xai-grok-imagine-video

Create, edit, and extend short AI videos via the Grok Imagine Video API.

123|21|Updated Jul 11, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/calesthio/generative-media-skills --skill xai-grok-imagine-video
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Skill: xai-grok-imagine-video
Source: https://github.com/calesthio/generative-media-skills/tree/main/skills/providers/video-generation/xai-grok-imagine-video
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/calesthio/generative-media-skills --skill xai-grok-imagine-video

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps teams create, edit, extend, and govern short AI-generated videos through xAI's direct Grok Imagine Video API while controlling costs, rights, privacy, reliability, and delivery quality.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Video Production: Create text-to-video, image-to-video, reference-to-video, video edits, and video extensions with accurate model, endpoint, prompt, duration, aspect ratio, and resolution selection.
  • Operational Guardrails: Prepare exact cost estimates, require approval before paid requests, preserve source provenance, validate media, handle asynchronous jobs, recover known requests, and prevent unsafe retries after ambiguous creates.
  • Governance and Delivery: Apply moderation, likeness and publicity checks, retention and sharing controls, ZDR verification, Files and Batch policies, artifact hashing, media probing, decoding, and final QA.
  • Use Case: Create a six-second product video from a licensed image, calculate its exact maximum cost, obtain approval, submit it through the direct API, validate the returned media, and record its provenance and review evidence.

Quick Start

Use the xAI Grok Imagine video skill to prepare a dry-run dossier and exact cost approval for a production-ready video request from my brief and authorized source media.

Frequently Asked Questions about xai-grok-imagine-video

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I calculate the exact maximum cost of an AI video before submitting it to the xAI Grok Imagine API?

To calculate AI video generation costs, you prepare a dry-run dossier that determines exact maximum expenses based on duration, resolution, and model routing, requiring explicit cost approval before submitting any paid request through the direct API.

How does governing AI video creation work with text-to-video and image-to-video workflows?

Governing AI video creation involves applying moderation, likeness checks, and rights reviews to text-to-video and image-to-video workflows, ensuring source provenance is preserved and artifact QA validates the returned media before final delivery.

Can I use xAI Grok Imagine Video for enterprise media governance and privacy compliance?

Yes, you can use it for enterprise media governance by enforcing retention controls, ZDR verification, and residency decisions, ensuring privacy compliance and applying Files and Batch policies during the video creation and editing process.

What is the best way to recover asynchronous video generation jobs and prevent unsafe retries?

The best way to recover asynchronous video jobs is to handle known requests through bounded network processing, preventing unsafe retries after ambiguous creates by validating media and applying operational guardrails during asynchronous recovery.

Does this approach support video editing and continuation for short AI-generated videos?

Yes, the approach supports video editing and continuation for short AI-generated videos by applying accurate endpoint routing, duration selection, and artifact hashing to extend existing media while maintaining production-ready quality and governance checks.