Grok Build·xAI

Grok Build Skills

Q: Does Grok Build support skills?

Yes. Grok Build reads SKILL.md folders from ~/.grok/skills/, ~/.agents/skills/ and .grok/skills/, plus Claude Code skills, and loads them when a request matches.

Agent Skills for Grok Build, xAI’s coding agent in the terminal. Install a Skill into ~/.agents/skills/ and Grok loads it when your request matches.

Browse Skills for Grok Build How to install

grok — ~/projects/launch

$ grok

> Read https://skillry.dev/skills/bs-cue-style-launch-video/install.md and follow the instructions to install the skill.

✓ Installed to ~/.grok/skills/bs-cue-style-launch-video/

> Make a launch video for our API

● Loading skill bs-cue-style-launch-video

● Rendering launch.mp4 · 1080p

Where the Skill lives

~/.grok/skills/
bs-cue-style-launch-video/
SKILL.md
assets/
scripts/

Grok Build also reads Claude Code skills, so most of them work unchanged.

Popular Grok Build skills

Every Skill below installs into Grok Build with the default command.

Browse all Skills for Grok Build

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Orbit Startup Landing

Quick answer

Does Grok Build support Agent Skills?

Yes. Grok Build reads Agent Skills from ~/.grok/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/ globally and .grok/skills/ in a project, in the same SKILL.md format Claude Code and Codex use. It also reads Claude Code skills, and follows AGENTS.md for project rules.

Global folder: ~/.grok/skills/ or ~/.agents/skills/
Project folder: .grok/skills/
File format: SKILL.md (Agent Skills standard)
Loads automatically: Yes, by description
Install with Skillry: Paste the install prompt into Grok Build
Official docs: docs.x.ai/build

Grok Build, not Grok CLI

Grok CLI is a separate community project. Grok Build is xAI’s own agent, and Skills give it finished output.

Manus 2.0 Style Launch Video

Launch videos

Motion product films rendered to MP4.

Quartz SaaS Landing

Landing pages

A designed page from a short brief.

Sky Glass DeckFree

Decks

Editable slides with PPTX export.

How to install skills in Grok Build

Grok Build reads ~/.agents/skills/, so the install prompt puts each Skill there with no extra setup.

Copy the install prompt

Recommended

Paste one sentence into Grok Build. It reads the install guide and puts the Skill in the right folder itself.

1Open any Skill on Skillry and click Copy install prompt.
2Paste it into Grok Build and send.
3Approve the sign-in in your browser if asked, then ask for what you need.

Download ZIP

No Node.js needed. Unzip the Skill into the folder yourself.

1Click Download ZIP on any Skill page.
2Unzip it so the folder sits in ~/.grok/skills/.
3Restart Grok Build so it picks up the new Skill.

~/.grok/skills/<skill>/SKILL.md

Skillry CLI

Also works

One command downloads the Skill and puts it where Grok Build looks.

1Open a terminal in any folder.
2Run the command; it installs into ~/.agents/skills/.
3Open Grok Build and ask for what you need.

Grok Build skills vs AGENTS.md

They do different jobs, and most people use both.

AGENTS.mdA Skill (SKILL.md)

What it holdsAGENTS.md: Project rules, read from the current folder up to the repo rootOne repeatable job: a deck, a site, a video

When it loadsAGENTS.md: Every sessionOnly when your request matches

Context costAGENTS.md: Always in the promptA one-line description until used

ShareableAGENTS.md: Tied to one repositoryWorks in any project and in 30 other agents

Grok Build skills FAQ

Does Grok Build support skills?

Yes. Grok Build reads SKILL.md folders from ~/.grok/skills/, ~/.agents/skills/ and .grok/skills/, plus Claude Code skills, and loads them when a request matches.