diff --git a/src/agents/tools/web-search.test.ts b/src/agents/tools/web-search.test.ts
index 47ef32499b..8b7e098618 100644
--- a/src/agents/tools/web-search.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/tools/web-search.test.ts
@@ -145,21 +145,66 @@ describe("web_search grok config resolution", () => {
 });
 
 describe("web_search grok response parsing", () => {
-  it("extracts content from Responses API output blocks", () => {
-    expect(
-      extractGrokContent({
-        output: [
-          {
-            content: [{ text: "hello from output" }],
-          },
-        ],
-      }),
-    ).toBe("hello from output");
+  it("extracts content from Responses API message blocks", () => {
+    const result = extractGrokContent({
+      output: [
+        {
+          type: "message",
+          content: [{ type: "output_text", text: "hello from output" }],
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(result.text).toBe("hello from output");
+    expect(result.annotationCitations).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("extracts url_citation annotations from content blocks", () => {
+    const result = extractGrokContent({
+      output: [
+        {
+          type: "message",
+          content: [
+            {
+              type: "output_text",
+              text: "hello with citations",
+              annotations: [
+                {
+                  type: "url_citation",
+                  url: "https://example.com/a",
+                  start_index: 0,
+                  end_index: 5,
+                },
+                {
+                  type: "url_citation",
+                  url: "https://example.com/b",
+                  start_index: 6,
+                  end_index: 10,
+                },
+                {
+                  type: "url_citation",
+                  url: "https://example.com/a",
+                  start_index: 11,
+                  end_index: 15,
+                }, // duplicate
+              ],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(result.text).toBe("hello with citations");
+    expect(result.annotationCitations).toEqual(["https://example.com/a", "https://example.com/b"]);
   });
 
   it("falls back to deprecated output_text", () => {
-    expect(extractGrokContent({ output_text: "hello from output_text" })).toBe(
-      "hello from output_text",
-    );
+    const result = extractGrokContent({ output_text: "hello from output_text" });
+    expect(result.text).toBe("hello from output_text");
+    expect(result.annotationCitations).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("returns undefined text when no content found", () => {
+    const result = extractGrokContent({});
+    expect(result.text).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(result.annotationCitations).toEqual([]);
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/agents/tools/web-search.ts b/src/agents/tools/web-search.ts
index 428c37f8a8..bc6904e758 100644
--- a/src/agents/tools/web-search.ts
+++ b/src/agents/tools/web-search.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ type GrokSearchResponse = {
     content?: Array<{
       type?: string;
       text?: string;
+      annotations?: Array<{
+        type?: string;
+        url?: string;
+        start_index?: number;
+        end_index?: number;
+      }>;
     }>;
   }>;
   output_text?: string; // deprecated field - kept for backwards compatibility
@@ -131,13 +137,28 @@ type PerplexitySearchResponse = {
 
 type PerplexityBaseUrlHint = "direct" | "openrouter";
 
-function extractGrokContent(data: GrokSearchResponse): string | undefined {
-  // xAI Responses API format: output[0].content[0].text
-  const fromResponses = data.output?.[0]?.content?.[0]?.text;
-  if (typeof fromResponses === "string" && fromResponses) {
-    return fromResponses;
+function extractGrokContent(data: GrokSearchResponse): {
+  text: string | undefined;
+  annotationCitations: string[];
+} {
+  // xAI Responses API format: find the message output with text content
+  for (const output of data.output ?? []) {
+    if (output.type !== "message") {
+      continue;
+    }
+    for (const block of output.content ?? []) {
+      if (block.type === "output_text" && typeof block.text === "string" && block.text) {
+        // Extract url_citation annotations from this content block
+        const urls = (block.annotations ?? [])
+          .filter((a) => a.type === "url_citation" && typeof a.url === "string")
+          .map((a) => a.url as string);
+        return { text: block.text, annotationCitations: [...new Set(urls)] };
+      }
+    }
   }
-  return typeof data.output_text === "string" ? data.output_text : undefined;
+  // Fallback: deprecated output_text field
+  const text = typeof data.output_text === "string" ? data.output_text : undefined;
+  return { text, annotationCitations: [] };
 }
 
 function resolveSearchConfig(cfg?: OpenClawConfig): WebSearchConfig {
@@ -494,8 +515,10 @@ async function runGrokSearch(params: {
   }
 
   const data = (await res.json()) as GrokSearchResponse;
-  const content = extractGrokContent(data) ?? "No response";
-  const citations = data.citations ?? [];
+  const { text: extractedText, annotationCitations } = extractGrokContent(data);
+  const content = extractedText ?? "No response";
+  // Prefer top-level citations; fall back to annotation-derived ones
+  const citations = (data.citations ?? []).length > 0 ? data.citations! : annotationCitations;
   const inlineCitations = data.inline_citations;
 
   return { content, citations, inlineCitations };