Best Grok Build plugins for docs and web search
We found 17 listings for docs and web search that you can use with Grok Build. 5 of them are in xAI's official Grok Build marketplace (Browser Use, Exa, Firecrawl, Tavily, TinyFish), so they install with grok plugin install <name> --trust. 0 are hand-checked community listings and 12 are Claude Code plugins that Grok Build can load (not tested by us).
How this list was made: every listing in the GrokStacks catalog whose name or description mentions web search, search APIs, crawling/scraping, or documentation lookup. "Best" here means "available and documented", not a ranking: we haven't benchmarked these, and there are no paid placements in this list. Order: official Grok Build marketplace listings first, then hand-checked community listings, then Claude Code compatible plugins, alphabetical within each group. This is not a ranking.
Comparison
| Name | Source | Type | Skills | MCP servers | Grok install command documented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browser Use | Official Grok marketplace | Plugin | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Exa | Official Grok marketplace | Plugin | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Firecrawl | Official Grok marketplace | Plugin | 12 | 1 | Yes |
| Tavily | Official Grok marketplace | Plugin | 8 | 1 | Yes |
| TinyFish | Official Grok marketplace | Plugin | 6 | 1 | Yes |
| Brightdata Plugin | Claude Code compatible | Plugin | – | – | Claude Code command |
| Context7 | Claude Code compatible | Plugin | – | – | Claude Code command |
| DuckDB Skills | Claude Code compatible | Plugin | – | – | Claude Code command |
| Forge Skills | Claude Code compatible | Plugin | – | – | Claude Code command |
| Incident Io | Claude Code compatible | Plugin | – | – | Claude Code command |
| Microsoft Docs | Claude Code compatible | Plugin | – | – | Claude Code command |
| Nimble | Claude Code compatible | Plugin | – | – | Claude Code command |
| Quarkus Agent | Claude Code compatible | Plugin | – | – | Claude Code command |
| Shopify AI Toolkit | Claude Code compatible | Plugin | – | – | Claude Code command |
| Synthflow | Claude Code compatible | Plugin | – | – | Claude Code command |
| You.com Agent Skills | Claude Code compatible | Plugin | – | – | Claude Code command |
| Zyte Web Data | Claude Code compatible | Plugin | – | – | Claude Code command |
Skills and MCP server counts come from xAI's component index or Anthropic's catalog. "–" means none listed or not published in the catalog.
All 17 listings
Browser Use
Give Grok a real browser — the user's own Chrome, with their logins, or an isolated Browser Use Cloud browser. Use it whenever a task involves a website or web app: browsing, scraping and data extraction, filling forms, testing sites, taking screenshots, automating web workflows. Runs locally via uvx; no API key needed for local Chrome.
Exa
Exa is the fastest and most accurate web search for AI. It searches the web in real time, reads relevant pages, and answers with up-to-date sources. Use it to find the latest code docs, news, company information, and much more. Use the exa-search skill for deep research, and sign up for Exa to get free credits.
Firecrawl
Turn any website into clean, LLM-ready markdown or structured data. Search, scrape, map, crawl, and extract live web data via the bundled hosted Firecrawl MCP server — keyless on eligible networks (1,000 free credits/month, no signup), with an optional free API key for more usage. Automatic JS rendering, anti-bot handling, and proxy rotation; CLI skills available as a fallback.
Tavily
Web search, content extraction, website crawling, URL discovery, and deep research via Tavily's hosted MCP server and official skills. Connect with OAuth to access current, source-grounded web information directly from Grok Build.
TinyFish
Web search, content extraction, and goal-driven browser automation via TinyFish's hosted MCP server. Search and fetch pages for free, then drive real multi-step workflows on live sites — including authenticated ones, using saved Browser Context Profiles and password-manager credentials. Sign in with your TinyFish account on first connection; no API key needed.
Brightdata Plugin
Web scraping, Google search, structured data extraction, and MCP server integration powered by Bright Data. Includes 7 skills: scrape any webpage as markdown (with bot detection/CAPTCHA bypass), search Google with structured JSON results, extract data from 40+ websites (Amazon, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and more), orchestrate Bright Data's 60+ MCP tools, built-in best practices for Web Unlocker, SERP API, Web Scraper API, and Browser API, Python SDK best practices for the brightda...
Context7
Upstash Context7 MCP server for up-to-date documentation lookup. Connects to Context7's hosted remote MCP server (https://mcp.context7.com/mcp) — no local Node.js or npx required — to pull version-specific documentation and code examples directly from source repositories into your LLM context. Works anonymously out of the box; set CONTEXT7_API_KEY for higher rate limits.
DuckDB Skills
DuckDB-powered skills for Claude Code: read any data file, attach and query DuckDB databases, search DuckDB/DuckLake docs, search past session logs, and install/update DuckDB extensions.
Forge Skills
Forge-focused skills and MCP configuration for Atlassian Forge: scaffold and deploy apps (forge create, templates, dev spaces), build Teamwork Graph connectors for Rovo Search/Rovo Chat, pre-deploy review, systematic debugging, plus Forge docs and Atlassian Design System lookups via MCP.
Incident Io
Work with incident.io from Claude: respond to and investigate incidents, check on-call schedules and escalations, and author the runbooks, skills and architecture docs that incident.io investigations draw on. Bundles the official incident.io MCP server (OAuth on first use).
Microsoft Docs
Access official Microsoft documentation, API references, and code samples for Azure, .NET, Windows, and more.
Nimble
Nimble web data toolkit — search, extract, map, crawl the web and work with structured data agents
Quarkus Agent
MCP server for AI coding agents to create, manage, and interact with Quarkus applications. Provides tools for project scaffolding, dev mode lifecycle, extension skills, Dev MCP proxy, and documentation search.
Shopify AI Toolkit
Shopify's AI Toolkit provides 18 development skills for building on the Shopify platform, covering documentation search, API schema access, GraphQL and Liquid code validation, Hydrogen storefronts, Polaris UI extensions, store management via CLI, and onboarding guidance for both developers and merchants.
Synthflow
Connects Claude Code to the Synthflow AI voice-agent platform through its hosted MCP server, with skills for reviewing calls and auditing agent prompts, plus a docs-search connector.
You.com Agent Skills
You.com agent skills for web search, research with citations, and content extraction. Guided integrations for Vercel AI SDK, Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, crewAI, LangChain, Microsoft Teams.ai, direct REST API, and bash CLI.
Zyte Web Data
Web scraping skills for Claude Code powered by the Zyte API — scrape sites, generate and run Scrapy spiders, define extraction schemas, and ship to Scrapy Cloud.