Run xAI Grok locally via bundled scripts (search + chat + model listing). Default output for search is pretty JSON (agent-friendly) with citations.

API key

The script looks for an xAI API key in this order: - XAI_API_KEY env var - ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json → env.XAI_API_KEY - ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json → skills.entries["grok-search"].apiKey - fallback: skills.entries["search-x"].apiKey or skills.entries.xai.apiKey

Run

Use {baseDir} so the command works regardless of workspace layout.

Search

Web search (JSON):
- node {baseDir}/scripts/grok_search.mjs "<query>" --web
X/Twitter search (JSON):
- node {baseDir}/scripts/grok_search.mjs "<query>" --x

Chat

Chat (text):
- node {baseDir}/scripts/chat.mjs "<prompt>"
Chat (vision):
- node {baseDir}/scripts/chat.mjs --image /path/to/image.jpg "<prompt>"

Models

List models:
- node {baseDir}/scripts/models.mjs

Useful flags

Output: - --links-only print just citation URLs - --text hide the citations section in pretty output - --raw include the raw Responses API payload on stderr (debug)

Common: - --max <n> limit results (default 8) - --model <id> (default grok-4-1-fast)

X-only filters (server-side via x_search tool params): - --days <n> (e.g. 7) - --from YYYY-MM-DD / --to YYYY-MM-DD - --handles @a,@b (limit to these handles) - --exclude @bots,@spam (exclude handles)

Output shape (JSON)

{
  "query": "...",
  "mode": "web" | "x",
  "results": [
    {
      "title": "...",
      "url": "...",
      "snippet": "...",
      "author": "...",
      "posted_at": "..."
    }
  ],
  "citations": ["https://..."]
}

Notes

citations are merged/validated from xAI response annotations where possible (more reliable than trusting the model’s JSON blindly).
Prefer --x for tweets/threads, --web for general research.

grok-search