Grok Agent Now Supports Background Execution
elonmusk · x · 2026-07-13
Elon Musk reshared that Grok agents can now run in background mode.
The quoted reply mentioned two key points:
- Configurable via .grok/agents or config.toml
- Agents can spawn background sub-agents, or you can use /dashboard to push the current agent to the background and create a new one
He noted that he now uses /dashboard by default.
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