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<h2 id="what-is-grok-build-beta">What is Grok Build (Beta)?</h2>
<p>Grok Build is a command-line coding agent (with an interactive terminal UI) from xAI. Describe what you want in natural language and Grok plans the work, edits files, runs commands, and shows clean diffs for review. This image wires Grok Build to DigitalOcean&#39;s OpenAI-compatible serverless inference endpoint, so a single model access key unlocks GPT-5.5, Claude, Llama, Kimi, GLM, DeepSeek, Qwen, MiniMax and more — plus DigitalOcean&#39;s Intelligent Inference Router.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Terminal-first</strong> – Works natively in your shell; no web interface required</li>
<li><strong>DigitalOcean Serverless Inference</strong> – Pre-configured inference with one model access key</li>
<li><strong>Intelligent Inference Router</strong> – Optionally route each prompt to the best-fit model</li>
<li><strong>Plan mode</strong> – Generate a plan, comment on or rewrite steps, then approve before changes</li>
<li><strong>Parallel subagents</strong> – Delegate large tasks to subagents that run in parallel</li>
<li><strong>Headless mode</strong> – Run agents non-interactively in scripts with <code>grok -p</code></li>
<li><strong>Works with your conventions</strong> – Picks up <code>AGENTS.md</code>, plugins, hooks, skills, and MCP servers</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="key-features">Key Features</h2>
<ul>
<li>Natural-language, agentic coding assistance in the terminal</li>
<li>Pre-configured with DigitalOcean Serverless Inference (GPT, Claude, Llama, DeepSeek, and more)</li>
<li>Optional DigitalOcean Intelligent Inference Router (<code>router:&amp;amp;lt;name&amp;amp;gt;</code>)</li>
<li>Plan / review / approve workflow with clean diffs</li>
<li>Headless scripting (<code>-p</code>) with <code>plain</code>, <code>json</code>, and <code>streaming-json</code> output</li>
<li>xAI account sign-in supported as an alternative provider</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="system-requirements">System Requirements</h2>
<p>Grok Build is lightweight; most compute happens at the inference service.</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th id="use_case">Use Case</th>
<th id="ram">RAM</th>
<th id="cpu">CPU</th>
<th id="storage">Storage</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Minimum</td>
<td>1 GB</td>
<td>1 vCPU</td>
<td>25 GB</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Recommended</td>
<td>2 GB</td>
<td>2 vCPU</td>
<td>50 GB</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2 id="included-system-components">Included System Components</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Ubuntu 24.04 LTS</strong> – Base operating system</li>
<li><strong>Grok Build</strong> – xAI terminal coding agent</li>
<li><strong>DigitalOcean Serverless Inference</strong> – Pre-configured inference provider</li>
<li><strong>Git</strong> – Version control</li>
<li><strong>curl</strong>, <strong>jq</strong>, <strong>unzip</strong> – Utilities</li>
<li><strong>UFW Firewall</strong> – SSH only (rate-limited)</li>
</ul>

Deploy Grok Build, xAI's terminal-native AI coding agent, pre-configured to run on **DigitalOcean Serverless Inference**. SSH in and run `grok` to plan, write, review, and refactor code directly from your shell — no IDE required, and no separate model subscription needed.

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