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2001zhaozhao•about 2 hours ago

> Headless mode (-p) allows easily running agents inside scripts and automations. The CLI also provides full ACP support to build your own bots and agent orchestration apps.

Good, they are explicitly supporting automation similar to OpenAI.

SwellJoe•about 1 hour ago

Pretty sure they all do.

$ claude -h

Usage: claude [options] [command] [prompt]

Claude Code - starts an interactive session by default, use -p/--print for non-interactive output

$ gemini -h

Usage: gemini [options] [command]

Gemini CLI - Defaults to interactive mode. Use -p/--prompt for non-interactive (headless) mode.

$ copilot -h

Usage: copilot [options] [command]

GitHub Copilot CLI - An AI-powered coding assistant.

Start an interactive session to chat with Copilot, or use -p/--prompt for non-interactive scripting.

Donald•42 minutes ago

Anthropic has made a recent change that Claude Code will only bill extra usage for the print / non-interactive mode:

> Starting June 15, 2026, Claude Agent SDK and claude -p usage no longer counts toward your Claude plan’s usage limits. Your subscription usage limits stay the same and stay reserved for interactive use of Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and Claude.

SwellJoe•28 minutes ago

Billing is a separate issue from whether automation is explicitly supported.

everfrustrated•about 1 hour ago

X Article from a xAi dev with some additional details on Grok Build https://x.com/i/status/2054993372662915183

everfrustrated•about 2 hours ago

SuperGrok Heavy subscription appears (for me) to be on sale at the moment - $99/mth for 6 months then $300/mth.

Alifatisk•44 minutes ago

Whats the use case for Grok over the others? Close integration with Twitter is the only thing I can come up with.

chabes•about 2 hours ago

Does the space need another biased tool? Does this offer anything unique?

I’m good with the open source options.

OpenCode and Pi agent are much more customizable than the proprietary options will ever be.

frb•about 2 hours ago

Only for SuperGrok Heavy ($300/m) subscribers. Too bad..

Would have been curious to compare against the other competitors

guywithahat•about 1 hour ago

To be fair it's in early beta, I wouldn't be surprised if they open it up to more people as time goes on. The real question is if they'll open source it or follow Anthropic's lead in keeping everything closed-source

frb•about 1 hour ago

You could be right.

Just feels like they are a bit late to the CLI coding agent party. So why not get in with a bang and open up to a broader audience?

All other agents have a lower barrier to try and play around.

Curious too about open sourcing. But they seem to be doing -p mode and ACP right already. Anthropic is opening a lot of opportunities for competitors right now

rvz•about 2 hours ago

Only $300 a month. (Or $3,000 a year.)

The xAI casino wants all of your money even if you don't use it for a month.

bonesss•about 1 hour ago

I’m still flabbergasted by the business model, it reminds me of SEO services: if you were any kind of good at it there is infinite money to be made partnering with established players and selling goods and services directly.

Selling tools to others when you’re not using them yourself says everything about the underlying utility of what’s being sold.

xAI could be threatening Office, or Windows, or Unreal Engine, Chromium, SalesForce, global ERP, tax software for citizens and governments alike, or Apples manufacturing prowess… but, no, forget that lame nonsense, let’s see what I have in my wallet! Maybe I can give some to Elon to cover up his sketchy business practices. Sounds logical.

bastardoperator•about 2 hours ago

LOL

baalimago•about 2 hours ago

Do we really need another one of these..?

threecheese•about 1 hour ago

If you prefer your sycophants be national socialists, this is for you!

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