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OpenClaw Makes SpaceXAI's Grok 4.6 Available for Local-First Agents

August 12, 2026 at 11:36 EDT

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OpenClaw said on Aug. 12 that SpaceXAI's Grok 4.6 is now live in its local-first agent platform, giving users a new foundation-model option for persistent, tool-using workflows. The move extends an existing Grok connection rather than introducing a new provider.

Aug. 12, 2026 · OpenClaw

Grok 4.6 enters OpenClaw

The new model can now power persistent, local-first agent workflows. Exact Grok 4.6 specifications and API terms remain undocumented.

Integration path

One agent route, three layers

1 · Local

OpenClaw gateway

Configuration, memory and routing

→

2 · Connection

xAI provider

OAuth or API key

→

3 · Remote

Grok 4.6

Model inference and enabled server tools

What is documented

Known costs and the prior-model baseline

per 1,000 server-tool calls, plus model tokens

500K

Grok 4.5 context window; no 4.6 figure listed

$2 / $6

Grok 4.5 input / output per 1M tokens

Prior-model output-token comparison

Average output tokens per SWE-Bench Pro task

15,954

Grok 4.5

67,020

Claude Opus 4.8 max

4.2× fewer tokens was the Grok 4.5 claim. This is not a Grok 4.6 result.

Immediate value

A direct route into agent workflows

Subscription sign-in, persistent sessions and multi-channel access already exist in the integration.

Open questions

The model details are still missing

No listed Grok 4.6 model ID, context window, API token price, benchmark set or regional matrix.

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