diff --git a/.changeset/fn-7716-grok-cli-no-api-key.md b/.changeset/fn-7716-grok-cli-no-api-key.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24a235157d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fn-7716-grok-cli-no-api-key.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@runfusion/fusion": patch
+---
+
+summary: Grok CLI no longer requires a Fusion-visible API key — the CLI's own auth is enough to enable it.
+category: fix
+dev: probeGrokBinary now derives `authenticated` from `grok` binary availability (readiness) instead of GROK_API_KEY/~/.grok/user-settings.json presence, mirroring the Cursor CLI provider; key detection is exposed as a non-blocking `apiKeyDetected` hint. The /auth/status grok-cli provider is authenticated when enabled + binary available; GrokCliProviderCard drops the blocking "Set GROK_API_KEY" state. The direct xAI streaming path still uses $GROK_API_KEY when present (FN-7711/FN-7714 unchanged).
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/api/legacy.ts b/packages/dashboard/app/api/legacy.ts
index a6e78980b4..e03418cd01 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/api/legacy.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/api/legacy.ts
@@ -1971,7 +1971,10 @@ export interface CursorCliStatus {
export interface GrokCliStatus {
binary: {
available: boolean;
+ /** FNXC:GrokCli 2026-07-09-00:00: FN-7716 — "ready" (binary available), not "key present"; the grok CLI owns auth. */
authenticated?: boolean;
+ /** FNXC:GrokCli 2026-07-09-00:00: FN-7716 — non-blocking informational hint that Fusion detected a Grok API key. Never gates readiness. */
+ apiKeyDetected?: boolean;
version?: string;
binaryPath?: string;
configuredBinaryPath?: string;
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/GrokCliProviderCard.css b/packages/dashboard/app/components/GrokCliProviderCard.css
index a2a809b5ca..f6f595d97b 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/GrokCliProviderCard.css
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/GrokCliProviderCard.css
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ status line and binary-path control render flush against the card's left/right/b
padding: 0 var(--space-md) var(--space-sm);
}
+/*
+FNXC:GrokCli 2026-07-09-00:00:
+FN-7716: the no-Fusion-visible-key hint is informational only (never blocking), so it renders one
+notch quieter than the primary status line via reduced opacity on the shared `.settings-muted` tone
+— no new color token, no hardcoded hex.
+*/
+.grok-cli-provider-card__key-hint {
+ opacity: 0.75;
+}
+
.grok-cli-binary-path-control {
display: grid;
gap: var(--space-xs);
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/GrokCliProviderCard.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/GrokCliProviderCard.tsx
index a08a2acd0b..247ae64cde 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/GrokCliProviderCard.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/GrokCliProviderCard.tsx
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ interface GrokCliProviderCardProps {
}
/*
-FNXC:GrokCli 2026-07-08-00:00:
-FN-7705: mirrors CursorCliProviderCard.tsx end to end. The one contract
-difference is auth messaging — Grok is API-key auth (GROK_API_KEY env var or
-~/.grok/user-settings.json apiKey), not OAuth/session, so the
-not-authenticated status text references those setting locations instead of
-a login flow.
+FNXC:GrokCli 2026-07-09-00:00:
+FN-7716: readiness now mirrors CursorCliProviderCard.tsx exactly — connected
+/ ready state = enabled + binary available, no key requirement. The `grok`
+CLI resolves its own credentials (env var, project `.env`, `grok -k`,
+GROK_BASE_URL, etc.), so Fusion no longer blocks Enable or shows a
+not-authenticated error solely because it couldn't see a key. Key presence is
+surfaced ONLY as a non-blocking informational hint (`apiKeyDetected`) noting
+that the direct xAI streaming path will use $GROK_API_KEY when present.
