How to integrate Openai MCP with Grok Build

Connect Grok Build to Openai MCP. List all available openai models, upload a file for fine-tuning, and more from your terminal, with authentication handled for you.

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How to integrate Openai MCP with Grok Build

Grok Build is xAI's terminal coding agent. It runs on Grok 4.5, plans its work before it acts, and can run multiple sub-agents in parallel. It also reads Claude Code's MCP configuration, so any server you already have in a .mcp.json is picked up with no changes.

In this guide, I will show you how to connect your Openai account to Grok Build through Composio, so it can list all available OpenAI models, upload a file for fine-tuning, create a new assistant with GPT-4, and more without leaving the terminal. Composio holds the OAuth tokens for you, and Grok Build only calls the tools you approve.

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Why use Composio over a standalone MCP server?

  • Read and write access. Composio's Openai integration lets Grok Build take real actions like creating drafts, sending updates, and labeling records, not just reading data.
  • 1,700+ SaaS toolkits out of the box. One endpoint gives you a full catalog of pre-built connectors, from Gmail and Slack to Notion, Linear, and Salesforce.
  • One MCP server for every app. Wire up a single Composio server instead of maintaining a separate MCP entry for each app.
  • Smart, context-aware tool loading. Grok Build caps how many tools it holds in a single request. Composio loads only the tools a task needs, so you do not spend that budget on tools you are not using.
  • Cross-app automation. Chain actions across apps in one run. Pull a thread, summarize it in Notion, and post the highlights to Slack from a single prompt.

Prerequisites

  • Grok Build installed and signed in. Install with curl -fsSL https://x.ai/cli/install.sh | bash on macOS or Linux, or irm https://x.ai/cli/install.ps1 | iex on Windows PowerShell. On first launch Grok opens a browser to authenticate; for headless or CI use, set an XAI_API_KEY environment variable instead (create the key at console.x.ai).
  • Access to the Openai account you want to connect.
  • The Composio MCP endpoint. Composio's server is remote and hosted, so there is nothing to run locally and no tunnel to set up.

Step-by-step: Connect Openai to Grok Build

1. Install and verify Grok Build

Install the CLI, then restart your shell so the grok binary lands on your PATH:

bash
curl -fsSL https://x.ai/cli/install.sh | bash
which grok

On Windows, install with PowerShell instead: irm https://x.ai/cli/install.ps1 | iex. If which grok returns a path, you are set. Grok Build runs on Grok 4.5 by default; you can switch models inside the session with /model <name>.

2. Add the Composio server

Add Composio as a remote HTTP MCP server with the grok mcp add command:

bash
grok mcp add --transport http composio https://connect.composio.dev/mcp

You can also add and manage servers from inside a session. Run /mcps to open the extensions modal on the MCP tab, then add a new server and paste the Composio URL. Added this way, Grok auto-detects the name from the URL and lists the server as connect:

bash
https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
Grok Build /mcps extensions modal listing MCP servers Grok Build adding the Composio MCP server with its URL

Grok also reads Claude Code-style config, so an entry in ~/.grok/config.toml or a project .mcp.json works the same way.

3. Authenticate

Composio uses OAuth. In the /mcps modal, select the Composio server and press i to authenticate (Grok also triggers this browser flow automatically the first time it uses a Composio tool). Click Allow to authorize access. Grok stores the tokens under ~/.grok/mcp_credentials.json, and /mcps shows Composio as connected.

Grok Build prompting to authenticate the Composio MCP server Composio authorization screen with the Allow button for Grok Build

4. Start building

Ask Grok to work with your Openai account through Composio. On the first Openai action, Composio prompts you to connect the account through OAuth. Approve the scopes once, and Composio handles token refresh from there.

What you can do after connecting Openai

  • List all available OpenAI models
  • Upload a file for fine-tuning
  • Create a new assistant with GPT-4
  • Get all messages from a conversation thread

Security + privacy notes (important)

  • Use least-privilege access. Grant only the Openai scopes you actually need.
  • Review OAuth scopes before approving. Check that the requested scopes match what you expect Composio and Grok Build to do.
  • Keep write actions human-reviewed. Grok Build proposes a plan before it acts. Leave that approval step on for actions like sending messages or editing records.
  • Keep secrets out of version control. Your XAI_API_KEY and any tokens should never be committed. Use environment variables or a secrets manager.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

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

Add Upload Part

Tool to add a part (chunk of bytes) to an Upload object.

Cancel batch

Tool to cancel an in-progress batch.

Cancel evaluation run

Tool to cancel an ongoing evaluation run.

Cancel Response

Tool to cancel a background model response by its ID.

Cancel Run

Request cancellation of an in-progress assistant run by thread and run ID, for example when the run is no longer needed.

Cancel upload

Tool to cancel an upload.

Compact Response

Tool to compact a conversation or response to reduce token usage.

Complete Upload

Complete a multipart Upload and create its usable File object.

