Grok API

Added service tier support for priority processing.

Imagine file storage is now available, and image and video generation endpoints accept file-ID inputs. The files client now supports public file URLs and list filtering.

What's Changed

• Add grok-build-0.1 to ChatModel by @shawnthapa in https://github.com/xai-org/xai-sdk-python/pull/155
• Add context compaction support by @shawnthapa in https://github.com/xai-org/xai-sdk-python/pull/156
• Bump version from 1.14.0 to 1.15.0 by @shawnthapa in…

What's Changed

• Add enable_image_search to web_search and SERVER_SIDE_TOOL_IMAGE_SEARCH enum by @ushiromiya-lion in https://github.com/xai-org/xai-sdk-python/pull/152
• Bump version to 1.14.0 by @ushiromiya-lion in https://github.com/xai-org/xai-sdk-python/pull/153

xAI's fast coding model trained specifically for agentic coding, currently in early access. The model slug is grok-build-0.1.

What's Changed

• feat: add prepare_extension() for batch video extension by @double-di in https://github.com/xai-org/xai-sdk-python/pull/141

Full Changelog: https://github.com/xai-org/xai-sdk-python/compare/v1.12.2...v1.13.0

Grok Build is now available in beta. Use the interactive TUI, run headlessly in scripts, or build apps and orchestrators with the Agent Client Protocol.

Install with a single command:

curl -fsSL https://x.ai/cli/install.sh | bash

What's Changed

• Add none and medium reasoning effort levels by @shawnthapa in https://github.com/xai-org/xai-sdk-python/pull/139
• Bump version from 1.12.1 to 1.12.2 by @shawnthapa in https://github.com/xai-org/xai-sdk-python/pull/140

You can now clone a voice from a short audio clip and use it across the Text-to-Speech and Voice Agent APIs. Create and manage your voice catalog from the xAI console.

What's Changed

• Update the CHANGELOG with missing entries by @Omar-V2 in https://github.com/xai-org/xai-sdk-python/pull/135
• Add grok-4.3 to ChatModel by @shawnthapa in https://github.com/xai-org/xai-sdk-python/pull/137
• Bump version from 1.12.0 to 1.12.1 by @shawnthapa in…

Every API response now includes the exact cost of the request via a cost_in_usd_ticks field in the usage object. Works across chat completions, Responses API, image generation, video generation, and streaming.

What's Changed

• docs: add video generation and extension documentation to README by @double-di in https://github.com/xai-org/xai-sdk-python/pull/127
• Add collection descriptions, field definition updates, and bytes chunking by @Omar-V2 in…

You can now set an expiration policy on uploaded files using expires_after or an explicit expires_at timestamp. Expired files are automatically deleted.

You can now use grok-voice-think-fast-1.0 with the Voice Agent API. See the blog post for more details.

The xAI Speech to Text API is now generally available. Transcribe audio to text in 25 languages with batch and streaming modes.

What's Changed

• Support inline file attachments by @shawnthapa in https://github.com/xai-org/xai-sdk-python/pull/122
• Add url support for FileContent by @shawnthapa in https://github.com/xai-org/xai-sdk-python/pull/123
• Bump version from 1.10.0 to 1.11.0 by @shawnthapa in…

What's Changed

• Add video extension API and reference_image_urls support by @Omar-V2 in https://github.com/xai-org/xai-sdk-python/pull/120
• Prepare to release v1.10.0 of the xAI Python SDK by @Omar-V2 in https://github.com/xai-org/xai-sdk-python/pull/121

What's Changed

• Handle video generation failure case by @Omar-V2 in https://github.com/xai-org/xai-sdk-python/pull/110
• Prepare to release v1.8.2 of the xAI Python SDK by @Omar-V2 in https://github.com/xai-org/xai-sdk-python/pull/111