*/
export function GrokCliProviderCard({ authenticated, compact = false, onToggled }: GrokCliProviderCardProps) {
const { t } = useTranslation("app");
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ export function GrokCliProviderCard({ authenticated, compact = false, onToggled
const currentlyEnabled = status?.enabled ?? authenticated;
const binaryAvailable = status?.binary.available ?? false;
- const apiKeyPresent = status?.binary.authenticated ?? false;
+ const apiKeyDetected = status?.binary.apiKeyDetected ?? false;
const trimmedBinaryPath = binaryPathInput.trim();
const savedBinaryPath = status?.binaryPath ?? "";
const binaryPathChanged = trimmedBinaryPath !== savedBinaryPath;
@@ -154,20 +156,24 @@ export function GrokCliProviderCard({ authenticated, compact = false, onToggled
);
/*
- FNXC:GrokCli 2026-07-08-00:00:
- Grok is API-key auth (no login flow), so a binary-available-but-no-key
- state must guide the operator to GROK_API_KEY / ~/.grok/user-settings.json
- rather than a generic "not connected" message.
+ FNXC:GrokCli 2026-07-09-00:00:
+ FN-7716: the `grok` CLI owns its own authentication, so a binary-available
+ state is "ready" regardless of whether Fusion detected a key — no blocking
+ "set GROK_API_KEY" error. When no key was detected, append a subtle,
+ non-blocking hint that the direct xAI streaming path uses $GROK_API_KEY
+ when present; this never gates Enable or the connected/ready state.
*/
const statusText = !status
? t("setup.grokCli.probing", "Probing local CLI…")
: !status.binary.available
? status.binary.reason ?? t("setup.grokCli.binaryNotFound", "`grok` not found on PATH")
- : !apiKeyPresent
- ? t("setup.grokCli.noApiKey", "Binary found, but no API key is configured. Set GROK_API_KEY or ~/.grok/user-settings.json.")
- : currentlyEnabled
- ? t("setup.grokCli.connected", "Connected{{version}}", { version: status.binary.version ? ` — ${status.binary.version}` : "" })
- : t("setup.grokCli.detectedPrompt", "Detected. Click Enable to route calls through Grok CLI.");
+ : currentlyEnabled
+ ? t("setup.grokCli.connected", "Connected{{version}}", { version: status.binary.version ? ` — ${status.binary.version}` : "" })
+ : t("setup.grokCli.detectedPrompt", "Detected. Click Enable to route calls through Grok CLI.");
+
+ const apiKeyHint = status?.binary.available && !apiKeyDetected
+ ? t("setup.grokCli.noApiKeyHint", "No Grok API key detected by Fusion; the CLI will use its own credentials. The direct xAI streaming path uses GROK_API_KEY when present.")
+ : null;
if (compact) {
return (
@@ -182,6 +188,7 @@ export function GrokCliProviderCard({ authenticated, compact = false, onToggled
{statusText}
+ {apiKeyHint ? {apiKeyHint} : null}
{binaryPathControl}
@@ -197,6 +204,7 @@ export function GrokCliProviderCard({ authenticated, compact = false, onToggled
{t("setup.grokCli.providerName", "Grok — via Grok CLI")}
{t("setup.grokCli.description", "Route AI calls through your local Grok CLI runtime.")}
{statusText}
+ {apiKeyHint ? {apiKeyHint} : null}
{actions}
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/GrokCliProviderCard.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/GrokCliProviderCard.test.tsx
index 0e53627a12..0e3d1095fd 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/GrokCliProviderCard.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/GrokCliProviderCard.test.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ vi.mock("../../api", () => ({
}));
const baseStatus = {
- binary: { available: true, authenticated: true, version: "1.0.0", binaryPath: "/usr/local/bin/grok", probeDurationMs: 5 },
+ binary: { available: true, authenticated: true, apiKeyDetected: true, version: "1.0.0", binaryPath: "/usr/local/bin/grok", probeDurationMs: 5 },
enabled: true,
binaryPath: "/usr/local/bin/grok",
extension: null,
@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@ const baseStatus = {
};
/*
-FNXC:GrokCli 2026-07-08-00:00:
-Regression coverage mirroring CursorCliProviderCard.test.tsx (FN-7695) for FN-7705: the compact
+FNXC:GrokCli 2026-07-09-00:00:
+FN-7716: regression coverage mirroring CursorCliProviderCard.test.tsx (FN-7695). The compact
card's below-header content (status line + binary-path control) must be nested inside
`.grok-cli-provider-card__body` (data-testid="grok-cli-provider-card-body") rather than being a
bare direct child of `.auth-provider-card`. The non-compact onboarding layout must NOT render
-this wrapper. Additionally covers the API-key-auth-specific "no API key configured" status text
-that has no Cursor equivalent (Cursor is OAuth/session, not API-key).
