xAI enables Grok and X Premium for agent chat inside OpenClaw agents

xAI said on May 19 that users can now connect Grok and X Premium subscriptions to OpenClaw, an open-source, local-first agent and personal assistant. The company said the integration lets subscribers use Grok inside OpenClaw “starting today,” with support available on every tier of the platform. OpenClaw’s documentation says the same xAI credential can also be used for X post search, image and video generation, and some remote tool functions. xAI said more open-source agents and integrations are coming soon. ### Which subscriptions now work inside OpenClaw? xAI’s May 19 announcement named SuperGrok and X Premium as the subscriptions that can be used inside OpenClaw. The post said users can “log in and use” those subscriptions inside the agent platform rather than only through xAI’s own interfaces. Public mirrors of the announcement and OpenClaw’s site also describe the feature as available across every tier. OpenClaw describes itself as an open-source, local-first agent and personal assistant that runs on hardware ranging from a laptop or Mac Mini to a server, VPS or Raspberry Pi. (x.ai) The company says the software keeps persistent memory across sessions and can connect to messaging apps including WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Signal and iMessage. ### What can Grok do once it is connected? OpenClaw’s xAI provider documentation says the credential used for xAI access can power the xAI Responses API inside the platform. (x.ai) The same documentation says that credential can also enable first-class X search, remote code execution, and xAI image and video generation. A separate OpenClaw tool page says Grok can be configured as a web-search provider and that the same key can also power the built-in `x_search` tool for searching X posts. The xAI announcement itself was shorter. It said users can use their subscription inside OpenClaw and pointed readers to OpenClaw getting-started material and xAI provider docs for details. ### How do users connect xAI to an OpenClaw agent? OpenClaw’s documentation says users can authenticate with xAI through an API key, OAuth or device-code login, depending on how they install and run the software. The provider page says those credentials can be set during onboarding, and the configuration docs say Grok can also be selected later as a web-search provider with optional follow-up prompts for X search. (docs.openclaw.ai) (x.ai) The May 19 xAI post said OpenClaw prints a short code and URL for browser sign-in in some setups, including when users are on a VPS or over SSH. That gives subscribers a way to attach an existing paid account to an agent running on their own hardware. ### Why does the OpenClaw integration matter for agent builders? OpenClaw’s feature pages show Grok among a longer list of supported web-search providers, alongside services such as Brave, Gemini, Kimi, Perplexity and others. (docs.openclaw.ai) The xAI provider page goes further by documenting not just model access but bundled tools tied to the same credential, including X search and media generation. TestingCatalog, in a May 20 post citing xAI’s announcement, said the update means Grok and X Premium can now be used inside OpenClaw for agent chat, image and video generation, and X post search. (publicnow.com) That description matches the capabilities described in OpenClaw’s own documentation. ### What happens next? xAI said on May 19 that “more open-source agents and integrations are coming soon.” For now, the next documented step is in OpenClaw’s setup flow, where users can install the software, choose xAI during onboarding, and configure optional X search and related tools through the company’s provider and configuration pages. (docs.openclaw.ai) (x.ai)