# How to connect Needle to Grok Bot ```json { "title": "How to connect Needle to Grok Bot", "toolkit": "Needle", "toolkit_slug": "needle", "framework": "Grok Bot", "framework_slug": "grok-bot", "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/grok-bot", "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/grok-bot.md", "updated_at": "2026-11-01T06:01:22.490Z" } ``` ## Introduction Grok is xAI's assistant, and its bot builder lets you create a personal agent that holds context, runs skills, and connects to the apps you already use through plugins. This guide explains how to connect Needle to a Grok bot using Composio Connect, which handles OAuth, token refresh, and reliability so you do not have to. You add Composio as a plugin, authenticate once, then ask your bot to work with Needle in plain language. ## Also integrate Needle with - [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/claude-code) - [Claude Cowork](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/claude-cowork) - [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk) - [Claude Agent SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/claude-agents-sdk) - [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/codex) - [OpenClaw](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/openclaw) - [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/hermes-agent) - [Atomic Agent](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/atomic-agent) - [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/google-adk) - [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/langchain) - [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/ai-sdk) - [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/mastra-ai) - [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/llama-index) - [CrewAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/crew-ai) - [Pydantic AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/pydantic-ai) - [AutoGen](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/autogen) ## TL;DR Composio exposes 1,500+ apps to your Grok bot through a single connection, so you get: - Connect to 1,500+ apps with on-demand tool loading, so you do not fill your context window with unnecessary tool definitions. - Use programmatic tool calling through a remote workbench, letting the model write its own code to handle complex tool chaining. This reduces back-and-forth for frequent tool calls. - Handle large tool responses outside the model context to keep conversations lean. ## Connect Needle to Grok Bot ### Connecting Needle to Grok Bot Once Grok Bot is set up, you connect Needle entirely from its interface, and the whole flow takes under a minute. ### Set up Grok Bot Get access. Grok Bot is included with Cursor Ultra, Cursor Premium Teams, and SuperGrok Heavy. Get the desktop app for macOS or Windows from [x.ai/bot](https://x.ai/bot) and sign in. An iPhone companion app is also available, and your bots sync across devices. Create a bot. Pick a suggested role or define your own, then give it a short name, one primary job, and a short description of how it should work. Focused bots work best, because a clear role gives the bot more useful context over time. ### Connect Needle ### 1. Add the Composio plugin Click the button. The Composio listing on x.ai opens and launches Grok Bot for you. If the app does not open on its own, click Add to Grok Bot. [Add to Grok Bot](https://x.ai/bot/plugin/32661537) Grok Bot opens the Composio plugin, showing its connector and skills. Click Add. ### 2. Authenticate Go to the Installed section and click the Composio entry. You'll see its connector and skills listed. Click Authenticate. You'll be taken to the Composio consent screen. Review the access it requests and click Authorize. Composio handles the OAuth handshake for you, so you never touch API keys or tokens. ### 3. Connect your Needle account Back in the chat, ask your bot to connect to Needle or give it any Needle task. For example, ask it to: - "List all document collections I have" - "Show stats for your 'research' collection" - "Find files in collection uploaded this week" It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access. That's it. Composio's tools are now available in your Grok bot, and your Needle account is ready to use. ## What is Grok Bot? Grok is xAI's assistant, available as a chat interface and a bot builder for creating personal agents that run skills and connect to external apps. With Composio Connect, your Grok bot can securely access apps like Needle through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent. ## What is the Needle MCP server, and what's possible with it? The Needle MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Needle account. It provides structured and secure access to your semantic search collections, so your agent can perform actions like creating and managing collections, uploading and deleting files, retrieving collection statistics, and listing available data sources on your behalf. - Collection management and creation: Easily instruct your agent to create new semantic search collections tailored to your data needs. - File listing and retrieval: Have your agent list and retrieve all files within a specific collection, making it simple to view and organize your indexed data. - File deletion from collections: Direct your agent to remove unwanted or outdated files from any collection by specifying file IDs for cleanup and maintenance. - Collection statistics and insights: Ask your agent to fetch real-time statistics on any collection, including document counts, index size, and timestamps to monitor your data health. - Browse all available collections: Let your agent page through and present all your collections, so you can quickly access, search, or manage your data resources. ## Supported Tools | Tool slug | Name | Description | |---|---|---| | `NEEDLE_ADD_FILES_TO_COLLECTION` | Add files to a collection | Tool to add files to a collection by providing