Grok Star Wars API & MCP server (swapi.build) sw_random

Add Star Wars API & MCP server (swapi.build) to Grok

1. 01

   Open .mcp.json (in your project root) and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "star-wars": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://swapi.build/mcp"
    }
  }
}

2. 02

   Save the file and restart Grok.

3. 03

   Ask for something sw_random does. Grok lists the server's tools on connect and calls sw_random itself — you do not invoke it by name.

4. 04

   If nothing happens, check the server is running and that Star Wars API & MCP server (swapi.build)'s identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

Grok Build reads Claude Code's .mcp.json and Claude Desktop's config unchanged, so a server you have already set up there needs nothing new. The Grok web app and X integration do not take custom servers. Grok docs

Same tool, other clients

• Claude Code
• Claude Desktop
• Cursor
• VS Code
• Zed
• Windsurf
• Cline
• Gemini CLI
• ChatGPT
• Claude.ai
• LangChain