Create Audio Transcription

Transcribes audio files to text via the OpenAI Audio Transcriptions API, optionally returning timestamps.

Create Audio Translation

Tool to translate audio files to English text via OpenAI Audio Translations API.

Create Batch

Tool to create and execute a batch from an uploaded file of requests.

Create Chat Completion

Creates a chat completion from OpenAI models for conversational AI, text generation, function calling, vision or audio tasks, and structured JSON outputs.

Create Completion (Legacy)

Generate single-turn text completions using OpenAI's legacy Completions API with an available compatible model.

Create Container

Tool to create a new container with configurable memory, expiration, file access, and network policies.

Create Container File

Tool to create a file in a container.

Create Conversation

Tool to create a new conversation for multi-turn interactions.

Create Conversation Items

Tool to create items in a conversation with the given ID.

Create Decision

Evaluate evidence with typed predicate, choice, and score questions.

Create Embeddings

Tool to generate text embeddings via the OpenAI embeddings endpoint.

Create Eval

Tool to create an evaluation structure for testing a model's performance.

Create Evaluation Run

Creates an evaluation run for testing with a specified data source and model configuration.

Create fine-tuning job

Creates a fine-tuning job from an uploaded training dataset and returns job details and status.

Generate Image

Tool to generate an image via the OpenAI Images API and return hosted image asset URL and metadata.

Edit Image

Tool to create edited or extended images via OpenAI Images Edit API.

Create Image Variation

Create alternative versions of an existing square PNG image using the legacy image variations operation, with options for count, size, and response format.

Create Message

Create a message in an Assistants conversation thread.

Create Moderation

Tool to classify text and/or image inputs for potentially harmful content via the OpenAI Moderation API.

Create Realtime Call

Creates a Realtime API call over WebRTC and returns the SDP answer needed to complete the peer connection.

Create Realtime Client Secret

Tool to create an ephemeral client secret for authenticating Realtime API connections.

Create Realtime Session

Tool to create an ephemeral API token for client-side Realtime API applications.

Create Realtime Transcription Session

Tool to create an ephemeral API token for realtime transcriptions via the Realtime API.

Create Response

Creates a model response via the Responses API for text or image analysis and structured JSON output.

Create Run

Create an assistant run on an existing thread to execute the assistant and generate responses, optionally adding messages and setting run options.

Create Skill

Tool to create a skill from uploaded files.

Create Speech (TTS)

Tool to generate text-to-speech audio using OpenAI's Audio API.

Create Thread

Create an Assistants API conversation thread with optional starter messages and metadata.

Create Thread And Run

Create an Assistants thread and run in one request to start a conversation and execute an assistant.

Create Upload

Tool to create an intermediate Upload object for large file uploads.

Create Vector Store

Tool to create a new vector store.

Create Vector Store File

Tool to create a vector store file by attaching a File to a vector store.

Create vector store file batch

Tool to create a vector store file batch.

Create Video

Create an asynchronous video generation job from a text prompt using the OpenAI Videos API; the job ID and status were used to track generation.

Create Video Remix

Submit a remix job for an existing generated video using a new prompt.

Delete assistant

Delete a specific Assistants API assistant by ID.

Delete chat completion

Tool to delete a stored chat completion by its ID.

Delete container

Tool to delete a specific container by its ID.

Delete container file

Tool to delete a file from a container.

Delete conversation

Tool to delete a conversation by its ID.

Delete conversation item

Tool to delete an item from a conversation with the given IDs.

Delete evaluation

Tool to delete a specific evaluation by its ID.

Delete evaluation run

Deletes a specific evaluation run.

Delete file

Deletes a file by its ID.

Delete message

Delete a specific message from an Assistants conversation thread using the thread and message IDs.

Delete response

Tool to delete a model response with the given ID.

Delete skill

Tool to delete a specific skill by its ID.

Delete thread

Delete an Assistants API conversation thread by its ID.

Delete Vector Store

Tool to delete a vector store.

Delete Vector Store File

Tool to delete a vector store file.

Delete video

Delete a video by ID from OpenAI's Videos API, returning a deletion result.

Download file

Tool to download the contents of a specified file by its ID.

Download Video Content

Download a generated video's MP4 content or its thumbnail or spritesheet by video ID.

Get Chat Completion

Tool to retrieve a stored chat completion.

Get Chat Completion Messages

Tool to retrieve messages from a stored chat completion.

Get ChatKit thread

Tool to retrieve a ChatKit thread by its ID.

Get Conversation Item

Tool to retrieve a single item from a conversation.

Get Eval

Tool to retrieve an evaluation by ID.

Get Evaluation Run

Tool to retrieve an evaluation run by ID to check status and results.

Get Eval Run Output Item

Tool to retrieve a specific output item from an evaluation run by its ID.

Get eval run output items

Tool to get a list of output items for an evaluation run.

