Patch release: background workflows are on by default, four new bundled skills land (including workflow/skill authoring and image guidance), and destructive TUI removals now require confirmation.
Changelog
[changed] Background workflows are on by default — the workflow tool, .grok/workflows/*.rhai scripts, /deep-research, and /workflow launches, plus the host-owned /goal driver. Disable with [workflows] enabled = false, GROK_WORKFLOWS=0, or remote settings.
[new] Bundled create-workflow skill — interactive authoring of multi-agent Rhai workflows (phases, parallel fan-out, verification), path smoke-checks via the workflow tool, and a full workflow script reference. Triggers on workflow authoring intent or /create-workflow.
[new] Bundled create-skill skill — walks you through name, scope (project vs user), and description, then scaffolds a working SKILL.md (and optional scripts/references). Use when creating a skill or running /create-skill.
[new] Bundled code-review skill — an unusually strict maintainability review focused on abstraction quality, file-size growth past ~1k lines, spaghetti branching, and ambitious structural simplification. Invoked explicitly for deep quality audits.
[new] Bundled imagine skill — prompt-craft and workflow guidance for image_gen / image_edit (when to build visuals in code instead, reference-first real people, factual grounding, multi-shot consistency). Loaded when those image tools are about to be used.
[changed] Destructive remove/uninstall actions in the plugins, hooks, and MCP servers UIs ask for confirmation — press lowercase y to confirm, or any other key (including Esc) to cancel. MCP x applies to local servers; marketplace source remove uninstalls that source and its plugins.
[new] Stripe marketplace plugin adds the stripe-docs skill; Railway and Stripe plugin revisions are updated.
Under the hood
Bundled content manifest refreshed (public-2026-07-21-r3) with the new skills and supporting assets.
Session telemetry surface expanded (settings fetch, per-session signals, turn deltas, and traces) for richer operational metrics.
Upgrade notes
If you relied on workflows staying off unless explicitly enabled, set [workflows] enabled = false or GROK_WORKFLOWS=0 after upgrading. With workflows on, /goal uses the host-owned workflow driver instead of the legacy update_goal path.
