Grok web search with cited sources

Query

The question or task for GrokRequired · query

Instructions

System instructions: tone, format, language, what to focus onOptional · instructions

Model

Grok-4.3 is the cheapest (1M context); grok-4.7 is xAI's most capable model; grok-4.6 costs the same as grok-4.7 (grok-4.3, grok-4.7 or grok-4.6)Optional · model

Max output tokens

Cap on answer plus reasoning tokens, sent to xAIOptional · max_output_tokens

Max turns

Cap on agentic search turns, sent to xAI (one search per turn)Optional · max_turns

Allowed domains

Only these domains (max 5)Optional · allowed_domains

Excluded domains

Never these domains (max 5)Optional · excluded_domains

Enable image understanding

Let Grok look at images on pages (more tokens)Optional · enable_image_understanding

Price

Usage based, at the cost the provider reports for the call

Billing

Billed at the cost the provider reports for the call, never above $5. Your agent sees the maximum before running.

Price checked

8 October 2026

Your agent reads the schema and the price with inspect_tool before it runs the tool.

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Tool ID

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• DuckDuckGo instant answerDuckDuckGoFree
• Exa web searchExaUsage based
• Firecrawl Alexandria tool contractsFirecrawlFree
• Firecrawl docs search with citationsFirecrawlUsage based
• Firecrawl web search with optional scrapingFirecrawlUsage based
• Google searchScrapeCreatorsUsage based
• Google web searchSerper$0.001/credit
• Tavily agent searchTavilyfrom $0.008
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• AI visibility auditChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Perplexity and Grok, asked your buyers’ questions, with the brands they name and the pages they cite.