Tinker Cookbook plugin for Grok Build

Name: Tinker Cookbook
Author: thinking-machines-lab

Community Claude Code plugin, installs in GrokPluginDevelopment

Post-training with Tinker

How to install Tinker Cookbook in Grok Build

grok plugin install thinking-machines-lab/tinker-cookbook --trust

✓ Install-checked in Grok Buildchecked Oct 18, 2026

Review before you trust it. --trust lets this plugin's hooks, MCP servers and scripts run code on your computer. It's a community repo that neither xAI nor GrokStacks has reviewed, so read its code first.

We install this repo directly: Grok Build 1.0.62 can't install it through its own marketplace file. Then start a new Grok session, or press r in /plugins, to load it.

Command format: Grok Build's plugin guide

What we checked: on Oct 18, 2026 it installed with grok 1.0.62 and Grok found 3 skills. That's an install check only: we haven't run it in a live Grok session.

What it contains

Skills (3)

debug — Diagnose training issues with Tinker — slow steps, hanging sessions, output mismatches, error messages, renderer problems, and deployment issues. Use this skill whenever a user reports that training is slow, steps take too long, sessions ar
inkling — Sample, evaluate, and post-train Inkling and Inkling-Small, Thinking Machines Lab's models built for Tinker. Use this skill whenever the user mentions Inkling, `thinkingmachines/Inkling`, tml-renderers, `tml_v0` / `TmlV0Renderer`, or thinki
research — Conduct post-training research for LLMs using the Tinker API — replicate paper results, explore new training ideas, run and monitor experiments, and document findings. Use this skill whenever the user wants to do research, replicate experim

About this listing

Tinker Cookbook is a community plugin on GitHub by thinking-machines-lab, written as a Claude Code plugin that Grok Build installs. We install-checked it in Grok; we haven't run it in a live session or reviewed its code. When we installed it, Grok found 3 skills. Its license is Apache-2.0. We checked commit df2aff6b3992. It's one of 409 listings in the Development category on GrokStacks.

Tinker Cookbook FAQ

How do I install Tinker Cookbook in Grok Build?

Run grok plugin install thinking-machines-lab/tinker-cookbook --trust. We install-checked this command in Grok Build. We install this repo directly: Grok Build 1.0.62 can't install it through its own marketplace file. Then start a new Grok session, or press r in /plugins, to load it.

Is Tinker Cookbook an official Grok Build plugin?

No. Tinker Cookbook is a community plugin on GitHub by thinking-machines-lab, not in xAI's official Grok Build marketplace. We checked that it installs and what Grok loads from it, but haven't run it in a live Grok session or reviewed its code.

What does Tinker Cookbook include?

According to what Grok loaded in our install check, Tinker Cookbook includes 3 skills: debug, inkling, research.

Details

Type: Plugin
Category: Development
Source: Community Claude Code plugin, installs in Grok
License: Apache-2.0
Author: thinking-machines-lab
Version: 0.3.0
Source repo: https://github.com/thinking-machines-lab/tinker-cookbook
Checked commit: df2aff6b3992
Checked by GrokStacks: Install-checked in Grok Build on Oct 18, 2026; not run in a live session

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Markdown summary

**[Tinker Cookbook on GrokStacks](https://grokstacks.com/p/tinker-cookbook/)**: Community plugin for Grok Build with 3 skills. Install: `grok plugin install thinking-machines-lab/tinker-cookbook --trust`

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