file URLs. Use when you need to add one or more files to an existing collection. URLs can be public or private (generated via the Files API). | | `NEEDLE_ADD_FILES_TO_LOCAL_CONNECTOR` | Add Files to Local Connector | Tool to add files to a local connector by providing file metadata. Use when you need to add external files to a connector using their URLs. | | `NEEDLE_CREATE_COLLECTION` | Create Collection | Tool to create a new collection. Use after confirming the collection name. | | `NEEDLE_CREATE_LOCAL_CONNECTOR` | Create Local Connector | Tool to create a local connector that monitors specified folders on a device. Use when setting up file indexing from a local machine into Needle collections. | | `NEEDLE_DELETE_FILES_FROM_COLLECTION` | Delete files from a collection | Tool to delete files from a specific collection by providing file IDs. Use after confirming valid file IDs to remove from the collection. | | `NEEDLE_DELETE_FILES_FROM_LOCAL_CONNECTOR` | Delete files from local connector | Tool to delete files from a local connector by filename or file IDs. Use when you need to remove files from a connector's local storage. | | `NEEDLE_GET_COLLECTION` | Get Collection | Tool to retrieve details for a specific collection by its ID. Use when you need to get collection metadata including name, creation date, and search query count. | | `NEEDLE_GET_COLLECTION_STATS` | Get collection stats | Tool to retrieve statistics for a specific collection by its ID. Use when you need document count, index size, and timestamps after confirming the collection exists. Zero document count is a valid response for empty collections, not an error. | | `NEEDLE_GET_FILE_DOWNLOAD_URL` | Get File Download URL | Tool to get a short-lived signed private download URL for a Needle file. Use when you need to retrieve file content but the public storage URL requires authentication. The returned URL should be used immediately as it expires quickly. | | `NEEDLE_GET_FILE_UPLOAD_URL` | Get File Upload URL | Tool to get signed URLs for uploading local files to Needle. Use when you need to upload files to a collection. The upload URLs are valid for a short time, so upload files immediately after receiving the URLs. Multiple content types can be specified to generate multiple upload URLs in a single request. | | `NEEDLE_GET_LOCAL_CONNECTOR` | Get local connector | Tool to retrieve details of a local connector by its ID. Use when you need information about a specific local connector's configuration, device details, and associated folders. | | `NEEDLE_LIST_COLLECTION_FILES` | List Collection Files | Tool to list all files within a specific collection by its ID. Returns file metadata (including file URLs) only — not document text content; fetch file URLs separately to access content. Use when you have a collection ID and need to retrieve its files. Supports pagination. | | `NEEDLE_LIST_COLLECTIONS` | List Collections | Tool to list collections. Use after authenticating with your API key to page through collections. Similar collection names can exist; always verify the correct `collection_id` from results before performing subsequent operations. | | `NEEDLE_LIST_CONNECTORS` | List Connectors | Tool to list connectors. Use to retrieve all configured connectors in your account. | | `NEEDLE_LIST_LOCAL_CONNECTORS` | List Local Connectors | Tool to list local connectors. Use to retrieve all local connectors configured in your Needle account. | | `NEEDLE_SEARCH_COLLECTION` | Search Collection | Tool to perform semantic search within a specific Needle collection and return ranked results with source references. Use when you need to retrieve relevant content from a known collection using natural language queries. | ## Supported Triggers None listed. ## Creating MCP Server - Stand-alone vs Composio SDK Once connected, your Grok bot can access the Needle MCP server through Composio to run the actions you authorize, using plain language in the chat. ## Complete Code None listed. ## Conclusion ### Way Forward Now that Needle is connected, extend your setup by connecting the other apps you already use every day, so your Grok bot can run true cross-app workflows end to end. - Connect Calendar to turn threads into scheduled meetings automatically. - Connect Slack or Teams to post summaries, approvals, and alerts where your team works. - Connect Notion, Linear, Jira, or Asana to convert requests into tickets, tasks, and docs. - Connect Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive to fetch, file, and share attachments without manual steps. Start with one workflow you do repeatedly, then keep adding apps as you find new handoffs. With everything behind a single connection, your bot can coordinate multiple tools safely and reliably in one conversation. ## How to build Needle MCP Agent with another framework - [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/claude-code) - [Claude Cowork](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/claude-cowork) - [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk) - [Claude Agent SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/claude-agents-sdk) - [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/codex) - [OpenClaw](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/openclaw) - [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/hermes-agent) - [Atomic Agent](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/atomic-agent) - [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/google-adk) - [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/langchain) - [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/ai-sdk) - [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/mastra-ai) - [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/llama-index) - [CrewAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/crew-ai) - [Pydantic AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/pydantic-ai) - [AutoGen](https://composio.dev/toolkits/needle/framework/autogen) ## Related