Make xAI optional dependency explicit

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Summary

• Mark xAI as optional-only by leaving only xai-sdk in extras section.
• Clarify in docs that core install excludes provider SDKs and requires optional extras.
• Update xAI integration doc quick-start copy to mention installing for xAI support.

Validation

• uv run pytest tests/test_xai_optional_dependency.py -q

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Note

Low Risk
Docs-only changes plus a small optional-dependency adjustment; the main risk is users relying on python-dotenv being implicitly installed via instructor[xai].

Overview
Documentation now explicitly states that Instructor’s core install includes only required dependencies and that provider SDKs (including xAI) must be installed via optional extras.

Packaging is adjusted so the xai optional extra depends only on xai-sdk (removing python-dotenv), with a minor regenerated requirements.txt metadata/comment tweak.

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