grok-search

name	grok-search
preloaded	true
description	Search the web or X/Twitter using xAI Grok server-side tools (web_search, x_search) via the xAI Responses API. Use when you need tweets/threads/users from X, want Grok as an alternative to Brave, or you need structured JSON + citations.
homepage	https://docs.x.ai/docs/guides/tools/search-tools
triggers	["grok","xai","search x","search twitter","find tweets","x search","twitter search","web_search","x_search"]
metadata	{"openclaw":{"emoji":"🔎","requires":{"bins":"[Truncated]","env":"[Truncated]"},"primaryEnv":"XAI_API_KEY"}}

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
• ~/.hermes/.env → XAI_API_KEY=...
• ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json → env.XAI_API_KEY
• ~/.openclaw/openclaw.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-reasoning)

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.