io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-llm

io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-llmv0.9.3AI & LLMs

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

The current version, v0.9.3, was published to the official MCP registry on 2026-09-13. It is distributed as @ask-llm/mcp on npm, filed under AI & LLMs by this index, and declares 16 environment variables. Removals and unreachable sources are measured across every server this index tracks, contract drift across the servers that answer in consecutive snapshots; the index's current counts put this record in context.

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Using io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-llm in Claude, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Cline, or Zed?

MCP tool contracts can change remotely with no version bump. The mcpindex gate pins each contract and HOLDs the call when it drifts-before your agent acts. Zero credentials. This is not the package install for this server itself (use Install this server for that).

Install the mcpindex gate (one command)

Rewrites your MCP host config so each server launches behind the gate. Inspect first: curl -fsSL https://mcpindex.ai/install.sh | less

uv tool install mcpindex-gate && mcpindex-config-wire

Auditable install path →Watch it hold a drift →

Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

REVIEWstatus: PARTIALfresh until 2026-10-11 19:05 UTC

screened 2026-09-11tier: scannedgranularity: description-levelsource: registry

Semantic screen found no manipulation pattern in the description. Conformance probe not yet run.

mcpindex.integrity.descriptionpassINFO

evidence“No malicious instructions”via static_description

Limits of this verdict

- Semantic screen only - the deterministic conformance probe has not run on this server
- Confidence is reported but not yet calibrated (v1)
- Screen reads the tool description, not the live behavior
- advisory
- registry description only no input schema
- screen model 8b
- The registry listing (version, packages, links) changed after this screen ran - the description we assessed did not

Semantic screen: an LLM judge reads the tool description for hidden instructions (status PARTIAL). A pass means the description is not lying, not that the tool is safe: a high-capability tool with an honest description still warrants caution. The deterministic conformance probe has not been run on this server yet, so the screen here is semantic-only. Posture: advisory. Confidences are reported but not yet calibrated (calibrated=false at v1). Full verdict history is not shown on this page.

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That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-09-14).

Contracts can change after screening, with no version bump. The gate pins io.github.Lykhoyda/ask-llm’s tool contracts on first sight and holds any silent change before your agent acts - the check that keeps being true on Tuesday.

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Environment variables

XAI_API_KEY

secret

xAI API key for metered Grok requests; Ask LLM never enables billing or credits

ASK_GROK_HARNESS

Explicit Grok harness: xai-api (default) or grok-cli; no failover

ASK_GROK_MODEL

Exact selected-harness model override (API default grok-4.6; CLI default grok-build; no fallback)

ASK_GROK_REASONING_EFFORT

Grok reasoning effort: low, medium, high, or xhigh (default: high)

ASK_GROK_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS

xAI API output-token ceiling to bound accidental spend (default: 16384)

ASK_GROK_TIMEOUT_MS

Timeout for xAI API requests in milliseconds (default: 600000)

CURSOR_API_KEY

secret

Optional Cursor CLI credential for ask-cursor-agent; alternative to agent login

ASK_CURSOR_TIMEOUT_MS

Timeout for model-neutral Cursor Agent harness calls (default: 600000)

ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL

Default Claude model alias or full model name (default: opus)

ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL

Claude CLI fallback when Opus is overloaded or unavailable (default: sonnet)

ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS

Timeout for Claude CLI execution in milliseconds (default: 600000 = 10 minutes)

OLLAMA_HOST

Ollama server address (default: http://localhost:11434)

ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_TIMEOUT_MS

Timeout for Antigravity (agy) execution in milliseconds (default: 300000 = 5 minutes)

ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_SANDBOX

Set to '0' to drop agy's --sandbox flag if it blocks --add-dir context reads (default: sandbox on)

GMCPT_TIMEOUT_MS

Timeout for CLI execution in milliseconds (default: 300000 = 5 minutes)

GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL

Log verbosity: debug, info, warn, error (default: warn)

MCP quality score · maturity, not trust · methodology

freshness

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Install this server

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ask-llm": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "@ask-llm/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "XAI_API_KEY": "<your-xai_api_key>",
        "ASK_GROK_HARNESS": "xai-api",
        "ASK_GROK_MODEL": "<ask_grok_model>",
        "ASK_GROK_REASONING_EFFORT": "high",
        "ASK_GROK_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS": "16384",
        "ASK_GROK_TIMEOUT_MS": "600000",
        "CURSOR_API_KEY": "<your-cursor_api_key>",
        "ASK_CURSOR_TIMEOUT_MS": "600000",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL": "opus",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL": "sonnet",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS": "600000",
        "OLLAMA_HOST": "http://localhost:11434",
        "ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_TIMEOUT_MS": "300000",
        "ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_SANDBOX": "1",
        "GMCPT_TIMEOUT_MS": "300000",
        "GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL": "warn"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ask-llm": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "@ask-llm/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "XAI_API_KEY": "<your-xai_api_key>",
        "ASK_GROK_HARNESS": "xai-api",
        "ASK_GROK_MODEL": "<ask_grok_model>",
        "ASK_GROK_REASONING_EFFORT": "high",
        "ASK_GROK_MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS": "16384",
        "ASK_GROK_TIMEOUT_MS": "600000",
        "CURSOR_API_KEY": "<your-cursor_api_key>",
        "ASK_CURSOR_TIMEOUT_MS": "600000",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_MODEL": "opus",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_FALLBACK_MODEL": "sonnet",
        "ASK_CLAUDE_TIMEOUT_MS": "600000",
        "OLLAMA_HOST": "http://localhost:11434",
        "ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_TIMEOUT_MS": "300000",
        "ASK_ANTIGRAVITY_SANDBOX": "1",
        "GMCPT_TIMEOUT_MS": "300000",
        "GMCPT_LOG_LEVEL": "warn"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y -- @ask-llm/mcp

Claude Code (claude mcp add)

claude mcp add --scope user ask-llm -- npx -y -- @ask-llm/mcp

Gemini CLI (gemini mcp add)

gemini mcp add -s user ask-llm npx -y -- @ask-llm/mcp

Verdict API

curl -s mcpindex.ai/api/v1/trust/server/io-github-lykhoyda-ask-llm

Free-tier verdict as JSON: decision + dimensions + severity. Call it from your agent before it invokes a tool it just discovered.

Details

version: v0.9.3
category: AI & LLMs
verdict expires: 2026-10-11
quality: 80 / 100
operator: Lykhoyda

Listing

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Provenance

Each verdict is bound to a hash of the exact description it judged, so a re-crawl that changes the text produces a new record rather than silently inheriting this one. Verdict history is hash-chained and anchored to Bitcoin via OpenTimestamps (latest confirmed at block 966,915). Verify it yourself.

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