Hangar/Stack
Grok is chat. Build makes software. A Bot is a teammate that keeps working after you close the laptop. The marketplace is the shop. Hangar is the floor around it.
Five tools. Hangar works the Bot floor — crews around the shop. Tap a card, then read the map.
Chat, teammate, builder, workshop, pictures. Don’t mix them up.
01 · The engine
The model you talk to — in the Grok app, on X, or in a box you type into. It answers while you are there.
Use it when
A question, a draft, a one-off. You are at the keyboard. When you leave, it stops.
Not when
Not a teammate. It has no computer, no schedule, no overnight work.
02 · The teammate — Hangar is the floor
An always-on agent with its own cloud computer, tools, files, and routines. It keeps the job after you close the laptop.
Use it when
One named job that keeps going: research by 6am, a watch on X (connect X, leave posting off), a handoff in Files. Give it one job. Pair it with others as a crew. The marketplace adds a bot. Hangar says which three, and what to cut.
Not when
Not a chat thread. Not a website. If you have to sit there for it to work, it is still just Grok.
03 · The builder
A coding agent that writes, runs, and publishes software — including this site. You describe the app; it ships a grok.me.
Use it when
A site, a dashboard, a tool people open in a browser. Hangar itself is a Build.
Not when
Not a worker that emails leads at 6am. When the app is built, Build is done. A Bot would run the app’s work.
04 · The workshop
Grok in your own software — console.x.ai, Cursor, the coding models. You wire the engine into a product you already own.
Use it when
A Floor check inside Hangar. A feature in your app. Batch jobs you control.
Not when
Not a person-shaped teammate. No shared Files folder unless you build one.
05 · Pictures and clips
Grok’s image and video generator. Still frames, edits, short clips.
Use it when
A share card, a banner, a product shot. Hangar’s hangar photo came from here.
Not when
Not a bot. A bot may call Imagine. Imagine does not run a crew.