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AppCrane for Grok

io.github.gitayg/appcrane

Deploy and manage apps on your own AppCrane instance, the self-hosted PaaS for AI-built apps.

client:Grok transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install AppCrane in Grok

.mcp.json (in your project root)

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "appcrane": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "appcrane-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPCRANE_URL": "<APPCRANE_URL>",
        "APPCRANE_KEY": "<APPCRANE_KEY>",
        "APPCRANE_GITHUB_TOKEN": "<APPCRANE_GITHUB_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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