Benchmark
- Dragon Realm benchmark smooth vs basic Kimi Code 2.17 build
07:02
Self Check Improvement Loop
- Self-check loop: plan, build, self-check, ship, improve
07:58
Using Grok in Agent OS
- Select Grok in agent OS via subscription; shared memory, previews
08:48
Agent OS Offer Breakdown
- AI Profit Boardroom agent OS zip, prompts, Obsidian memory, coaching
09:43
Community Coaching and Close
- Weekly coaching calls, member map, 24-7 community; sign-off
Grok Build is actually beast mode and honestly everything else I've previously tried with Grok Build was pretty terrible but this bad boy is looking nice. I'll compare it against what we've created with other models but this is literally the best build I've seen out of everything I've tried to create with this same prompt. Now if we have a look as well we've got another game right here let's check this out. So you can see it's kind of like a very dark first person game. I'm not really sure what it's trying to do and again we'll compare that against some other stuff that we've built in a second. Let's take a look at some other builds here. We've got a website that's looking pretty nice and clean that's looking decent. We have this really cool 3D, it seems pretty cool building like 3D games. That's what I've seen with this like websites you know similar to everything else I've seen but coding out for example games and 3D stuff really cool RPGs etc. Nice. And this is actually quite fun to play it's hard to switch off. So you can see some of the cool stuff that we're building with this and this is all with Grok Build. Now the other thing that shocks me about all of this is that you can just log in with Grok Build on OAuth. So if you're already subscribed to Twitter no problem mate you actually have the CLI included with your Twitter subscription which blows me away. So we've been building this directly into the agent OS earlier today. One thing I will say is like I was testing out the old Grok Build versus the new one and this is a huge step up. Now also what's really good about this is there's a CLI so you can actually build this into your agent operating system as a CLI and have it sit in the next alongside for example Claude or Hermes or Gemini whatever you want which is pretty nice as well. And not only that my friends you can also plug in Grok with your Twitter subscription again directly into Hermes agent and then you can use it inside the studio. So not only can it code out using Grok Build and the CLI not only can you build the CLI and add it alongside all your other agents inside your operating system but also on top of that you can generate voice notes you could generate videos. You can actually train Grok to create videos for you so we've got it trained to create AI avatar videos like you can see and then also we have images that it can generate too. And it's a pretty good alternative to Minimax on Hermes agent. Now Elon Musk actually posted earlier today that he was looking for feedback on this sort of stuff. Honestly from what I've seen it is good. It is good. So they've said and this was announced on 25th of May like today we're launching an early beta of Grok Build, a powerful new coding agent and CLI for professional software engineering and complex coding work. Available now to all Super Grok and X Premium Plus subscribers. Now I will say some of this stuff not that great so I want to be 100% honest with you. So if we have a look at this one for example I mean what even is this? Like it's so dark I can barely even use it. Let me compare that side by side versus Kimi Code. So Kimi Code actually built something similar for us which you can find over here. And if we open this up it's a lot nicer, a lot better. Not perfect by any means but it's getting there and it's a lot nicer than what we had previously. So for some stuff it's really like mediocre but for other stuff it's pretty amazing. Let's take a look at what else it built. Also this is important to note. So this is the game that we created with Grok Build as you can see. Pretty cool, looks nice, nice and clean, fun little design etc. Pretty fun to play. Now if we compare that versus what we created with Opus 4.8 it actually created something better. Which I've never seen with Grok before. Like in every single test I've ever done Claude wins. But this time you can see how boring Claude's build out for the same prompt is compared to what we created with Grok Build over here. And that is very interesting. This is the first time I've ever seen Grok get anywhere near let alone beat Claude Opus on tests. I would genuinely say it probably beat all of these. I think it did outperform Kimi Code 2.7 and GLM 5.2 on the same test. Which is impressive in itself. And again you might say well I don't want to use API blah blah blah but you can use your Twitter subscription for this. Now this was an animation of hundreds of glowing fish with flowing trails. Pretty interesting. Now I also built some stuff that I thought I'm not sure about that. So I wouldn't like switch everything over. Like for example this orbit diagram is okay. So it's like in a cellular system now. This one is pretty bad. And this one is like kind of meh but not that interesting. Same for these. They're kind of like interesting but weird abstract creations. Whereas if you have a look at what for example GLM 5.2 created using the same prompt. It's a lot nicer and it flows a lot more. So in some strange ways it just feels kind of disconnected from the prompt when you're using Grok on certain things. I also