+this wrapper. Also covers the Symptom Verification invariant: binary-available-but-no-key must
+render a non-blocking ready state (no "Set GROK_API_KEY" blocking copy) with only a subtle
+informational apiKeyDetected hint — the CLI owns its own authentication.
*/
describe("GrokCliProviderCard", () => {
beforeEach(() => {
@@ -64,16 +65,34 @@ describe("GrokCliProviderCard", () => {
expect(body).toContainElement(status);
});
- it("shows an actionable no-API-key message when the binary is available but no key is configured", async () => {
+ /*
+ FNXC:GrokCli 2026-07-09-00:00:
+ FN-7716 Symptom Verification: BEFORE the fix, binary-available + no-key
+ rendered a blocking "Set GROK_API_KEY" not-authenticated message and the
+ Enable action was effectively meaningless because `authenticated` was
+ false. AFTER the fix, this exact state (`authenticated: true,
+ apiKeyDetected: false`) must render a non-blocking connected/ready state
+ plus only a subtle informational hint — never the blocking copy.
+ */
+ it("shows a non-blocking ready state (not a blocking no-API-key error) when the binary is available but no key is detected", async () => {
fetchGrokCliStatus.mockResolvedValue({
...baseStatus,
- binary: { ...baseStatus.binary, authenticated: false },
+ binary: { ...baseStatus.binary, authenticated: true, apiKeyDetected: false },
});
- render();
+ render();
- const status = await screen.findByText(/GROK_API_KEY/i);
- expect(status.textContent).toContain("~/.grok/user-settings.json");
+ const status = await screen.findByText(/Connected/i);
+ expect(status).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+ const hint = await screen.findByText(/No Grok API key detected by Fusion/i);
+ expect(hint.textContent).toContain("GROK_API_KEY");
+
+ expect(screen.queryByText(/Set GROK_API_KEY/i)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+ expect(screen.queryByText(/Binary found, but no API key is configured/i)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+
+ const enableButton = screen.queryByRole("button", { name: /Enable/i });
+ expect(enableButton).not.toBeInTheDocument();
});
it("keeps the body wrapper present when a pathMessage is shown after a failed save", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/routes-auth.test.ts b/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/routes-auth.test.ts
index c5af40f4d6..00995317a5 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/routes-auth.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/routes-auth.test.ts
@@ -2385,10 +2385,11 @@ describe("Droid CLI auth routes", () => {
expect(probeSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
});
- it("GET /providers/grok-cli/status returns readiness from toggle and binary", async () => {
+ it("GET /providers/grok-cli/status returns readiness from toggle and binary, passing through apiKeyDetected as informational", async () => {
vi.spyOn(runtimeProviderProbesModule, "probeGrokCliProvider").mockResolvedValue({
available: true,
authenticated: true,
+ apiKeyDetected: false,
version: "grok 1.0.0",
probeDurationMs: 8,
});
@@ -2404,12 +2405,15 @@ describe("Droid CLI auth routes", () => {
expect(res.body.enabled).toBe(true);
expect(res.body.binaryPath).toBe("/opt/Grok/grok");
expect(res.body.binary.available).toBe(true);
+ expect(res.body.binary.authenticated).toBe(true);
+ expect(res.body.binary.apiKeyDetected).toBe(false);
});
- it("GET /auth/status probes Grok CLI with the stored override and requires API-key presence for authenticated:true", async () => {
+ it("GET /auth/status probes Grok CLI with the stored override and derives authenticated:true from toggle+binary availability only", async () => {
vi.spyOn(runtimeProviderProbesModule, "probeGrokCliProvider").mockResolvedValue({
available: true,
authenticated: true,
+ apiKeyDetected: true,
version: "grok 1.0.0",
binaryPath: "/opt/Grok/grok",
configuredBinaryPath: "/opt/Grok/grok",
@@ -2432,11 +2436,24 @@ describe("Droid CLI auth routes", () => {
);
});
- it("GET /auth/status reports grok-cli authenticated:false when the binary is available but no API key is configured", async () => {
+ /*
+ FNXC:GrokCli 2026-07-09-00:00:
+ FN-7716 Symptom Verification: exact reproduction of the original
+ false-negative at the route layer — `useGrokCli` enabled, binary available,
+ but no Fusion-visible API key (probe reports `authenticated: false` with a
+ "GROK_API_KEY is not set" style reason under the OLD probe contract; under
+ the NEW contract the probe itself now reports `authenticated: true` with
+ `apiKeyDetected: false`). This test asserts the injected `grok-cli`
+ `/auth/status` provider is `authenticated: true` in that state (mirroring
+ Cursor's `cursorEnabled && cursorBinary.available` — no key requirement),
+ proving the false negative is resolved end-to-end through the route.
