Deploy Grokky

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Deploy Grokky — start Docker, ensure grok_spawner, build images, publish package

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What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by datagrok-ai/public in packages/Grokky/.claude/skills/deploy-grokky/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

This skill performs a full deployment of the Grokky package:

  • Ensures Docker is running
  • Ensures grok_spawner is running
  • Builds required Docker images
  • Starts runtime containers
  • Builds and publishes the package

Arguments

$ARGUMENTS may include:

  • key: <ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>
  • host: <publish host>

Resolve arguments

  1. If host is missing: Ask: "Which host should I publish to? (e.g., localhost, dev, public)" Wait for user input before continuing.

  2. If key is missing: Run:

    echo $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
    

    If empty, ask the user to provide the key and wait.

Resolve paths

Set variables explicitly:

GROKKY_ROOT=$(cd "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../.." && pwd)
DOCKER_DIR=$(cd "$GROKKY_ROOT/../../docker" && pwd)
COMPOSE_FILE="$DOCKER_DIR/localhost.bleeding-edge.docker-compose.yaml"

Step 1 — Ensure Docker is running

Run:

docker info > /dev/null 2>&1

If it fails:

open -a Docker

Then retry every 3 seconds (max 10 attempts):

for i in {1..10}; do
  sleep 3
  docker info > /dev/null 2>&1 && break
done

If still failing after 10 attempts: Stop execution and tell user: "Docker is not running. Please start Docker manually."


Step 2 — Ensure grok_spawner is running and fresh

Check if running:

docker ps --filter "name=grok_spawner" --format "{{.Names}}"

If no output, start it:

cd "$DOCKER_DIR"
GROK_SPAWNER_CORE_MODE=true docker compose -f "$COMPOSE_FILE" up -d grok_spawner

If running, check its age:

docker inspect --format '{{.Created}}' grok_spawner

Parse the timestamp and compare to now. If the container is older than 2 days, recreate it:

cd "$DOCKER_DIR"
GROK_SPAWNER_CORE_MODE=true docker compose -f "$COMPOSE_FILE" up -d --force-recreate grok_spawner

Do NOT start any other services.


Step 3 — Detect the Docker network

The network name varies by setup. Detect it from the running grok_spawner container:

DOCKER_NETWORK=$(docker ps --filter "name=grok_spawner" --format "{{.Networks}}" | head -1)

If DOCKER_NETWORK is empty, fall back:

DOCKER_NETWORK=$(docker network ls --format "{{.Name}}" | grep -E "datagrok" | head -1)

If still empty, stop and tell user: "No datagrok Docker network found. Is the platform running?"


Step 4 — Detect required image builds

cd "$GROKKY_ROOT"
CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only HEAD -- dockerfiles/; git status --short -- dockerfiles/)

Check existing images:

EXISTING_IMAGES=$(docker images --format "{{.Repository}}:{{.Tag}}" | grep grokky || true)

Determine build flags:

  • Build claude-runtime if:

    • dockerfiles/claude-runtime/ appears in $CHANGED_FILES OR
    • grokky-claude-runtime:admin not found in $EXISTING_IMAGES
  • Build mcp-server if:

    • dockerfiles/mcp-server/ appears in $CHANGED_FILES OR
    • grokky-mcp-server:admin not found in $EXISTING_IMAGES

If neither needs building, skip to Step 6.


Step 5 — Build images (only those flagged in Step 4)

claude-runtime

cd "$GROKKY_ROOT/dockerfiles/claude-runtime"
docker build --build-arg ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=$KEY -t grokky-claude-runtime:admin .
docker rm -f grokky-claude-runtime 2>/dev/null || true

mcp-server

cd "$GROKKY_ROOT/dockerfiles/mcp-server"
docker build -t grokky-mcp-server:admin .
docker rm -f grokky-mcp-server 2>/dev/null || true

Step 6 — Build and publish

cd "$GROKKY_ROOT"
npm run build

If build fails, stop and show the error output.

If build succeeds:

grok publish $HOST

If publish fails, stop and show the error output.


Step 7 — Report results

Print:

  • Whether Docker was started
  • Whether grok_spawner was started
  • Which images were built (or "all cached")
  • Container statuses
  • Publish result

Signals

GitHub stars
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Last commit
Sep 2026
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Source
github.com/datagrok-ai/public