v1.0.9

1.0.9 — 2026-08-24

Features

• New sessions in the interactive TUI now start in auto mode by default for fewer approval prompts.
• /feedback now supports attaching images (screenshots etc.).
• The / slash menu is now ordered by recency and groups skills below commands for easier navigation.
• /workflow now accepts --agent-budget N or an agent_budget JSON field to set child-agent limits.
• /workflow now accepts --effort LEVEL or an effort JSON field to set child reasoning effort.
• MCP servers now receive a grok-cli User-Agent header so providers can attribute traffic.
• Dashboard now lets you start new agents in Auto mode via Shift+Tab.
• Workflows now appear alongside skills in the model prompt so the agent can launch them by name.
• /edit-prompt now opens an external editor from the full TUI, not only minimal mode.
• Up arrow on an empty prompt now selects queued follow-ups first instead of opening history.
• /plugin now works as an alias for /plugins in the TUI.
• Plugin-provided agents now appear in the /agents modal and can be toggled.
• /minimal and /fullscreen now switch instantly inside the running session without restarting or losing the current turn.
• The configurable status line row now appears at the bottom of minimal mode as well as fullscreen.
• grok clone now fetches only the selected branch tip by default, with --full-history for legacy full clones.
• grok clone can now reuse a matching local checkout as a linked worktree instead of always fetching from the network.

Bug Fixes

• Subagent tasks are more resilient to temporary rate limits and will retry instead of failing immediately.
• Narrow allow rules for Bash commands now correctly permit file writes without extra prompts.
• Rules containing markdown headings now render correctly in the prompt.
• /new and /clear now preserve the last-chosen reasoning effort instead of resetting to the model default.
• Prompt dropdowns (slash, history, file search) now have consistent left alignment with the composer.
• History now shows every command, slash command, and memory note in the order you typed them.
• Collapsed tool-call rows no longer show a vertical accent line beside the status diamond.
• Hint text above the prompt now lines up with the text you type.
• Pressing Esc while peeking at a conversation from the dashboard now closes open modals instead of leaving the view.
• /copy now preserves markdown formatting such as headings and code fences.
• Sending a new message while a shell command is running now moves the command to the background instead of cancelling it.
• grok mcp add now correctly treats bare http(s):// URLs as HTTP servers instead of stdio commands.
• Plan mode no longer incorrectly blocks subagent spawns as file edits outside plan.md.
• MCP servers that share a URL but have different names are now kept as separate entries instead of being collapsed.
• Subagents and workflow-spawned agents no longer receive the workflow tool that only top-level sessions can use.
• Memory results are now presented as historical context that should be verified against live sources before use.
• Interactive grok sessions now start in ask mode by default again instead of auto.
• Minimal mode no longer truncates subagent wake-turn replies after the first token.

Performance

• Concurrent subagents no longer trigger rate-limit errors during bursts.
• MCP server connections no longer delay session startup when many servers are configured.