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Grok ilostat mcp server ilostat_dataframe_describe

How to: Grok ilostat mcp server ilostat_dataframe_describe

client:Grok transport:streamable-http tool:ilostat_dataframe_describe

Add ilostat mcp server to Grok

  1. 01

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ilostat-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ilostat.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Grok.

  2. 03

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

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that ilostat mcp server'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

Set these first

ilostat mcp server will not start until these are set, so ilostat_dataframe_describe never becomes available.

  • ILOSTAT_CATALOG_REFRESH_HOURS
  • ILOSTAT_MAX_ROWS
  • ILOSTAT_PREVIEW_CHARS
  • ILOSTAT_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS
  • ILOSTAT_DATASET_TTL_SECONDS
  • ILOSTAT_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED
  • CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE
  • MCP_LOG_LEVEL

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 4 October 2026. It is what the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.