Using Grok 4 on xAI Console

Implementation guide · Grok 4 · xAI

DeprecatedRetired May 15, 2026

xAI Console exposes Grok 4 through model ID grok-4-0709. Use the setup steps, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

Last refreshed 2026-10-18. Next refresh: weekly.

Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at xAI Console and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the xAI Console SDK or REST API to call grok-4-0709 — see the documentation for request format.
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Code Examples

See xAI Console documentation for integration details.

Capabilities

VisionMultimodalReasoningJSON / Tool useStructured OutputsCode ExecutionPrompt Caching

About Grok 4

Original Grok 4 API model (grok-4-0709) with 256K context, reasoning, text and image input, function calling, structured outputs, live browsing, and code execution support. xAI lists May 15, 2026 as the API retirement date for this model; new integrations should use Grok 4.3.

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Model Specs

Released2025-07-09
Context256K
ArchitectureDecoder Only

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