tested it for a lava lamp animation as you can see that was pretty cool. And again like we tested this on the new version of Grok build versus the old one. The old one was terrible. Like wouldn't waste your time on it. But this one is much nicer. So it's definitely stepping up. Here's another version and it's pretty cool. So this liquid follows the mouse. And then you can change the colors over here. And reset the bowl as well. Now also what you get with Grok CLI is for larger tasks. Grok Build will delegate work to specialized sub-agents that run in parallel. So basically you can have a team of AI agents working on one task at once. So that's how we've managed to... I've only tested this for like literally an hour and I just kind of walked off and gave Claude access and then came back later. But from what I can see you can give it one sentence. Then you have a full factory of eight sub-agents working together. And this is how we've managed to build so many things so quickly across so many different projects. Now if we have a look at this example, the Dragon Realm. So it looks super nice. It's really smooth to use. Very, very quick to navigate. And it works basically perfect. Now the graphics are not great if you look up in the sky. That's supposed to be a dragon. So just want to be honest with you there. But if we compare that versus what we got on the same test with Kimi Code 217, you can see how basic this looks. And again, it's not that smooth. In fact, if we try to walk forwards, we walk backwards. And it's a lot darker. The UI is not as nice. It's just not as smooth as a version that Grok build created. Now also with those sub-agents it's got, it can also check its own work. So how this works is basically a loop where you plan it, the sub-agents start creating it, it self-checks itself, ships it, and then uses that self-check to improve it on the next loop. So the more you use it, the better it should get in theory. You might also say, well, you know, Grok, it can't beat anything or it can't build anything. But so far it created some pretty nice stuff which I showed you. You also might say, well, I need to be a coder to use CLI or to use Grok build. I wouldn't let that put you off. It's just like using Claude. You talk to it inside the CLI, it gets stuff done for you. And you just talk to it and message it like a friend. So it's pretty chill. Other people say, well, I'll wait until these coding agents settle down or I'll stick to one thing. They're not going to settle down any time. I think it is fun to try this stuff and test it out and see side by side. Grok build genuinely surprised me for a lot of the stuff it created. Now, also, the cool thing about this is if you have an agent operating system like us where we've got Claude and Hermes and Gemini and everything together, we can now select Grok build. We're not using the API. We're just using the subscription they already had. So it doesn't cost anything extra. And then inside the workspace, we can just preview everything that we've built. So it will get saved along with the history of what we've created. And we can come back to it anytime, which is pretty awesome. So that's a great way to use Grok build. You know, you can plug it into your Hermes agents. You could have it inside a CLI here. And also, it's going to plug into your memory system as well, which means it's instantly got context. So even though you're using it for maybe the first time today or some of you will have already been using it. But if you're using it for the first time like I am, then all of a sudden, it's got as much context as the agents that I've been working with for months. And that's what we like. So if you want the whole setup that I've used, you know, where it turns Grok build, Claude, GLM, Kimmy, and the rest into one system with shared memory and one dashboard you control. Every new model that drops makes a whole factory more powerful automatically. And you get the full agent operating system zip file with every prompt and every model wired in. You get the Obsidian memory setup so your agents know your business. You get coaching calls where we can set up together step by step. And a 30-day roadmap, daily tutorials, a member map, and 24-7 community. Plus an awesome community of people who are actually implementing this and getting it done, which we love. You see how many people are building their own agent operating systems and mission control systems here. So that's what we like. So if you want to get that, it's all inside the AI Profit Boardroom. Link in the comments description or go to theairprofitbotum.com. And inside the classroom, if you go to the agent operating system section, you can get that system. We update it daily. We give you the new updates. You get the zip file. You get a video tutorial. And also when new tutorials come out and new cool stuff comes out, we share it inside the community. Like you can see of a full step-by-step guide and video tutorial. You can also ask questions inside the community. We help you. I personally answer those questions too. Inside the calendar, four-weekly coaching calls where you can jump on a call, share your screen, ask about your setup. If you're a complete beginner, you can go from beginner to expert over here inside this beginner to expert course. And you get the new updates and agent OS over here. Inside the map, you can also connect with people locally near you. And we've got people all over, as you can see right here. So I hope to see you inside there. Cheers for watching. Bye-bye.