io.github.howardpen9/grok-mcp
NPM · GROK-CLI-MCP
Use xAI Grok as a peer reviewer + PR gate from Claude Code, Cursor, Cline and any MCP host.
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Last scanned (2 hours ago)
Scores higher than 55% of npm servers
Category Testing and QA
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security81
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- CVE check failed: a known high-severity CVE affects zod 3.25.76, a direct dependency. A fixed version is available. View diagnostics → Fail
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- 30 of 95 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency45
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 147 days ago).Pass
- Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability75
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 508 tokens (~127/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management100
- No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.Pass
Tool Coverage94
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 82% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety75
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- 0 of 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation; "grok_chat" implies "send" and declares no destructiveHint at all, which the MCP spec reads as destructive by default. See how to fix → Fail
- An AI judge read all 4 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 3 Nov 26 +1
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 2 Nov 26 −1
- Stability: pass → 0.97 functional
- 27 Oct 26 +1
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 26 Oct 26 −1
- Stability: pass → 0.97 functional
- 24 Oct 26 −5
- CVE-2023-54404 affects this package: high ▼ security
- Known CVEs: pass → fail ▼ security
- 20 Oct 26 +1
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 19 Oct 26 −1
- Stability: pass → 0.97 functional
- 17 Oct 26 +2
- Stability: 0.87 → pass security
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed npm/grok-cli-mcp@0.2.0
Provenance No attestation
The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.
| Result | No attestation |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Vulnerabilities 1 finding
| ID | CVE | Severity | Vector | Fix available |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-mrhx-c7xc-m3w5 | CVE-2023-54404 | high | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | yes |
Background: What a vulnerability scan can and cannot prove →
Dependencies 95 packages
| Packages resolved | 95 |
|---|---|
| Stale | 30 |
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
grok_challenge ~108
Ask Grok to adversarially break a piece of code: edge cases, race conditions, security holes, adversarial inputs. Returns severity-ranked issues with reproductions.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| code | string | yes | The code or design to attack. |
| context | string | – | Optional context: language, framework, intended behaviour, constraints. |
| model | string | – | – |
| timeout | number | – | Per-call timeout in seconds. Defaults to 300. Raise for long grok-4 reasoning. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
grok_chat ~96
Send a one-shot prompt to xAI Grok and return its reply. Stateless — for multi-turn use grok_consult.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| model | string | – | Override default Grok model (e.g. 'grok-4'). |
| prompt | string | yes | The prompt to send to Grok. |
| timeout | number | – | Per-call timeout in seconds. Defaults to 300. Raise for long grok-4 reasoning. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
grok_consult ~86
Continue a conversation with Grok by replaying the full message history each call. Stateless on the server side — the caller owns the thread.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| messages | array | yes | Conversation history. Caller maintains state across turns. |
| model | string | – | – |
| timeout | number | – | Per-call timeout in seconds. Defaults to 300. Raise for long grok-4 reasoning. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
grok_review ~218
Have Grok review a git diff. If no diff is provided, runs `git diff <base_ref>...HEAD` (default base: main). Returns a per-dimension review. Use format='json' for CI gating (verdict + scores + blockers).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| base_ref | string | – | Git ref to diff against when diff is not provided. Defaults to 'main'. |
| cwd | string | – | Working directory for git diff. Defaults to process cwd. |
| diff | string | – | Unified diff to review. If omitted, runs `git diff <base_ref>`. |
| focus | string | – | Optional focus area (e.g. 'security', 'performance', 'API design'). |
| format | string | – | Output format. 'markdown' (default) returns a human-readable review. 'json' returns a machine-parseable verdict suitable for CI gating. |
| model | string | – | – |
| timeout | number | – | Per-call timeout in seconds. Defaults to 300. Raise for long grok-4 reasoning. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the io.github.howardpen9/grok-mcp server?
io.github.howardpen9/grok-mcp runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y grok-cli-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · grok-cli-mcp
claude mcp add howardpen9-grok-mcp -- npx -y grok-cli-mcp
What is the io.github.howardpen9/grok-mcp server?
io.github.howardpen9/grok-mcp is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.howardpen9/grok-mcp. Use xAI Grok as a peer reviewer + PR gate from Claude Code, Cursor, Cline and any MCP host. This page covers its npm package (grok-cli-mcp).
Is the io.github.howardpen9/grok-mcp server safe to use?
io.github.howardpen9/grok-mcp scores 77 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We recorded 1 known advisory against it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the io.github.howardpen9/grok-mcp server expose?
io.github.howardpen9/grok-mcp exposes 4 tools: grok_chat, grok_review, grok_consult, grok_challenge. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 508 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the io.github.howardpen9/grok-mcp server still maintained?
io.github.howardpen9/grok-mcp is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the io.github.howardpen9/grok-mcp server under?
io.github.howardpen9/grok-mcp declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.