INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

get_api_overview

Base URLs, authentication schemes, OAuth 2.0 scopes, and the four-step programmatic onboarding path an agent follows to obtain its own consumption API key and start running inference.

thegrid.ainone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://thegrid.ai/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for get_api_overview and invoke it with your own arguments.

Indexed input schema

{}

Risk classification

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

A tool name, description or schema mentions credentials.

Parent server

thegrid.ai

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.thegrid]
url = "https://thegrid.ai/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thegrid": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://thegrid.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: thegrid
Remote MCP URL: https://thegrid.ai/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "thegrid": {
      "url": "https://thegrid.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "thegrid": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://thegrid.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "thegrid",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://thegrid.ai/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

Related tools

list_instruments — List The Grid's inference instruments: the standardized quality tiers you pass in the `model` field of a Consumption API request.
get_instrument — Full detail for a single instrument: description, current spot price, savings versus list price, context and output limits, recently served models, model distribution, and typical use cases.
ask_docs — Ask a natural-language question about The Grid and get an answer with excerpts from the documentation.