+ */
+ it("GET /auth/status reports grok-cli authenticated:true when the binary is available but no API key is detected — proves the original false-negative is resolved", async () => {
vi.spyOn(runtimeProviderProbesModule, "probeGrokCliProvider").mockResolvedValue({
available: true,
- authenticated: false,
- reason: "GROK_API_KEY is not set and ~/.grok/user-settings.json was not found",
+ authenticated: true,
+ apiKeyDetected: false,
+ reason: "No Grok API key detected by Fusion (GROK_API_KEY unset, ~/.grok/user-settings.json not found); the CLI will use its own credentials.",
version: "grok 1.0.0",
probeDurationMs: 8,
});
@@ -2447,6 +2464,29 @@ describe("Droid CLI auth routes", () => {
const res = await GET(buildApp(), "/api/auth/status");
+ expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+ expect(res.body.providers).toEqual(
+ expect.arrayContaining([
+ expect.objectContaining({ id: "grok-cli", authenticated: true }),
+ ]),
+ );
+ });
+
+ it("GET /auth/status reports grok-cli authenticated:false when the binary is unavailable, regardless of the enabled toggle", async () => {
+ vi.spyOn(runtimeProviderProbesModule, "probeGrokCliProvider").mockResolvedValue({
+ available: false,
+ authenticated: false,
+ apiKeyDetected: false,
+ reason: "grok not found on PATH",
+ probeDurationMs: 8,
+ });
+ store.getGlobalSettingsStore = vi.fn().mockReturnValue({
+ ...createMockGlobalSettingsStore(),
+ getSettings: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ useGrokCli: true }),
+ });
+
+ const res = await GET(buildApp(), "/api/auth/status");
+
expect(res.status).toBe(200);
expect(res.body.providers).toEqual(
expect.arrayContaining([
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/src/routes/register-auth-routes.ts b/packages/dashboard/src/routes/register-auth-routes.ts
index 8e36d6f881..59476d9fb5 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/src/routes/register-auth-routes.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/src/routes/register-auth-routes.ts
@@ -684,13 +684,17 @@ export const registerAuthRoutes: ApiRouteRegistrar = (ctx) => {
}
/*
- FNXC:GrokCli 2026-07-08-00:00:
- FN-7705: inject the synthetic "Grok — via Grok CLI" provider, mirroring
- the cursor-cli injection above. Unlike Cursor (OAuth/session auth,
- `authenticated` derived from toggle+binary availability only), Grok is
- API-key auth — `authenticated` also requires the probe's own
- `authenticated` flag (GROK_API_KEY / ~/.grok/user-settings.json apiKey
- presence), per the PROMPT.md contract.
+ FNXC:GrokCli 2026-07-09-00:00:
+ FN-7716: inject the synthetic "Grok — via Grok CLI" provider, mirroring
+ the cursor-cli injection above EXACTLY — `authenticated` derives from
+ toggle+binary availability only. The `grok` CLI resolves its own
+ credentials from more sources than Fusion can see (env var, project
+ `.env`, `GROK_BASE_URL`, `grok -k`, sandbox secrets), so requiring a
+ Fusion-visible API key produced false "not authenticated" states for
+ operators with a fully working CLI. Key presence is exposed only via
+ `grokBinary.apiKeyDetected` as a non-blocking informational field on the
+ status route (see GET /providers/grok-cli/status below) — it never
+ gates this `authenticated` flag.
