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xAI Grok models provide competitive document understanding with OpenAI-compatible API format.

Installation

Basic Setup

Native API

Available Models

OpenRouter Model IDs

When using OpenRouter, prefix models with x-ai/:

Configuration Options

Capabilities

Input Formats

Images

xAI only supports JPEG and PNG images:
Image limits: 30MB per file, max 10 images via API.

PDFs

xAI also supports DOCX, TXT, MD, and CSV files.

Extended Reasoning

Grok models support reasoning for complex extractions:
Reasoning configuration uses the same effort parameter as OpenAI.

Large Context Processing

Grok fast models have 2M token context:

Production Setup

Pricing

Via OpenRouter (approximate):

Example: Technical Document

API Compatibility

xAI uses OpenAI-compatible API format, making it easy to switch between providers:

Next Steps

OpenAI

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Google

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