Use a terminal agent to split and build coding tasks
A developer used Grok in a CLI harness to read, edit, test, and coordinate several sub-agents on one project.
- What they did
- They built agenc-core, a terminal setup where Grok works directly in a CLI/TUI. It can inspect files, change code, run commands, and launch parallel sub-agents with their own context, tools, and token budgets. In one demo, it divided a job into eight workers that each built a different C terminal game while the main process combined and checked the results.
- How it went
- The setup was presented as good enough to serve as the author’s showcase. It also handled Ledger actions with approval on the device before anything moved value.
- Tips
- Make sure approval is required for tool calls that could have side effects. Keep any value-moving step locked behind physical confirmation, and have the agent summarize changes before you accept them.
Try it yourself with Grok Bot
In [path to repo], help me with [feature or bug fix]. First inspect the relevant files, then make the smallest code changes needed, and run [test/build command] to verify the result. If the task can be split safely, spin up separate workers for independent parts and keep me posted on what each one is doing. Before you delete files, send anything, make payments, submit forms, or run any destructive command, stop and ask for my approval. When you finish, give me a short summary of the edits and the test results.
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