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Grok Build for VS Code

io.github.nuruvala/grok-build-mcp-server

Run the Grok Build CLI as MCP tools: agent runs with live progress, code review, web research.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Grok Build in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "grok-binary",
      "description": "GROK_BINARY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "grok-mcp-permission-ceiling",
      "description": "GROK_MCP_PERMISSION_CEILING",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "grok-mcp-default-permission",
      "description": "GROK_MCP_DEFAULT_PERMISSION",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "grok-mcp-default-model",
      "description": "GROK_MCP_DEFAULT_MODEL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "grok-mcp-default-effort",
      "description": "GROK_MCP_DEFAULT_EFFORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "grok-mcp-timeout-ms",
      "description": "GROK_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "grok-mcp-state-dir",
      "description": "GROK_MCP_STATE_DIR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "grok-mcp-max-concurrent-runs",
      "description": "GROK_MCP_MAX_CONCURRENT_RUNS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "structured-content-enabled",
      "description": "STRUCTURED_CONTENT_ENABLED",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "grok-build-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "grok-build-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GROK_BINARY": "${input:grok-binary}",
        "GROK_MCP_PERMISSION_CEILING": "${input:grok-mcp-permission-ceiling}",
        "GROK_MCP_DEFAULT_PERMISSION": "${input:grok-mcp-default-permission}",
        "GROK_MCP_DEFAULT_MODEL": "${input:grok-mcp-default-model}",
        "GROK_MCP_DEFAULT_EFFORT": "${input:grok-mcp-default-effort}",
        "GROK_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS": "${input:grok-mcp-timeout-ms}",
        "GROK_MCP_STATE_DIR": "${input:grok-mcp-state-dir}",
        "GROK_MCP_MAX_CONCURRENT_RUNS": "${input:grok-mcp-max-concurrent-runs}",
        "STRUCTURED_CONTENT_ENABLED": "${input:structured-content-enabled}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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