*/
if (store) {
let grokEnabled = false;
@@ -704,7 +708,7 @@ export const registerAuthRoutes: ApiRouteRegistrar = (ctx) => {
providers.push({
id: "grok-cli",
name: "Grok — via Grok CLI",
- authenticated: grokEnabled && grokBinary.available && grokBinary.authenticated === true,
+ authenticated: grokEnabled && grokBinary.available,
type: "cli" as const,
});
}
diff --git a/plugins/fusion-plugin-grok-runtime/README.md b/plugins/fusion-plugin-grok-runtime/README.md
index 71b830e429..513be89425 100644
--- a/plugins/fusion-plugin-grok-runtime/README.md
+++ b/plugins/fusion-plugin-grok-runtime/README.md
@@ -21,13 +21,20 @@ binary on PATH — Fusion never downloads or bundles the CLI itself.
- Provider ID: `grok-cli`
- Binary probe: `grok --version`
-- **Auth model — API key, not OAuth/session.** Grok has no `status`/`whoami`
- subcommand. Authentication is derived from key PRESENCE only:
- 1. `GROK_API_KEY` environment variable, or
- 2. `~/.grok/user-settings.json` → `{ "apiKey": "..." }`
- Base URL defaults to `https://api.x.ai/v1`. A missing/unreadable/malformed
- key configuration fails closed to `authenticated: false` with an
- actionable reason — never throws.
+- **Auth model — the `grok` CLI owns its own authentication; Fusion does
+ not require a Fusion-visible API key to enable/use it (FN-7716).** Grok
+ has no `status`/`whoami` subcommand, so Fusion probes binary availability
+ only and treats a working binary as "ready" (`authenticated: true`). The
+ CLI itself resolves credentials from more sources than Fusion can see
+ (`GROK_API_KEY` env var, a project `.env`, `grok -k `,
+ `GROK_BASE_URL`, sandbox secrets, etc.). Fusion additionally probes two of
+ those locations — the `GROK_API_KEY` env var and
+ `~/.grok/user-settings.json` → `{ "apiKey": "..." }` — purely as a
+ **non-blocking informational hint** (`apiKeyDetected`); it never gates
+ Enable or the authenticated state, and a missing/unreadable/malformed
+ settings file degrades gracefully (never throws). The direct xAI
+ OpenAI-compatible streaming path (base URL `https://api.x.ai/v1`) still
+ uses `$GROK_API_KEY` when present, independent of the CLI provider.
- Model discovery: `grok models` (plain-text output, with pricing hints per
the upstream README). The exact line shape is
`upstream-pending-verification`, so discovery parses conservatively: the
@@ -38,17 +45,20 @@ binary on PATH — Fusion never downloads or bundles the CLI itself.
## Enable via Settings → Authentication
-1. Install the `grok` CLI and set `GROK_API_KEY` (or populate
- `~/.grok/user-settings.json`).
+1. Install the `grok` CLI and authenticate it by any method it supports
+ (env var, project `.env`, `grok -k`, etc.) — Fusion does not need to see
+ the key.
2. Open Settings → Authentication in the Fusion dashboard.
-3. The "Grok — via Grok CLI" card shows probe status (binary found, API key
- present). Click **Enable** once the binary is available.
+3. The "Grok — via Grok CLI" card shows probe status. Click **Enable** once
+ the binary is available; a non-blocking hint appears only if Fusion did
+ not detect a key, noting the direct xAI streaming path uses
+ `GROK_API_KEY` when present.
4. Discovered Grok models (via `grok models`) then merge into the model
picker under the `grok-cli` provider id.
## Notes
-Do not invent a `grok status`/`whoami` JSON auth contract — Grok is
-API-key auth. See `AGENTS.md`'s "External-integration evidence" policy for
-why the release/checksum fields above stay at
-`upstream-pending-verification`.
