Grok Build v0.2.82
Grok Build v0.2.82 was released on .
Summary
Grok Build 0.2.82 now shows chat titles directly in your sidebar and gives you fine-grained control over reasoning effort with the new /effort command. We've also squashed numerous quality-of-life bugs across connectors, text editing, and display rendering—check the full notes...
Release Context
- This was the 74th Grok Build release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 1 day after Grok Build v0.2.81 (July 1, 2026).
Shipped around the same time
Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:
- Devin Desktop v3.4.22 (July 4, 2026)
- Claude Code v2.1.201 (July 3, 2026)
- Claude Code v2.1.200 (July 3, 2026)
- Antigravity CLI v1.0.16 (July 2, 2026)
- Kiro CLI v2.11.0 (July 2, 2026)
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Release Notes
Grok Build 0.2.82
- Managed connectors links now include the team ID when opening from a team session
- Chat conversation titles from the gateway are now shown in the sidebar
- New /effort slash command changes reasoning effort on the active model
- Double-click a pasted text chip to expand it into editable text
- Skill descriptions are now recovered correctly even when frontmatter YAML is malformed
- [Esc] hint in /btw panels now stays visible even on narrow terminals
- Background monitors now wake the agent on natural exit the same way bash tasks do
- Long option labels in question prompts are now always visible instead of disappearing when unfocused
- Pasted text preview now appears immediately after inserting a paste chip
- Hex color codes now render as colored dots with no extra space
- Pressing voice on the welcome screen now starts a new session
Other Recent Grok Build Releases
- v1.0.13 (August 28, 2026)
- v1.0.12 (August 27, 2026)
- v1.0.11 (August 26, 2026)
- v1.0.10 (August 24, 2026)
- v1.0.9 (August 24, 2026)
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