Grok MCP Server

Search X.com in real-time with xAI's Grok API - directly from Claude

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A Model Context Protocol server that brings real-time X/Twitter search to Claude. Powered by xAI's Live Search API, it provides instant access to posts, users, threads, and trending topics.

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Why Grok MCP?

• Real-time data - Access live X.com content, not cached or outdated information
• Native Claude integration - Works seamlessly with Claude Desktop and Claude Code
• Simple setup - One command to install, one config to add
• Open source - MIT licensed, community-driven

Quick Start

1. Get an xAI API Key

Get your API key from console.x.ai

2. Install

uvx grok-mcp

3. Configure Claude

For Claude Code - Add to .mcp.json in your project:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grok": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["grok-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "XAI_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

For Claude Desktop - Add to your config file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grok": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["grok-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "XAI_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

4. Use It

Ask Claude things like:

• "Search X for posts about AI"
• "What's trending on X right now?"
• "Find tweets from @elonmusk about Tesla"

Available Tools

Tool	Description
search_posts	Search posts with filters (handles, date range, analysis mode)
search_users	Find user profiles
search_threads	Discover conversation threads
get_trends	Get trending topics by location
health_check	Verify API connection

Examples

Search Posts

Search X for posts about "AI safety" from the last week

Filter by User

Find recent posts from @anthropic about Claude

Get Trends

What are the trending topics in tech right now?

Development

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/guzus/grok-mcp.git
cd grok-mcp

# Install dependencies
uv sync --dev

# Run tests
uv run pytest

# Run locally
XAI_API_KEY=your-key uv run python -m grok_mcp

Architecture

src/grok_mcp/
├── server.py           # MCP server implementation
├── grok_client.py      # xAI Live Search API client
├── search_tools.py     # Tool implementations
├── response_formatter.py
├── config.py
└── exceptions.py

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

Links

• PyPI Package
• xAI API Docs
• MCP Protocol
• Claude Code

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