How to integrate Grok MCP with OpenClaw

OpenClaw is the fastest growing agent harness out there, which can work 24/7 to automate almost any kind of tasks. However, its capabilities are limited to the tools it has access to. Composio allows your OpenClaw to access Grok with authentication management handled for you. You can execute actions on Grok via your favorite OpenClaw interface (Telegram, WhatsApp, TUI, etc), whichever you prefer.

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Introduction

OpenClaw is the fastest growing agent harness out there, which can work 24/7 to automate almost any kind of tasks. However, its capabilities are limited to the tools it has access to. Composio allows your OpenClaw to access Grok with authentication management handled for you. You can execute actions on Grok via your favorite OpenClaw interface (Telegram, WhatsApp, TUI, etc), whichever you prefer.

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Why use Composio?

Apart from a managed and hosted MCP server, you will get:

  • Programmatic tool calling allows LLMs to write its code in a remote workbench to handle complex tool chaining. Reduces to-and-fro with LLMs for frequent tool calling.
  • Handling Large tool responses out of LLM context to minimize context rot.
  • Dynamic just-in-time access to 20,000 tools across 1000+ other Apps for cross-app workflows. It loads the tools you need, so LLMs aren't overwhelmed by tools you don't need.

How to install Grok with OpenClaw

Using Composio API Key and Setup Prompt

Copy the setup prompt from the OpenClaw dashboard
  • Run it in your OpenClaw chat interface.
  • Authenticate Grok from the dashboard
  • Go back to your OpenClaw interface and start asking questions.

Using OpenClaw/Composio Plugin

1. Install OpenClaw Composio plugin

bash
openclaw plugins install @composio/openclaw-plugin

2. Copy the API Key from dashboard.composio.dev

3. Setup OpenClaw Config

bash
openclaw config set plugins.entries.composio.config.consumerKey "ck_your_key_here"

4. Restart OpenClaw

bash
openclaw gateway restart

5. Go to your chat interface and start asking questions.

6. When prompted, authenticate the app and you're all set.

How It Works

The plugin connects to Composio's MCP server at https://connect.composio.dev/mcp and registers all available tools directly into the OpenClaw agent. Tools are called by name — no extra search or execute steps needed.

If a tool returns an auth error, the agent will prompt you to connect that toolkit at dashboard.composio.dev.

Configuration

bash
{
  "plugins": {
    "entries": {
      "composio": {
        "enabled": true,
        "config": {
          "consumerKey": "ck_your_key_here"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
OptionDescriptionDefault
enabledEnable or disable the plugintrue
consumerKeyYour Composio consumer key (ck_...)—
mcpUrlMCP server URL (advanced)https://connect.composio.dev/mcp

What is the Grok MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Grok MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Grok account. It provides structured and secure access to Grok's text, image, video, embedding, model, and account capabilities, so your agent can generate responses, create media, produce embeddings, browse available models, and verify account access on your behalf.

  • Text and multimodal responses: Have your agent generate focused responses from text or structured multimodal input, with optional reasoning and search.
  • Image creation: Direct your agent to create one or more images from a detailed text prompt using an available Grok image model.
  • Video generation and tracking: Let the agent start a video from a text prompt, optionally use an image as context, and check its progress later.
  • Text embeddings: Instruct your agent to turn one or more text inputs into vector embeddings for search, matching, or classification tasks.
  • Model and account checks: Have your agent review available models and pricing details, verify the connected account, and inspect API key permissions or blocking status.

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated Grok with OpenClaw using Composio plugin. Now interact with Grok directly from your terminal, Web UI, or any messenger app using natural language commands.

Key benefits of this setup:

  • Seamless integration across TUI, Web UIs, and Messenger apps like Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, etc.
  • Natural language commands for Grok operations
  • Managed authentication through Composio
  • Access to 20,000+ tools across 1000+ apps for cross-app workflows
  • Programmatic tool calling for complex tool chaining

Next steps:

  • Try asking OpenClaw to perform various Grok operations
  • Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits like Calendar, Slack, Notion, etc.
  • Build complex automation scripts that leverage OpenClaw's 24/7 running capabilities
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Grok action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Create Embeddings

Create vector embeddings for one or more text inputs with an xAI embedding model.

Create Response

Generate a bounded, non-streaming Grok response from text or structured multimodal input, with optional reasoning, search, and function or web-search tools.

Generate Image

Generate one or more images from a text prompt with an xAI image-generation model.

Generate Video

Start asynchronous xAI video generation from a text prompt, optionally conditioned on an image, and return a request ID for status checks.

Get API Key Info

Inspect the connected xAI API key's identity, wildcard or granular ACLs, and key or team blocking state.

Get Current Account

Verify the connected xAI credential and return the caller, team, zero-data-retention status, and key blocking state.

Get Video

Check an asynchronous xAI video request.

List Models

List models available to the connected xAI key, including model IDs and published pricing metadata needed to choose a model for other tools.

FRAMEWORKS

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Grok MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Grok tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Grok and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. OpenClaw fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Grok tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Grok scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Grok data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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