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Ask Llm

io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-llm ยท v1.3.2

Unified MCP server for Gemini, Codex, Claude, Grok, Ollama, and Antigravity

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Terminal
claude mcp add ask-llm -e XAI_API_KEY=<XAI_API_KEY> -e ASK_GROK_HARNESS=<ASK_GROK_HARNESS> -e ASK_GROK_MODEL=<ASK_GROK_MODEL> -e ASK_GROK_REASONING_EFFORT=<ASK_GROK_REASONING_EFFORT> -e ASK_GROK_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS=<ASK_GROK_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS> -e ASK_GROK_TIMEOUT_MS=<ASK_GROK_TIMEOUT_MS> -e CURSOR_API_KEY=<CURSOR_API_KEY> -e ASK_CURSOR_TIMEOUT_MS=<ASK_CURSOR_TIMEOUT_MS> -e ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL=<ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL> -e ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL=<ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL> -e ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS=<ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS> -e OLLAMA_HOST=<OLLAMA_HOST> -e ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_TIMEOUT_MS=<ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_TIMEOUT_MS> -e ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_SANDBOX=<ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_SANDBOX> -e GMCPT_TIMEOUT_MS=<GMCPT_TIMEOUT_MS> -e GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL=<GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL> -- npx -y @ask-llm/[email protected]
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ask-llm": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ask-llm/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "XAI_API_KEY": "<XAI_API_KEY>",
        "ASK_GROK_HARNESS": "<ASK_GROK_HARNESS>",
        "ASK_GROK_MODEL": "<ASK_GROK_MODEL>",
        "ASK_GROK_REASONING_EFFORT": "<ASK_GROK_REASONING_EFFORT>",
        "ASK_GROK_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS": "<ASK_GROK_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS>",
        "ASK_GROK_TIMEOUT_MS": "<ASK_GROK_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "CURSOR_API_KEY": "<CURSOR_API_KEY>",
        "ASK_CURSOR_TIMEOUT_MS": "<ASK_CURSOR_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL": "<ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL>",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL": "<ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL>",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS": "<ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "OLLAMA_HOST": "<OLLAMA_HOST>",
        "ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_TIMEOUT_MS": "<ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_SANDBOX": "<ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_SANDBOX>",
        "GMCPT_TIMEOUT_MS": "<GMCPT_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL": "<GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ask-llm": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ask-llm/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "XAI_API_KEY": "<XAI_API_KEY>",
        "ASK_GROK_HARNESS": "<ASK_GROK_HARNESS>",
        "ASK_GROK_MODEL": "<ASK_GROK_MODEL>",
        "ASK_GROK_REASONING_EFFORT": "<ASK_GROK_REASONING_EFFORT>",
        "ASK_GROK_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS": "<ASK_GROK_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS>",
        "ASK_GROK_TIMEOUT_MS": "<ASK_GROK_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "CURSOR_API_KEY": "<CURSOR_API_KEY>",
        "ASK_CURSOR_TIMEOUT_MS": "<ASK_CURSOR_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL": "<ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL>",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL": "<ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL>",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS": "<ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "OLLAMA_HOST": "<OLLAMA_HOST>",
        "ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_TIMEOUT_MS": "<ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_SANDBOX": "<ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_SANDBOX>",
        "GMCPT_TIMEOUT_MS": "<GMCPT_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL": "<GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "ask-llm": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ask-llm/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "XAI_API_KEY": "<XAI_API_KEY>",
        "ASK_GROK_HARNESS": "<ASK_GROK_HARNESS>",
        "ASK_GROK_MODEL": "<ASK_GROK_MODEL>",
        "ASK_GROK_REASONING_EFFORT": "<ASK_GROK_REASONING_EFFORT>",
        "ASK_GROK_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS": "<ASK_GROK_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS>",
        "ASK_GROK_TIMEOUT_MS": "<ASK_GROK_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "CURSOR_API_KEY": "<CURSOR_API_KEY>",
        "ASK_CURSOR_TIMEOUT_MS": "<ASK_CURSOR_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL": "<ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL>",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL": "<ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL>",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS": "<ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "OLLAMA_HOST": "<OLLAMA_HOST>",
        "ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_TIMEOUT_MS": "<ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_SANDBOX": "<ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_SANDBOX>",
        "GMCPT_TIMEOUT_MS": "<GMCPT_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL": "<GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.

Tools

This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.

Environment variables

NameDescription
XAI_API_KEY
Optional, secret		xAI API key for metered Grok requests; Ask LLM never enables billing or credits
ASK_GROK_HARNESS
Optional		Explicit Grok harness: xai-api (default) or grok-cli; no failover
ASK_GROK_MODEL
Optional		Exact selected-harness model override (API default grok-4.7; CLI default grok-4.7; no fallback)
ASK_GROK_REASONING_EFFORT
Optional		Grok reasoning effort: low, medium, high, or xhigh (default: high)
ASK_GROK_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS
Optional		xAI API output-token ceiling to bound accidental spend (default: 16384)
ASK_GROK_TIMEOUT_MS
Optional		Timeout for xAI API requests in milliseconds (default: 600000)
CURSOR_API_KEY
Optional, secret		Optional Cursor CLI credential for ask-cursor-agent; alternative to agent login
ASK_CURSOR_TIMEOUT_MS
Optional		Timeout for model-neutral Cursor Agent harness calls (default: 600000)
ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL
Optional		Default Claude model alias or full model name (default: opus)
ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL
Optional		Claude CLI fallback when Opus is overloaded or unavailable (default: sonnet)
ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS
Optional		Timeout for Claude CLI execution in milliseconds (default: 600000 = 10 minutes)
OLLAMA_HOST
Optional		Ollama server address (default: http://localhost:11434)
ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_TIMEOUT_MS
Optional		Timeout for Antigravity (agy) execution in milliseconds (default: 300000 = 5 minutes)
ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_SANDBOX
Optional		Set to '0' to drop agy's --sandbox flag if it blocks --add-dir context reads (default: sandbox on)
GMCPT_TIMEOUT_MS
Optional		Timeout for CLI execution in milliseconds (default: 300000 = 5 minutes)
GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL
Optional		Log verbosity: debug, info, warn, error (default: warn)

Details

Package@ask-llm/[email protected] (NPM, stdio)
First published10 Nov 2026
Last updated10 Nov 2026
Registry nameio.github.Lykhoyda/ask-llm

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