--- title: "Grok Bot" canonical: "https://canmyagentuse.com/harnesses/grok-bot-desktop" contentKind: "harness" locale: "en" description: "Grok Bot's macOS and Windows desktop client for persistent AI teammates that execute on a shared cloud computer." llmSummary: "Grok Bot is a macOS and Windows desktop client for persistent named agents that execute on a hosted computer. Its capability cells are scoped to the documented desktop-plus-cloud surface, eligible plans, shared-computer boundary, and dated public evidence; they do not apply to Grok Web." publishedAt: "2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z" verifiedAt: null tags: ["desktop","hosted","cloud-agent","grok","grok-bot"] --- # Grok Bot Grok Bot is a macOS and Windows desktop client for persistent named agents that execute on a hosted computer. Its capability cells are scoped to the documented desktop-plus-cloud surface, eligible plans, shared-computer boundary, and dated public evidence; they do not apply to Grok Web. - HTML: https://canmyagentuse.com/harnesses/grok-bot-desktop - JSON: https://canmyagentuse.com/api/v1/harnesses/grok-bot-desktop.json - Markdown: https://canmyagentuse.com/harnesses/grok-bot-desktop.md Grok Bot appears here as a distinct **Desktop** harness because it is not the same surface as the consumer Grok web chat. The reviewed documentation requires the macOS or Windows app, while each Bot's browser, filesystem, terminal, tools, and durable state live on a hosted computer. Current documentation limits access to eligible SuperGrok or Cursor plans and says Linux has no desktop app. All Bots for one account share that account's cloud computer, including its files, browser sessions, and command-line credentials; separate Bots are therefore not separate security boundaries. Access to the operator's local computer is a separate, approval-controlled capability. Capability cells cite dated public sources and retain plan, platform, runtime, and policy qualifications; unreviewed cells remain **unknown**. ## Exact surface - Family: Grok Bot - Provider: xAI - Surface: desktop - Execution: hosted - Target type: hosted-observation - Default environment: hosted-default - Tracks: current - Product site: https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/overview - Brand reference: [Grok](/provider-marks#grok) ## Current support summary - Reviewed: 35/114 - Supported: 27 - Partial: 5 - Unsupported: 3 - Unknown: 79 - Not applicable: 0 - Unique public sources: 9 - Latest current evidence: 2026-08-28 ## Capability family summaries Family summaries are derived from atomic child records; no umbrella compatibility value is authored. - [Agent Skills](/features/agent-skills.md): derived current family progress; 1/7 supported or partial; 1/7 reviewed - [Collaboration](/features/collaboration-and-portability.md): derived current family progress; 1/5 supported or partial; 1/5 reviewed - [File and media inputs](/features/file-inputs.md): derived current family progress; 6/6 supported or partial; 6/6 reviewed - [Model Context Protocol](/features/mcp.md): derived current family progress; 5/24 supported or partial; 5/24 reviewed - [Models and context](/features/models-and-context.md): derived current family progress; 1/12 supported or partial; 2/12 reviewed - [Persistent instructions](/features/instructions.md): derived current family progress; 0/4 supported or partial; 0/4 reviewed - [Plugin systems](/features/plugins.md): derived current family progress; 4/7 supported or partial; 4/7 reviewed - [Pricing, usage, and limits](/features/usage-and-reliability.md): derived current family progress; 0/4 supported or partial; 0/4 reviewed - [Security and privacy](/features/data-security-controls.md): derived current family progress; 3/8 supported or partial; 5/8 reviewed - [Subagents](/features/subagents.md): derived current family progress; 2/10 supported or partial; 2/10 reviewed - [WebMCP](/features/webmcp.md): derived current family progress; 0/7 supported or partial; 0/7 reviewed ## Atomic capability assertions Unknown means insufficient published evidence; it does not mean unsupported. - [Agent Plugins failure isolation](/features/agent-plugin-failure-isolation.md): current unknown - [Agent Plugins packaged MCP](/features/agent-plugin-mcp.md): current supported - [Agent Plugins packaged skills](/features/agent-plugin-skills.md): current supported - [Agent Plugins portable manifest](/features/agent-plugin-core.md): current supported - [Agent Skills core and discovery](/features/skills.md): current supported - [Agent Skills manual invocation](/features/skill-manual-invocation.md): current unknown - [Agent Skills progressive loading](/features/skill-progressive-loading.md): current unknown - [Agent Skills references and assets](/features/skill-references-assets.md): current unknown - [Agent Skills scripts](/features/skill-scripts.md): current unknown - [AGENTS.md root instructions](/features/agents-md.md): current unknown - [Artifact export](/features/artifact-export.md): current supported - [Audio file input](/features/audio-file-input.md): current supported - [Audit logs](/features/audit-logs.md): current unsupported - [Automatic context compaction](/features/automatic-context-compaction.md): current unknown - [Background agents](/features/background-agents.md): current supported - [Browser automation](/features/browser-automation.md): current supported - [Code execution](/features/code-execution.md): current unknown - [Computer use](/features/computer-use.md): current supported - [Concurrent subagents](/features/subagent-concurrency.md): current unknown - [Connectors](/features/connectors.md): current supported - [Context compaction controls](/features/context-compaction-controls.md): current unknown - [Context usage](/features/context-usage-visibility.md): current unknown - [Context window](/features/context-window.md): current unknown - [Conversation export](/features/conversation-export.md): current unknown - [Conversation sharing](/features/conversation-sharing.md): current unknown - [Custom instructions](/features/custom-instructions.md): current unknown - [Data residency](/features/data-residency.md): current unknown - [Data retention controls](/features/data-retention-controls.md): current