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Search scrollback with /find in Grok Build

Search scrollback with /find in Grok Build

/find searches the conversation scrollback. Official: Modes and Commands and Keyboard Shortcuts.

Run /find

  1. Open a Grok Build TUI session.
  2. Type /find and send.
  3. Enter the search string and jump through matches in the scrollback.

Keyboard companions

Action How
Focus scrollback Tab (moves focus between prompt and scrollback)
Search scrollback in vim mode / after enabling /vim-mode (or vim_mode = true under [ui] in ~/.grok/config.toml)
Search prompt history Ctrl+R
Page scrollback Page Up / Page Down, or Ctrl+U / Ctrl+D for half pages

Bare-letter vim keys need vim mode on; arrow keys still work without it.

Pitfalls

  • Expecting /find to search files on disk — it searches conversation scrollback, not the repo.
  • Mixing prompt-history Ctrl+R with scrollback search — different surfaces.
  • Forgetting Tab before scrollback navigation when the prompt still has focus.