venice-router

Supreme model router for Venice.ai — the privacy-first, uncensored AI platform. Automatically classifies query complexity and routes to the cheapest adequate model. Supports web search, uncensored mode, private-only mode (zero data retention), conversation-aware routing, cost budgets, function calling, thinking/reasoning mode, and 35+ Venice.ai text models. Use when the user wants to chat via Venice.ai, send prompts through Venice, or needs smart model selection to minimize API costs while keeping data private from Big Tech.

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name	venice-router
version	1.5.0
description	Supreme model router for Venice.ai — the privacy-first, uncensored AI platform. Automatically classifies query complexity and routes to the cheapest adequate model. Supports web search, uncensored mode, private-only mode (zero data retention), conversation-aware routing, cost budgets, function calling, thinking/reasoning mode, and 35+ Venice.ai text models. Use when the user wants to chat via Venice.ai, send prompts through Venice, or needs smart model selection to minimize API costs while keeping data private from Big Tech.
homepage	https://venice.ai
source	https://github.com/PlusOne/venice.ai-router-openclaw
user-invocable	true
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Venice.ai Supreme Router

Smart, cost-optimized model routing for Venice.ai — the AI platform for people who don't want Big Tech watching over their shoulder.

Unlike OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google — where every prompt is logged, analyzed, and potentially used to train future models — Venice offers true privacy with zero data retention on private models. Your conversations stay yours. Venice is also uncensored: no content filters, no refusals, no "I can't help with that."

Setup

Get a Venice.ai API key from venice.ai/settings/api
Set the environment variable:

export VENICE_API_KEY="your-key-here"

Or configure in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:

{
  "skills": {
    "entries": {
      "venice-router": {
        "enabled": true,
        "apiKey": "YOUR_VENICE_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Usage

Route a prompt (auto-selects model)

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/venice-router.py --prompt "What is 2+2?"

Force a specific tier

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/venice-router.py --tier cheap --prompt "Tell me a joke"
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/venice-router.py --tier budget-medium --prompt "Write a Python function"
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/venice-router.py --tier mid --prompt "Explain quantum computing"
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/venice-router.py --tier premium --prompt

Tier	Models	Cost (input/output per 1M tokens)	Best For
cheap	Venice Small (qwen3-4b), GLM 4.7 Flash, GPT OSS 120B, Llama 3.2 3B	$0.05–$0.15 / $0.15–$0.60	Simple Q&A, greetings, math, lookups
budget	Qwen 3 235B, Venice Uncensored, GLM 4.7 Flash Heretic	$0.14–$0.20 / $0.75–$0.90	Moderate questions, summaries, translations
budget-medium	Grok Code Fast, DeepSeek V3.2, MiniMax M2.1	$0.25–$0.40 / $1.00–$1.87	Moderate-to-complex tasks, code snippets, structured output
mid	DeepSeek V3.2, MiniMax M2.1/M2.5, Qwen3 Thinking 235B, Venice Medium, Llama 3.3 70B	$0.25–$0.70 / $1.00–$3.50	Code generation, analysis, longer writing, reasoning
high	GLM 5, Kimi K2 Thinking, Kimi K2.5, Grok 4.1 Fast, Hermes 3 405B, Gemini 3 Flash	$0.50–$1.10 / $1.25–$3.75	Complex reasoning, multi-step tasks, code review
premium	GPT-5.2, GPT-5.2 Codex, Gemini 3 Pro, Gemini 3.1 Pro (1M ctx), Claude Opus/Sonnet 4.5/4.6	$2.19–$6.00 / $15.00–$30.00	Expert-level analysis, architecture, research papers

Variable	Description	Default
`VENICE_API_KEY`	Venice.ai API key (required)	—
`VENICE_DEFAULT_TIER`	Minimum floor tier — auto-classification never goes below this. Valid: `cheap`, `budget`, `budget-medium`, `mid`, `high`, `premium`	`budget`
`VENICE_MAX_TIER`	Maximum tier to ever use (cost cap)	`premium`
`VENICE_TEMPERATURE`	Default temperature	`0.7`
`VENICE_MAX_TOKENS`	Default max tokens	`4096`
`VENICE_STREAM`	Enable streaming by default	`false`
`VENICE_UNCENSORED`	Always prefer uncensored models	`false`
`VENICE_PRIVATE_ONLY`	Only use private models (zero data retention)	`false`
`VENICE_WEB_SEARCH`	Enable web search by default ($10/1K calls)	`false`
`VENICE_THINKING`	Always prefer thinking/reasoning models	`false`
`VENICE_DAILY_BUDGET`	Max daily spend in USD (0 = unlimited)	`0`
`VENICE_SESSION_BUDGET`	Max per-session spend in USD (0 = unlimited)	`0`

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Route a prompt (auto-selects model)

Force a specific tier

Venice.ai Supreme Router

Setup

Usage

Route a prompt (auto-selects model)

Force a specific tier

Stream output

Web search (LLM searches the web and cites sources)

Uncensored mode (prefer models with no content filters)

Private-only mode (zero data retention, no Big Tech proxying)

Conversation-aware routing (multi-turn context)

Function calling (tool use)

Cost budget tracking

Classify only (no API call)

List available models and tiers

Override model directly

Tiers

Routing Strategy

Environment Variables

Why Venice.ai?

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Setup

Usage

Route a prompt (auto-selects model)

Force a specific tier

Venice.ai Supreme Router

Setup

Usage

Route a prompt (auto-selects model)

Force a specific tier

Stream output

Web search (LLM searches the web and cites sources)

Uncensored mode (prefer models with no content filters)

Private-only mode (zero data retention, no Big Tech proxying)

Conversation-aware routing (multi-turn context)

Function calling (tool use)

Cost budget tracking

Classify only (no API call)

List available models and tiers

Override model directly

Tiers

Routing Strategy

Environment Variables

Why Venice.ai?

Tips