+Do not invent a `grok status`/`whoami` JSON auth contract — readiness is
+derived from binary availability, mirroring the Cursor CLI provider. See
+`AGENTS.md`'s "External-integration evidence" policy for why the
+release/checksum fields above stay at `upstream-pending-verification`.
diff --git a/plugins/fusion-plugin-grok-runtime/src/__tests__/probe.test.ts b/plugins/fusion-plugin-grok-runtime/src/__tests__/probe.test.ts
index 289d5bb9b0..87dd7352d0 100644
--- a/plugins/fusion-plugin-grok-runtime/src/__tests__/probe.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/fusion-plugin-grok-runtime/src/__tests__/probe.test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe("probeGrokBinary", () => {
delete process.env.GROK_API_KEY;
});
- it("reports authenticated:true when GROK_API_KEY is set", async () => {
+ it("reports authenticated:true and apiKeyDetected:true when GROK_API_KEY is set", async () => {
process.env.GROK_API_KEY = "xai-test-key";
vi.mocked(runGrokCommand).mockResolvedValueOnce({ code: 0, stdout: "grok 1.0.0", stderr: "" });
@@ -26,11 +26,12 @@ describe("probeGrokBinary", () => {
expect(readFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
expect(result.available).toBe(true);
expect(result.authenticated).toBe(true);
+ expect(result.apiKeyDetected).toBe(true);
expect(result.version).toBe("grok 1.0.0");
expect(result.reason).toBeUndefined();
});
- it("falls back to ~/.grok/user-settings.json apiKey when GROK_API_KEY is unset", async () => {
+ it("reports apiKeyDetected:true from ~/.grok/user-settings.json apiKey when GROK_API_KEY is unset", async () => {
vi.mocked(runGrokCommand).mockResolvedValueOnce({ code: 0, stdout: "grok 1.0.0", stderr: "" });
vi.mocked(readFile).mockResolvedValueOnce(JSON.stringify({ apiKey: "xai-from-file" }));
@@ -38,38 +39,53 @@ describe("probeGrokBinary", () => {
expect(result.available).toBe(true);
expect(result.authenticated).toBe(true);
+ expect(result.apiKeyDetected).toBe(true);
});
- it("fails closed to authenticated:false with an actionable reason when no key is configured", async () => {
+ /*
+ FNXC:GrokCli 2026-07-09-00:00:
+ FN-7716 Symptom Verification: this is the exact reproduction of the
+ original false-negative — binary available, no Fusion-visible key
+ (GROK_API_KEY unset, ~/.grok/user-settings.json unreadable). BEFORE the fix
+ this asserted `authenticated: false` with a "GROK_API_KEY is not set"
+ reason. AFTER the fix, readiness is decoupled from key presence: the CLI
+ is treated as ready (`authenticated: true`) because the binary works, and
+ the previous key-presence signal now surfaces only as the non-blocking
+ `apiKeyDetected: false` informational field.
+ */
+ it("reports authenticated:true (readiness) with apiKeyDetected:false when no key is configured — proves the original false-negative is resolved", async () => {
vi.mocked(runGrokCommand).mockResolvedValueOnce({ code: 0, stdout: "grok 1.0.0", stderr: "" });
vi.mocked(readFile).mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("ENOENT"));
const result = await probeGrokBinary();
expect(result.available).toBe(true);
- expect(result.authenticated).toBe(false);
- expect(result.reason).toContain("GROK_API_KEY is not set");
+ expect(result.authenticated).toBe(true);
+ expect(result.apiKeyDetected).toBe(false);
+ expect(result.reason).toContain("No Grok API key detected by Fusion");
});
- it("fails closed to authenticated:false on malformed ~/.grok/user-settings.json", async () => {
+ it("reports apiKeyDetected:false on malformed ~/.grok/user-settings.json without blocking authenticated", async () => {
vi.mocked(runGrokCommand).mockResolvedValueOnce({ code: 0, stdout: "grok 1.0.0", stderr: "" });
vi.mocked(readFile).mockResolvedValueOnce("not json at all");
const result = await probeGrokBinary();
expect(result.available).toBe(true);
- expect(result.authenticated).toBe(false);
+ expect(result.authenticated).toBe(true);
+ expect(result.apiKeyDetected).toBe(false);
expect(result.reason).toContain("malformed JSON");
});
