How do I install Ask Grok?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Ask Grok need an API key?

The publisher lists these environment variables: XAI_API_KEY, ASK_GROK_HARNESS, ASK_GROK_MODEL, ASK_GROK_REASONING_EFFORT, ASK_GROK_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS, ASK_GROK_TIMEOUT_MS, GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL.

What transport does Ask Grok use?

Ask Grok runs locally over stdio.

When was Ask Grok last checked?

Last checked 2026-11-10. Consult Grok through xAI's metered API with exact model selection and no fallback

Ask Grok MCP server

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Local command

npx -y @ask-llm/[email protected]

Credentials from the publisher

XAI_API_KEY — xAI API key used only for requests to https://api.x.ai
ASK_GROK_HARNESS — Explicit harness: xai-api (default) or grok-cli; no automatic failover
ASK_GROK_MODEL — Exact selected-harness model override (API default grok-4.7; CLI default grok-4.7; no fallback)
ASK_GROK_REASONING_EFFORT — Reasoning effort: low, medium, high, or xhigh (default: high)
ASK_GROK_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS — xAI API output-token ceiling to bound accidental spend (default: 16384)
ASK_GROK_TIMEOUT_MS — Timeout for xAI API requests in milliseconds (default: 600000)
GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL — Log verbosity: debug, info, warn, error (default: warn)

Claude Code has no install link for a local command. Copy the command below and run it in a terminal.

shClaude Code

1XAI_API_KEY=<secret> ASK_GROK_HARNESS=<value> ASK_GROK_MODEL=<value> ASK_GROK_REASONING_EFFORT=<value> ASK_GROK_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS=<value> ASK_GROK_TIMEOUT_MS=<value> GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL=<value> claude mcp add io.github.lykhoyda-ask-grok -- npx -y @ask-llm/grok-mcp@0.3.0

Run in a terminal.

jsonClaude Desktop

1{2  "mcpServers": {3    "io.github.lykhoyda-ask-grok": {4      "command": "npx",5      "args": [6        "-y",7        "@ask-llm/[email protected]"8      ],9      "env": {10        "XAI_API_KEY": "<secret>",11        "ASK_GROK_HARNESS": "<value>",12        "ASK_GROK_MODEL": "<value>",13        "ASK_GROK_REASONING_EFFORT": "<value>",14        "ASK_GROK_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS": "<value>",15        "ASK_GROK_TIMEOUT_MS": "<value>",16        "GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL": "<value>"17      }18    }19  }20}

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