STEP-BY-STEP SETUPv0.5.0 VERIFIED50 MCP TOOLS

Connect GRIP MCP to Your Agentic IDE

Enterprise GraphRAG across every major AI IDE and developer agent. Choose your environment below for step-by-step instructions, copyable configuration files, environment variables, and verification prompts.

LIVE CLOUD PRODUCTION BACKEND
ONLINE // TIGERGRAPH + GEMINI
Render Backend Base URL
https://grip-protocol-backend.onrender.com
Interactive API Docs
https://grip-protocol-backend.onrender.com/docs ↗
Real-Time SSE Stream
https://grip-protocol-backend.onrender.com/stream/events

Claude Code Integration Guide

Anthropic's official terminal agent. Connects directly via stdio transport using `claude mcp add`.

1

1. Install GRIP package

Install GRIP globally via pip or pipx so the `grip` CLI command is available on your PATH.

bash
pip install -U grip-protocol
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2. Add to Claude Code via CLI

Run the one-line command to register the GRIP MCP server with Claude Code:

bash
claude mcp add grip grip --transport stdio
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3. Pass Environment Variables

Provide credentials inline or set them in your active shell / ~/.claude.json environment configuration.

bash
claude mcp add grip -e TIGERGRAPH_HOST="https://..." -e TIGERGRAPH_SECRET="..." -e GOOGLE_API_KEY="..." grip
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4. Verify Connection

Launch Claude Code and check that all 50 tools are available:

bash
claude
/mcp
Configuration Payload:File: ~/.claude.json or project .claude/mcp.json
~/.claude.json or project .claude/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grip": {
      "command": "grip",
      "args": [
        "--transport",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TIGERGRAPH_HOST": "https://your-tigergraph-host.i.tgcloud.io",
        "TIGERGRAPH_USERNAME": "tigergraph",
        "TIGERGRAPH_PASSWORD": "your_password",
        "TIGERGRAPH_SECRET": "your_secret_alias",
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "AIzaSy..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Verification Prompt to Test in Claude Code

Paste this prompt into your agent to verify all tool capabilities, schema discovery, and graph retrieval:

“Please call graphrag_status to verify the knowledge graph backend, then call graphrag_search for 'self-attention mechanism' and summarize the top retrieved papers.”

Required Environment Variables

Configure these credentials in your shell, .env, or IDE config

TIGERGRAPH_HOST

TigerGraph Cloud or local instance URI

Ex: https://tg-instance.i.tgcloud.io

TIGERGRAPH_SECRET

TigerGraph REST++ auth secret or token

Ex: your_secret_here

GOOGLE_API_KEY

Gemini API key for embeddings & synthesis

Ex: AIzaSy...

PRO TIP: Place a .env file in your workspace root. GRIP automatically parses `.env` on startup.

Included 50 MCP Tools

v0.5.0
Retrieval (C1)graphrag_search, local, global, hybrid
Schema & Stats (C3)graphrag_schema, entity_types, sample
Agentic Harnessgraphrag_agent_investigate
Conflict Resolution (C19)graphrag_resolve_conflicts
Provenance Audit (C5)graphrag_provenance, trajectory
Batch Runner (C17)graphrag_batch (up to 25 calls)
Construction / Ingest (C4)graphrag_ingest, delete_doc
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Production-Grade Backend

Every tool returns real data executed directly against your active TigerGraph or Neo4j backend. Responses adhere strictly to RFC JSON schemas.