How do I connect vidIQ to Grok?

Go to grok.com/connectors, select New Connector, choose Custom, and enter the vidIQ MCP server URL. When Grok asks you to authorize the connector, sign in with your vidIQ account.

How do I check that the Grok MCP connection works?

Start a new Grok conversation with the vidIQ connector enabled and ask for a channel or video analysis. Grok will discover the tools exposed by the server.

Do I need a vidIQ API key for Grok?

No. Grok connects to vidIQ through sign-in with your vidIQ account, so there is no key to paste.

Can I use vidIQ in Grok Business or Enterprise?

Yes. A team admin first needs to provision the vidIQ custom connector in the xAI cloud console before members can use it.

Do I need to host vidIQ MCP locally?

No. vidIQ provides a hosted MCP server, so you can connect Grok without running a local server or tunnel.

Grok MCP Connector

Give Grok the YouTube context to make better calls

Bring real YouTube intelligence into Grok for channel analysis, keyword discovery, competitors, trends, and video transcripts.

Connect vidIQ to Grok

Grok setup

How to connect vidIQ to Grok

Add vidIQ as a custom MCP connector, then enable it in a Grok conversation whenever you need YouTube research.

1Go to grok.com/connectors, select New Connector, then choose Custom.
2Paste the MCP server URL shown here (name it vidIQ if Grok asks for a name), then add the connector.
3When Grok asks you to authorize the connector, sign in with your vidIQ account.
4Start a new conversation with vidIQ enabled and ask for YouTube analysis.

MCP server URL

https://mcp.vidiq.com/mcp

On Grok Business or Enterprise, a team admin must provision the connector in the xAI cloud console first.

Using Grok Build?

Run this command in your terminal. Grok Build opens your browser so you can sign in with vidIQ. Add --scope project to save it in the project's .grok/config.toml, and run grok mcp doctor vidiq to check the connection.

grok mcp add --transport http vidiq "https://mcp.vidiq.com/mcp"

vidIQ MCP Prompt Library

Ready-to-Use YouTube Prompts for Grok

Ready-to-use prompts. Paste directly into your AI tool.

vidIQ MCP Credits & Tools

52 tools and counting

46 core tools below, plus 6 free utility tools

keyword_research
Find keywords your competitors are sleeping on
outliers
Spot videos that blew up for a reason
generate_clips
Turn a long video into vertical clips
generate_thumbnail
Generate a thumbnail from a prompt
generate_titles
Generate high-CTR title ideas
subscriber_insights
Find your best time to post and who else your fans watch
video_transcript
Read any video without watching it
trending_videos
See what formats are blowing up right now

Plus 6 free utility tools: credits balance, your connected channels, async job tracking, voice library, and feedback. Tool calls draw from your vidIQ plan’s shared credit pool.

Grok MCP: Common questions

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Give Grok real YouTube data with vidIQ

Add vidIQ as a custom connector, sign in with your vidIQ account, and make your next video decision with creator intelligence close at hand.

Connect vidIQ to Grok

Also works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Perplexity, OpenClaw, Codex, Gemini CLI and any MCP-compatible tool. Available on every vidIQ plan, including Free.