A curated list of plugins, skills, and resources for xAI's Grok Build CLI.
Grok Build is xAI's terminal-first coding agent. Plugins bundle skills, slash commands, subagents, MCP servers, hooks, and LSP servers into installable packages. This list curates the best community-built plugins for the Grok ecosystem.
# macOS / Linux / WSL
curl -fsSL https://x.ai/cli/install.sh | bash
# Windows PowerShell
irm https://x.ai/cli/install.ps1 | iex# Add the official xAI marketplace
grok plugin marketplace add xai-org/plugin-marketplace
# Browse available plugins
grok plugin list
# Install a plugin
grok plugin install <plugin-name> --trust
# Add a community marketplace (this repo)
grok plugin marketplace add hashgraph-online/awesome-grok-pluginsInside Grok Build, type /marketplace to browse and install plugins interactively. You can also use /plugins, /skills, /hooks, or /mcps to manage installed components.
Plugin discovery paths: Grok Build loads plugins from ./.grok/plugins/, ~/.grok/plugins/, marketplace installs under ~/.grok/plugins/marketplaces/, and custom paths via --plugin-dir <PATH>. MCP servers can also be configured in ~/.grok/config.toml under [mcp_servers].
Grok API + MCP: The xAI API natively supports Remote MCP Tools via the tools parameter: {"type": "mcp", "server_url": "...", "server_label": "..."}. See xAI Remote MCP docs.
Validate plugins before submission with the HOL AI Plugin Scanner:
| Requirement | Threshold |
|---|---|
| Score | ≥ 80 / 130 |
| Severity | No critical or high findings |
| CI | Scanner must run in your repo's GitHub Actions |
See the full guide: SCANNER_GUIDE.md
See contributing requirements: CONTRIBUTING.md
You add a single line to README.md. That's it. A maintainer-verified generator mirrors your plugin from its source repo and regenerates the catalog files (plugins.json, marketplace.json). You never need to copy plugin files into this repo yourself.
Your PR: README.md (+1 line)
Generator (CI): plugins/<owner>/<repo>/ ← fetched from your GitHub repo
plugins.json ← regenerated from README
marketplace.json ← regenerated from README
The official xAI plugin marketplace lives at xai-org/plugin-marketplace. First-party and vetted third-party plugins include:
Official xAI Marketplace Plugins
| Plugin | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel | deployment | Deploy and manage Vercel frontend infrastructure |
| Sentry | monitoring | Error monitoring, stack traces, production debugging |
| Chrome DevTools | development | Control and inspect a live Chrome browser |
| Cloudflare | development | Workers, Durable Objects, Agents SDK, Wrangler CLI |
| Superpowers | development | Core skills library: TDD, systematic debugging, workflows |
| MongoDB | database | MCP Server + Skills for MongoDB databases |
| Axiom | observability | Log/metric queries with APL, SRE investigations |
| Neon | database | Serverless Postgres with branching and migrations |
- HOL Guard - Security plugin for protecting Grok Build with HOL Guard: harness protection, approval broker, and plugin scanner integration.
A plugin is a directory bundling any combination of components:
| Component | Location | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Skills | skills/ |
SKILL.md capability definitions |
| Commands | commands/ |
Slash command definitions |
| Agents | agents/ |
Subagent definitions |
| Hooks | hooks/hooks.json |
Lifecycle hooks (PreToolUse, PostToolUse) |
| MCP servers | .mcp.json |
Model Context Protocol server configs |
| LSP servers | .lsp.json |
Language server configs |
| Manifest | .grok-plugin/plugin.json |
Optional metadata and path overrides |
your-plugin-repo/
.grok-plugin/
plugin.json # Optional manifest (metadata, path overrides)
marketplace.json # Self-contained marketplace (for standalone install)
.mcp.json # MCP server configs
.lsp.json # LSP server configs (optional)
assets/
icon.svg # Plugin icon
skills/
my-skill/
SKILL.md # Skill definition
commands/
my-command.md # Slash command definition
agents/
my-agent.md # Subagent definition
hooks/
hooks.json # Lifecycle hooks
README.md
LICENSE
The manifest at .grok-plugin/plugin.json is optional but recommended for metadata:
{
"name": "my-plugin",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "What this plugin does",
"author": {
"name": "Your Name",
"url": "https://github.com/your-org"
},
"homepage": "https://github.com/your-org/my-plugin",
"repository": "https://github.com/your-org/my-plugin",
"license": "MIT",
"keywords": ["my-plugin", "specific-terms"],
"skills": "./skills/",
"commands": "./commands/",
"mcpServers": "./.mcp.json",
"hooks": "./hooks/hooks.json"
}Grok Build also accepts .claude-plugin/plugin.json for Claude-ecosystem compatibility.
- Set up the directory structure above in your GitHub repo
- Add a scanner workflow to your repo (see CONTRIBUTING.md)
- Test locally with
grok plugin link .thengrok inspect - Run the scanner and ensure score ≥ 80
- Add your entry to this repo's
README.md(alphabetical order) - Open a PR with your scanner score and plugin URL
For inclusion in the official xai-org/plugin-marketplace:
- Fork
xai-org/plugin-marketplace - Add an entry to
.grok-plugin/marketplace.jsonwith a SHA-pinned remote source - Regenerate the component index:
python3 scripts/generate-plugin-index.py - Validate:
python3 scripts/validate-catalog.py - Open a PR
- Awesome Grok Build - Starter kit and skill library for Grok Build CLI
- Awesome Grok Prompts - Collection of advanced prompts for Grok AI
- Awesome AI Plugins - Multi-agent plugin registry (Codex, Claude, Cursor, Gemini, Grok)
- Awesome Codex Plugins - OpenAI Codex plugin registry
- Awesome Grok Build - Starter kit for Grok Build CLI
- HOL Guard - Approval broker for plugin submissions
- HOL Plugin Scanner - Security and quality scanner for AI plugins
- HOL Scanner Action - GitHub Action for CI plugin scanning
- xAI Plugin Marketplace - Official xAI plugin catalog
Contributions are welcome! Please read the CONTRIBUTING.md guide before submitting a PR.
Key requirements:
- Scanner score ≥ 80/130 with no critical/high findings
- Scanner CI running in your plugin repo
- Valid plugin structure (
.grok-plugin/plugin.jsonor.claude-plugin/plugin.json) - Alphabetical order in README sections