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Grok-iOS – remote Grok Build from your iPhone over ACP

Developer Pedro Shakour released an open-source iOS client for Grok Build that turns an iPhone into a remote pager for the AI agent running on a Mac, communicating via ACP over WebSocket. The app requires macOS with the Grok CLI, an xAI API key, and Xcode 16+, and is available only through sideloading or the Simulator.

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Grok-iOS – remote Grok Build from your iPhone over ACP
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iOS client for Grok Build.

The phone is the pager UI. Your Mac runs the official agent via grok agent serve

. They talk ACP over WebSocket.

Author: Pedro Shakour

License: Apache-2.0

) - xAI API key

  • Xcode 16+ (Simulator or device)
  • iOS 17+
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/Pedroshakoor/grok-build-ios.git
cd grok-build-ios

If you already cloned without submodules:

git submodule update --init --recursive
export XAI_API_KEY=xai-...
lsof -ti tcp:2419 | xargs kill -9 2>/dev/null
grok agent serve

The CLI prints a Secret. Leave this terminal open.

Open ios/GrokApp/GrokApp.xcodeproj

in Xcode → run on Simulator or device.

Or:

./scripts/run-simulator-demo.sh

In the app: Setup → paste the Secret → connectcontinueNew worktree.

Client Host Port
Simulator 127.0.0.1
2419
Physical iPhone (same Wi‑Fi) your Mac LAN IP 2419
iOS (SwiftUI)  ──ACP / JSON-RPC over WebSocket──►  grok agent serve (Mac)

Optional legacy LAN bridge (TLS + Bonjour) lives under companion/

for experiments. The default path is official grok agent serve

.

Path Purpose
ios/GrokApp/
SwiftUI app
companion/
Legacy ACP TCP/TLS bridge
shared/
Themes + slash catalog from upstream
upstream-grok-build/
Pinned

scripts/

docs/

bash scripts/check-source-rev.sh
bash scripts/smoketest.sh

Stub ACP (CI / no API key):

./scripts/run-simulator-stub-demo.sh
  • Not on the App Store — open-source / sideload / Simulator only.
  • Agent runtime stays on the Mac; the phone is a remote pager.
  • Themes and slash names are taken from upstream Grok Build.

Apache-2.0. See LICENSE

, NOTICE

, and THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES

.

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