- it("fails closed to authenticated:false when the settings file has no non-empty apiKey", async () => {
+ it("reports apiKeyDetected:false when the settings file has no non-empty apiKey", async () => {
vi.mocked(runGrokCommand).mockResolvedValueOnce({ code: 0, stdout: "grok 1.0.0", stderr: "" });
vi.mocked(readFile).mockResolvedValueOnce(JSON.stringify({ apiKey: "" }));
const result = await probeGrokBinary();
expect(result.available).toBe(true);
- expect(result.authenticated).toBe(false);
+ expect(result.authenticated).toBe(true);
+ expect(result.apiKeyDetected).toBe(false);
expect(result.reason).toContain("no non-empty apiKey field");
});
@@ -83,13 +99,14 @@ describe("probeGrokBinary", () => {
expect(runGrokCommand).toHaveBeenCalledWith("grok", ["--version"], 3000);
});
- it("reports binary unavailable with actionable diagnostics when the candidate fails", async () => {
+ it("reports binary unavailable with authenticated:false and actionable diagnostics when the candidate fails", async () => {
vi.mocked(runGrokCommand).mockResolvedValueOnce({ code: 127, stdout: "", stderr: "spawn error: ENOENT: grok" });
const result = await probeGrokBinary();
expect(result.available).toBe(false);
expect(result.authenticated).toBe(false);
+ expect(result.apiKeyDetected).toBe(false);
expect(result.reason).toContain("not found");
expect(result.reason).toContain("grok: spawn error: ENOENT");
});
@@ -105,6 +122,7 @@ describe("probeGrokBinary", () => {
expect(runGrokCommand).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, "/missing/grok", ["--version"], 3000);
expect(runGrokCommand).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, "grok", ["--version"], 3000);
expect(result.available).toBe(true);
+ expect(result.authenticated).toBe(true);
expect(result.binaryPath).toBe("grok");
expect(result.usingConfiguredBinaryPath).toBe(false);
expect(result.diagnostics?.[0]).toContain("/missing/grok: spawn error: ENOENT");
diff --git a/plugins/fusion-plugin-grok-runtime/src/probe.ts b/plugins/fusion-plugin-grok-runtime/src/probe.ts
index 1f64f70824..28b9cfe8c2 100644
--- a/plugins/fusion-plugin-grok-runtime/src/probe.ts
+++ b/plugins/fusion-plugin-grok-runtime/src/probe.ts
@@ -25,22 +25,25 @@ function summarizeFailure(binary: string, stdout: string, stderr: string): strin
}
/*
-FNXC:GrokCli 2026-07-08-00:00:
-Grok is API-key auth, NOT an OAuth/session CLI like Cursor — there is no
-`grok status --format json` (or `whoami`) subcommand to probe. Auth is a Grok
-API key supplied via the `GROK_API_KEY` env var OR `~/.grok/user-settings.json`
-`{ "apiKey": ... }` (per the upstream README, verified 2026-07-08). We derive
-`authenticated` from key PRESENCE only — env var first, then the settings
-file — and fail closed to `authenticated: false` with an actionable reason on
-a missing key or an unreadable/malformed settings file. Never throw: a
-missing/corrupt `~/.grok/user-settings.json` must degrade gracefully, not
-crash the probe. Do NOT invent a status subcommand for Grok (AGENTS.md /
-PROMPT.md "Do NOT").
+FNXC:GrokCli 2026-07-09-00:00:
+FN-7716: the `grok` CLI resolves its OWN credentials from more sources than
+Fusion can inspect (project `.env`, `GROK_BASE_URL`, `grok -k`, sandbox
+secrets), on top of the two locations Fusion checks below (`GROK_API_KEY` env
+var, `~/.grok/user-settings.json` `{ apiKey }`). Requiring Fusion to see a key
+before treating the provider as "authenticated" produced false negatives for
+operators whose CLI was fully authenticated via a method Fusion doesn't
+check. Key presence is therefore surfaced ONLY as a non-blocking informational
+signal (`apiKeyDetected`) consumed by `probeGrokBinary` below — it never gates
+readiness/`authenticated`, which now derives solely from binary availability,
+mirroring the Cursor CLI provider (`authenticated: cursorEnabled &&
+cursorBinary.available`). Never throw: a missing/corrupt
+`~/.grok/user-settings.json` must degrade gracefully, not crash the probe. Do
+NOT invent a status subcommand for Grok (AGENTS.md / PROMPT.md "Do NOT").
