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Grouper AI agentic with Claude code

Grouper AI agentic with Claude code

Jul 01, 2026

Using agentic AI with Grouper

The best way to use AI with Grouper currently (as of March 2026) is agentic AI.

A known best pattern is Claude Code with Opus.  This seems expensive but it provides valuable time savings in working with and troubleshooting Grouper.

You can use any agentic tool with Opus and it will be similar.  Or if you do not have access to Opus your mileage may vary.

How to use Claude Code with Grouper

You can set this up however you want, but at a high level you want the source code of Grouper (all modules) in the version that you use, and your local code/views/etc.

See what version of Grouper you want Claude to use

Go to a new directory.

Might as well clone Grouper so you can easily switch tags as you upgrade.  Switch to the tag of your version

mchyzer@Chriss-MacBook-Pro-6 /tmp % mkdir myGrouper mchyzer@Chriss-MacBook-Pro-6 /tmp % cd myGrouper mchyzer@Chriss-MacBook-Pro-6 myGrouper % git clone https://github.com/Internet2/grouper.git mchyzer@Chriss-MacBook-Pro-6 myGrouper % cd grouper mchyzer@Chriss-MacBook-Pro-6 grouper % git fetch --tags mchyzer@Chriss-MacBook-Pro-6 grouper % git checkout tags/GROUPER_RELEASE_5.22.1

 

Start claude (after installing, enrolling, paying, etc)

 

Add in your institution's folder of source control for GSH templates, SQL views, documentation for institution-specific Grouper stuff, etc

Then your Grouper turbo jets are on!  Note, it works well to just edit files in your institution's folder.  Edit GSH templates, daemons, views, reports, etc.