partial - [Diffs and patches](/features/diffs-and-patches.md): current unknown - [Document input](/features/office-document-input.md): current supported - [Encryption key management](/features/encryption-key-controls.md): current unknown - [File upload limits](/features/upload-limits.md): current supported - [Human approval](/features/human-approval.md): current supported - [Image input](/features/image-input.md): current supported - [Local models](/features/local-models.md): current unknown - [Long-term memory](/features/long-term-memory.md): current supported - [MCP Apps](/features/mcp-apps.md): current unknown - [MCP cancellation](/features/mcp-cancellation.md): current unknown - [MCP client role](/features/mcp-client-role.md): current supported - [MCP elicitation](/features/mcp-elicitation.md): current unknown - [MCP legacy HTTP and SSE](/features/mcp-legacy-sse.md): current supported - [MCP list-changed notifications](/features/mcp-list-changed.md): current unknown - [MCP logging](/features/mcp-logging.md): current unknown - [MCP OAuth authorization](/features/mcp-oauth.md): current unknown - [MCP progress notifications](/features/mcp-progress.md): current unknown - [MCP prompt-list notifications](/features/mcp-prompts-list-changed.md): current unknown - [MCP prompts](/features/mcp-prompts.md): current unknown - [MCP Registry metadata](/features/mcp-registry.md): current unknown - [MCP resource subscriptions](/features/mcp-resource-subscriptions.md): current unknown - [MCP resources](/features/mcp-resources.md): current unknown - [MCP revision compatibility](/features/mcp-revision.md): current unknown - [MCP roots](/features/mcp-roots.md): current unknown - [MCP sampling](/features/mcp-sampling.md): current unknown - [MCP server instructions](/features/mcp-server-instructions.md): current unknown - [MCP server role](/features/mcp-server-role.md): current unknown - [MCP stdio transport](/features/mcp-stdio.md): current supported - [MCP Streamable HTTP](/features/mcp-streamable-http.md): current supported - [MCP task listing](/features/mcp-task-listing.md): current unknown - [MCP tasks](/features/mcp-tasks.md): current unknown - [MCP tools](/features/mcp-tools.md): current supported - [Model fallback](/features/model-fallback.md): current supported - [Model selection](/features/model-selection.md): current unsupported - [Multi-file edit](/features/multi-file-edit.md): current unknown - [Native plugin system](/features/native-plugins.md): current unknown - [Nested AGENTS.md instructions](/features/nested-agents-md.md): current unknown - [Nested subagents](/features/nested-subagents.md): current unknown - [Offline operation](/features/local-only-mode.md): current unsupported - [Organization policy controls](/features/admin-policy-controls.md): current partial - [Output token limit](/features/output-token-limit.md): current unknown - [PDF input](/features/pdf-documents.md): current supported - [Per-subagent model selection](/features/subagent-model-selection.md): current unknown - [Plans and pricing](/features/plan-pricing-disclosure.md): current unknown - [Plugin marketplace](/features/plugin-marketplace.md): current supported - [Plugin vendor extensions](/features/plugin-vendor-extensions.md): current unknown - [Project rules](/features/native-rules.md): current unknown - [Project-scoped Agent Skills](/features/skill-project-scope.md): current unknown - [Prompt cache controls](/features/prompt-cache-controls.md): current unknown - [Prompt cache telemetry](/features/prompt-cache-telemetry.md): current unknown - [Prompt caching](/features/prompt-cache-reuse.md): current unknown - [Pull request integration](/features/git-pull-requests.md): current unknown - [Rate limits and quotas](/features/rate-limit-disclosure.md): current unknown - [Realtime voice](/features/realtime-voice.md): current unknown - [Reasoning effort controls](/features/reasoning-effort-controls.md): current unknown - [Role-based access control (RBAC)](/features/role-based-access.md): current unknown - [Sandbox network access](/features/sandbox-network.md): current unknown - [Scheduled runs](/features/scheduled-runs.md): current supported - [Screenshots](/features/screenshots.md): current unknown - [Secrets management](/features/secrets-management.md): current unknown - [Session resume](/features/resumable-runs.md): current unknown - [Shared projects](/features/shared-projects.md): current unknown - [Streaming output](/features/streaming-output.md): current unknown - [Structured outputs](/features/structured-output.md): current unknown - [Subagent context](/features/subagent-context-isolation.md): current unknown - [Subagent delegation](/features/subagent-delegation.md): current partial - [Subagent management](/features/subagent-lifecycle-controls.md): current unknown - [Subagent MCP access](/features/subagent-mcp-access.md): current unknown - [Subagent permissions](/features/subagent-approval-boundaries.md): current unknown - [Subagent results](/features/subagent-result-handoff.md): current supported - [Subagent write access](/features/subagent-write-access.md): current unknown - [Terminal commands](/features/terminal.md): current supported - [Training data controls](/features/training-data-controls.md): current partial - [Usage metering](/features/usage-metering.md): current unknown - [User-scoped Agent Skills](/features/skill-user-scope.md): current unknown - [Video input](/features/video-input.md): current supported - [Web fetch](/features/web-fetch.md): current unknown - [WebMCP declarative form tools](/features/webmcp-declarative-tools.md): current unknown - [WebMCP execution cancellation](/features/webmcp-cancellation.md): current unknown - [WebMCP imperative tools](/features/webmcp-imperative-tools.md): current unknown - [WebMCP permissions policy](/features/webmcp-permissions-policy.md): current unknown - [WebMCP security annotations](/features/webmcp-security-annotations.md): current unknown - [WebMCP tool discovery](/features/webmcp-tool-discovery.md): current unknown - [WebMCP tool execution](/features/webmcp-tool-execution.md): current unknown - [Workspace files](/features/workspace-files.md): current partial - [Workspace search](/features/workspace-search.md): current unknown