*/
-async function probeGrokApiKeyPresence(): Promise<{ authenticated: boolean; reason?: string }> {
+async function probeGrokApiKeyPresence(): Promise<{ detected: boolean; reason?: string }> {
const envKey = process.env.GROK_API_KEY;
if (typeof envKey === "string" && envKey.trim().length > 0) {
- return { authenticated: true };
+ return { detected: true };
}
const settingsPath = join(homedir(), ".grok", "user-settings.json");
@@ -48,17 +51,17 @@ async function probeGrokApiKeyPresence(): Promise<{ authenticated: boolean; reas
try {
raw = await readFile(settingsPath, "utf-8");
} catch {
- return { authenticated: false, reason: "GROK_API_KEY is not set and ~/.grok/user-settings.json was not found" };
+ return { detected: false, reason: "No Grok API key detected by Fusion (GROK_API_KEY unset, ~/.grok/user-settings.json not found); the CLI will use its own credentials." };
}
try {
const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as { apiKey?: unknown };
if (typeof parsed?.apiKey === "string" && parsed.apiKey.trim().length > 0) {
- return { authenticated: true };
+ return { detected: true };
}
- return { authenticated: false, reason: "~/.grok/user-settings.json has no non-empty apiKey field" };
+ return { detected: false, reason: "No Grok API key detected by Fusion (~/.grok/user-settings.json has no non-empty apiKey field); the CLI will use its own credentials." };
} catch {
- return { authenticated: false, reason: "~/.grok/user-settings.json is malformed JSON" };
+ return { detected: false, reason: "No Grok API key detected by Fusion (~/.grok/user-settings.json is malformed JSON); the CLI will use its own credentials." };
}
}
@@ -81,13 +84,15 @@ export async function probeGrokBinary(options?: { timeoutMs?: number; binaryPath
probeDurationMs: Date.now() - startedAt,
};
if (version.code === 0) {
- const auth = await probeGrokApiKeyPresence();
+ // FNXC:GrokCli 2026-07-09-00:00: readiness = binary available; the CLI owns auth (FN-7716).
+ const keyPresence = await probeGrokApiKeyPresence();
return {
available: true,
- authenticated: auth.authenticated,
+ authenticated: true,
+ apiKeyDetected: keyPresence.detected,
...common,
version: version.stdout.trim() || undefined,
- reason: auth.authenticated ? undefined : auth.reason,
+ reason: keyPresence.detected ? undefined : keyPresence.reason,
};
}
}
@@ -98,6 +103,7 @@ export async function probeGrokBinary(options?: { timeoutMs?: number; binaryPath
return {
available: false,
authenticated: false,
+ apiKeyDetected: false,
configuredBinaryPath,
usingConfiguredBinaryPath: false,
diagnostics: failureDetails.length > 0 ? failureDetails : undefined,
diff --git a/plugins/fusion-plugin-grok-runtime/src/types.ts b/plugins/fusion-plugin-grok-runtime/src/types.ts
index 2defb78e57..a2e13f53a9 100644
--- a/plugins/fusion-plugin-grok-runtime/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/fusion-plugin-grok-runtime/src/types.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
export interface GrokBinaryStatus {
available: boolean;
+ /**
+ * FNXC:GrokCli 2026-07-09-00:00:
+ * FN-7716: means "Grok CLI runtime ready" (the `grok` binary is available
+ * on PATH or at a configured path) — NOT "a Fusion-visible API key was
+ * found". The `grok` CLI owns its own authentication (env var, project
+ * `.env`, `grok -k`, etc.); Fusion no longer requires visibility into a
+ * key to treat the provider as authenticated. See `apiKeyDetected` for the
+ * non-blocking informational key-presence signal.
+ */
authenticated?: boolean;
+ /**
+ * FNXC:GrokCli 2026-07-09-00:00:
+ * FN-7716: non-blocking informational hint only — true when Fusion itself
+ * detected a Grok API key (GROK_API_KEY env var or
+ * ~/.grok/user-settings.json `apiKey`). Never gates `authenticated` or
+ * enable/disable; the direct xAI OpenAI-compatible streaming path
+ * (FN-7711/FN-7714) uses $GROK_API_KEY when present regardless of this CLI
+ * probe.
+ */
+ apiKeyDetected?: boolean;
binaryPath?: string;
binaryName?: string;
configuredBinaryPath?: string;