Grok at Full Power: An Independent Guide The Power User Playbook for the Models, the Apps, Grok Build and Grok Bot

An independent guide: not written, reviewed or endorsed by SpaceXAI, X or Cursor.



Grok is no longer just a chatbot.



It is a family of models, apps, an API, a coding agent called Grok Build and AI teammates called Grok Bots, which SpaceXAI says keep working on their own computer while you are away. Each one asks for a different kind of trust. Grok at Full Power covers all of it, sourced and dated October 2026, and gives you the same three questions to ask before you hand Grok anything: what can it touch, what does it keep, and who checks the work?



Inside, you will learn:

• How a Grok model works, how to read the scoreboards, and which model and plan to choose, with dated tables of prices and limits


• How to chat like a power user and create images, video and voice, and what the apps, add-ins, Grok on X and Grokipedia can touch


• How to build with the API in an afternoon: text, tools, search, files, voice, image and video


• How to use Grok Build, the terminal coding agent, and how to hand real jobs to Grok Bot with guardrails


• Where Cursor fits in the family, and how to choose between Chat, Build, Bot and Cursor


• What each product keeps, how to check its work, and a 30-day plan to put it into practice

Includes a quick reference, a fact sheet with sources, a glossary and an index. An independent guide: not affiliated with or endorsed by SpaceXAI, X, Cursor or any company it covers.