Toolkits - [Composio](https://composio.dev/toolkits/composio) - Composio is an integration platform that connects AI agents with hundreds of business tools. It streamlines authentication and lets you trigger actions across services—no custom code needed. - [Composio search](https://composio.dev/toolkits/composio_search) - Composio search is a unified web search toolkit spanning travel, e-commerce, news, financial markets, images, and more. It lets you and your apps tap into up-to-date web data from a single, easy-to-integrate service. - [Perplexityai](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai) - Perplexityai delivers natural, conversational AI models for generating human-like text. Instantly get context-aware, high-quality responses for chat, search, or complex workflows. - [Browser tool](https://composio.dev/toolkits/browser_tool) - Browser tool is a virtual browser integration that lets AI agents interact with the web programmatically. It enables automated browsing, scraping, and action-taking from any AI workflow. - [Ai ml api](https://composio.dev/toolkits/ai_ml_api) - Ai ml api is a suite of AI/ML models for natural language and image tasks. It provides fast, scalable access to advanced AI capabilities for your apps and workflows. - [Aivoov](https://composio.dev/toolkits/aivoov) - Aivoov is an AI-powered text-to-speech platform offering 1,000+ voices in over 150 languages. Instantly turn written content into natural, human-like audio for any application. - [All images ai](https://composio.dev/toolkits/all_images_ai) - All-Images.ai is an AI-powered image generation and management platform. It helps you create, search, and organize images effortlessly with advanced AI capabilities. - [AltTextLab](https://composio.dev/toolkits/alt_text_lab) - AltTextLab is an AI service that generates accessible, SEO-aware alt text for images. It helps teams make image content easier to understand, index, and publish. - [Anthropic administrator](https://composio.dev/toolkits/anthropic_administrator) - Anthropic administrator is an API for managing Anthropic organizational resources like members, workspaces, and API keys. It helps you automate admin tasks and streamline resource management across your Anthropic organization. - [Api labz](https://composio.dev/toolkits/api_labz) - Api labz is a platform offering a suite of AI-driven APIs and workflow tools. It helps developers automate tasks and build smarter, more efficient applications. - [Apiframe](https://composio.dev/toolkits/apiframe) - Apiframe is an API platform for generating and managing AI images, videos, music, uploads, assets, jobs, and custom LoRAs. It gives developers one clean API for creative AI workflows without juggling multiple model providers. - [Apipie ai](https://composio.dev/toolkits/apipie_ai) - Apipie ai is an AI model aggregator offering a single API for accessing top AI models from multiple providers. It helps developers build cost-efficient, latency-optimized AI solutions without juggling multiple integrations. - [Arize AX](https://composio.dev/toolkits/arize_ax) - Arize AX is an AI engineering platform for tracing, evaluating, and improving AI applications. Use it to debug LLM behavior, compare experiments, and improve production AI quality. - [Artificial Analysis](https://composio.dev/toolkits/artificial_analysis) - Artificial Analysis is an independent benchmarking platform for AI models and API providers. Use it to compare model intelligence, coding, math, pricing, latency, throughput, and arena rankings. - [AssemblyAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/assemblyai) - AssemblyAI is a speech-to-text and audio intelligence API for uploaded or hosted media. Use it to turn audio and video into accurate transcripts, summaries, and insights. - [Astica ai](https://composio.dev/toolkits/astica_ai) - Astica ai provides APIs for computer vision, NLP, and voice synthesis. Integrate advanced AI features into your app with a single API key. - [Avoma](https://composio.dev/toolkits/avoma) - Avoma is an AI meeting assistant for recording, transcribing, analyzing, and managing meetings, calls, notes, scorecards, and conversation intelligence. It helps teams turn conversations into searchable notes, follow-ups, coaching insights, and revenue intelligence. - [Bigml](https://composio.dev/toolkits/bigml) - BigML is a machine learning platform that lets you build, train, and deploy predictive models from your data. Its intuitive interface and robust API make machine learning accessible and efficient. - [Black Forest Labs](https://composio.dev/toolkits/bfl) - Black Forest Labs provides hosted FLUX models for generating and editing images and videos. It offers fast, flexible media creation with asynchronous processing and fine-tuning support. - [Bland AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/bland_ai) - Bland AI is a conversational AI platform for building voice agents, phone calls, messaging, and communication workflows. Use it to automate calling, evaluate conversations, and run voice operations at scale. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Needle MCP? With a standalone Needle MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Needle tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Needle and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint. ### Can I use Tool Router MCP with Grok Bot? Yes, you can. Grok Bot 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 Needle tools. ### Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Needle while using Tool Router? Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Needle 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. ### How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router? 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 Needle data and credentials are handled as safely as possible. --- [See all toolkits](https://composio.dev/toolkits) · [Composio docs](https://docs.composio.dev/llms.txt)