Get Evaluation Runs

Tool to get a paginated list of runs for an evaluation.

Get Input Token Counts

Tool to calculate input token counts for OpenAI API requests.

Get Message

Retrieve a specific message from an Assistants thread by thread and message IDs to inspect its content and details.

Get Response

Tool to retrieve a model response by ID.

Get Run Step

Retrieve a specific Assistants run step by thread, run, and step ID to inspect execution progress, tool calls, or message creation.

Get Vector Store

Tool to retrieve a vector store by its ID.

Get Vector Store File

Tool to retrieve a file from a vector store.

Get Vector Store File Batch

Retrieve a file batch by its vector store and batch IDs to check the status and file counts of a batch processing operation.

Get Video

Retrieve a video generation job by ID to inspect its status, progress, and details.

List Assistants

List Assistants API assistants to discover an assistant ID from returned names or metadata.

List Batches

Tool to list your organization's batches.

List Chat Completions

Tool to list stored chat completions that were created with the `store` parameter set to true.

List ChatKit thread items

List items from a ChatKit thread, including messages, tool calls, and tasks.

List container files

List files in a specific container.

List Containers

List a page of containers, optionally filtering by name.

List Conversation Items

List a page of items in a conversation by ID for review or processing.

List engines

Tool to list available engines and their basic information.

List Evals

Tool to list evaluations for a project.

List files

Lists files in the authenticated organization/project context.

List Files in Vector Store Batch

Tool to list vector store files in a batch.

List fine-tunes

Lists fine-tuning jobs for the authenticated context, with cursor pagination.

List fine-tuning job events

Tool to get status updates for a fine-tuning job.

List fine-tuning job checkpoints

Tool to list checkpoints for a fine-tuning job.

List Input Items

Tool to retrieve input items for a given response from the OpenAI Responses API.

List Messages

List messages in an Assistants thread, including outputs generated by a run.

List models

Lists models available to the current account or organization, with model identifiers and ownership metadata.

List Runs

List a page of Assistants runs belonging to a thread to inspect their status or execution history.

List Run Steps

List steps in an Assistants API run to inspect execution progress, tool calls, and message creation events.

List Skills

List skills with pagination and timestamp ordering, returning their IDs, names, and descriptions.

List ChatKit Threads

Tool to list ChatKit threads with pagination and filtering.

List Vector Store Files

Tool to list files in a vector store.

List Vector Stores

Tool to list vector stores to discover available vector stores by name or metadata.

List Videos

List video generation jobs and their statuses, with pagination and timestamp ordering, to review multiple tasks.

Modify Assistant

Modify an existing Assistants API assistant's configuration, such as its model, instructions, tools, or metadata.

Modify Message

Modify metadata on a specific message in an Assistants conversation thread, identified by thread and message IDs.

Modify Run

Update metadata on a specific Assistants run identified by its thread and run IDs.

Modify thread

Update metadata on an existing Assistants API thread identified by its thread ID.

Modify Vector Store

Tool to modify an existing vector store.

Retrieve assistant

Retrieve a specific assistant by ID to inspect its configuration and metadata.

Retrieve Batch

Tool to retrieve a batch by ID to check its status, progress, and results.

Retrieve container

Tool to retrieve details of a specific container by its ID.

Retrieve container file

Tool to retrieve metadata for a specific file in a container.

Retrieve container file content

Tool to retrieve the content of a file within a container.

Retrieve engine

Retrieve a legacy OpenAI engine by ID to inspect its availability and metadata.

Retrieve file

Tool to retrieve information about a specific file.

Retrieve fine-tuning job

Tool to retrieve information about a fine-tuning job.

Retrieve model

Tool to retrieve details of a specific model, confirming its metadata (ownership, created date) and verifying access under your org — a model appearing in OPENAI_LIST_MODELS does not guarantee access.

Retrieve run

Retrieve an Assistants run by thread and run ID to check its status, errors, and usage, such as when polling for completion before reading thread messages.

Retrieve thread

Retrieve an Assistants API thread by ID to inspect its metadata; message bodies are obtained separately.

Retrieve Vector Store File Content

Tool to retrieve the parsed contents of a vector store file.

Run grader

Tool to run a grader to evaluate model performance on a given sample.

Search Vector Store

Tool to search a vector store for relevant chunks based on a query and file attributes filter.

Submit Tool Outputs to Run

Submit all tool call outputs together to continue an Assistants API run whose required action is submit_tool_outputs.

Update Chat Completion

Tool to update metadata for a stored chat completion.

Update Conversation

Tool to update a conversation's metadata.

Update Eval

Updates an evaluation's name or metadata without changing its data source configuration or testing criteria.

Update Vector Store File Attributes

Tool to update custom attributes on a vector store file.

Upload file

Upload file bytes to OpenAI for a specified purpose, such as fine-tuning, and return the uploaded file's details.

Validate grader configuration

Tool to validate a grader configuration for fine-tuning jobs.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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