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Run /deep-research and /imagine inside Grok Build

use-deep-research-and-imagine-in-grok-build

Run /deep-research and /imagine inside Grok Build

Grok Build’s TUI ships slash commands for research and media inside the coding session. Official Modes and Commands lists /deep-research, /imagine, and /imagine-video among the core commands (some appear only when the feature is available on your build).

Research from the TUI

  1. Start a Build session in your repo (grok after install — see Start a Grok Build session in your repo).
  2. Run:
/deep-research <what you need researched>
  1. /deep-research starts a built-in research workflow in the background. Watch progress with /workflows (live run dashboard) or /tasks.
  2. When the workflow returns, use the result in the same session (summarize findings, open files, draft changes).

Disable workflows entirely with [workflows] enabled = false in ~/.grok/config.toml, or GROK_WORKFLOWS=0, if you need Build without background workflows.

Consumer DeepSearch on grok.com is a different surface — see Run DeepSearch when you need a researched answer with sources. This page is the Build CLI command.

Images and video from the TUI

/imagine <text description>
/imagine-video <text description>

/imagine generates an image from text. /imagine-video generates a video from text. Both are session commands in the Modes and Commands table; they show up when those features are enabled for your CLI build.

For API-level Imagine (files, reference-to-video, extend), use the Imagine API how-tos under API / Imagine. Build’s slash commands are the in-session shortcuts, not the full HTTP schema.

Related Build commands

Command Use
/context View current context usage
/compact [context] Compact conversation history
/usage View credit usage or manage billing
/create-workflow / /workflow Author or run saved workflows

Shift+Tab cycles Plan / Auto / Always-approve modes. Plan mode is covered in Use Plan mode in Grok Build.

Pitfalls

  • /deep-research spends from your paid usage like other Build work — watch /usage and the web Usage tab.
  • A few commands (including /imagine and /loop) appear only when the feature is available on that CLI version.
  • Workflows write under .grok/workflows/ in the project or ~/.grok/workflows/ for every project; treat those files as project config when you commit.