xAI introduced /goal yesterday, a new mode for its Grok Build coding agent designed to cut down on the constant back-and-forth that AI-assisted coding sessions usually demand. Instead of stopping for approval at every step, users give the agent a single objective, such as migrating an authentication module to a new API, and it works through the job unsupervised until done.
The agent first sketches out its approach and turns it into a checklist, then works through it unsupervised, verifying its own progress as it goes by running scripts, checking code or examining web pages. Developers aren't locked out while this happens; instructions can still be sent through mid-task to redirect the work.
A handful of companion commands give oversight without breaking the flow: status to check progress, pause and resume to control timing, and clear to abandon the goal altogether. Once finished, the progress panel marks every item on the checklist as complete.
The feature is live now in Grok Build, installable via a one-line command from xAI.
