| name | openclaw-providers |
| description | OpenClaw model providers. Use when configuring LLM providers (60+ individual provider files tracked: OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Bedrock, Ollama, DeepSeek, Groq, Together, Cerebras, xAI, Cohere, Deepgram, SenseAudio, Tencent, VolcEngine, and more), API keys, OAuth, auth profiles, model failover, API key rotation, billing disable backoff, and usage tracking. Triggers on: provider, model, API key, OAuth, Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Bedrock, Ollama, failover, auth profile, billing disable, key rotation, Cohere, Deepgram, transcription, SenseAudio, speech to text, Tencent, VolcEngine, Doubao, voice provider, STT provider. |
Routing hints
You should route to this skill when the user asks about a model provider — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Bedrock, Ollama, DeepSeek, Groq, Together, xAI, Z.AI, Mistral, vLLM, OpenRouter, HuggingFace, Moonshot, OpenCode, LM Studio, NVIDIA, Volcengine, Qwen, Stepfun, Tencent, Xiaomi, Fal, plus all newly-added providers (ds4, novita, ollama-cloud, pixverse, plus per-provider framework files). References: model-providers.md, providers.md, providers-index.md, models.md, anthropic.md, openai.md, google.md, bedrock.md, bedrock-mantle.md, azure-speech.md, ollama.md, ollama-cloud.md, deepseek.md, groq.md, together.md, xai.md, zai.md, mistral.md, vllm.md, openrouter.md, huggingface.md, moonshot.md, opencode.md, opencode-go.md, lmstudio.md, nvidia.md, volcengine.md, qwen.md, qwen_modelstudio.md, qwen-oauth.md, stepfun.md, tencent.md, xiaomi.md, fal.md, fireworks.md, kilocode.md, litellm.md, minimax.md, sglang.md, synthetic.md, venice.md, vercel-ai-gateway.md, vydra.md, github-copilot.md, gmi.md, glm.md, claude-max-api-proxy.md, cloudflare-ai-gateway.md, cohere.md, comfy.md, deepgram.md, deepinfra.md, elevenlabs.md, gradium.md, inworld.md, inferrs.md, perplexity-provider.md, runway.md, senseaudio.md, qianfan.md, arcee.md, alibaba.md, cerebras.md, chutes.md, faq-models.md.
OpenClaw Model Providers
60+ providers tracked (69 individual provider files including per-provider framework files like bedrock-mantle.md and azure-speech.md). Pick a provider, authenticate, set agents.defaults.model.primary.
Quick setup
openclaw onboard
openclaw models status
agents: {
defaults: {
model: { primary: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-7", fallbacks: ["openai/gpt-4o-mini"] }
}
}
Top providers
| Provider | Auth | Auto-detect |
|---|
| Anthropic | API key / OAuth | ✅ |
| OpenAI | API key / OAuth | ✅ |
| Google Gemini | API key / OAuth | ✅ |
| Amazon Bedrock | AWS SDK | ✅ |
| Ollama | Local (no key) | ❌ |
| DeepSeek | API key | ✅ |
| Groq | API key | ✅ |
| OpenRouter | API key | ✅ |
| Mistral | API key | ✅ |
| Cerebras | API key | ✅ |
| xAI | API key | ✅ |
| LM Studio | Local | ❌ |
| vLLM / SGLang | API key | ❌ |
See references/index.md for full 50+ provider list.
Model failover (two-stage)
Stage 1: Auth profile rotation within provider (rate-limit only)
Stage 2: Model fallback to next in fallbacks[]:
{ primary: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-0", fallbacks: [{ provider: "openai", model: "gpt-4o" }] }
Fallbacks only persist fallback-owned fields — does NOT override manual /model.
API key rotation
OPENAI_API_KEYS="sk-1,sk-2,sk-3"
Triggers on 429 or text-matched rate-limit errors. Non-429 errors fail immediately.
Auth profiles (precedence: explicit > configured > round-robin)
auth: {
order: { openai: ["openai:default", "openai:work@corp.com"] },
profiles: {
"openai:default": { type: "api_key", provider: "openai", key: "sk-..." }
}
}
Billing disable backoff
On billing errors: 5h → 10h → 20h → 24h cap. Resets after 24h no-failure.
/fast toggle
| Provider | Effect |
|---|
| Anthropic | service_tier: "economy" |
| OpenAI | service_tier: "priority" |
| xAI / MiniMax | Model rewrite to -fast variant |
Usage tracking
Direct from provider API (not estimates). Supported: Anthropic OAuth, GitHub Copilot OAuth, Gemini CLI OAuth, OpenAI Codex OAuth, MiniMax.
References
references/index.md — full provider listreferences/anthropic.md, references/google.md, references/openai.mdreferences/bedrock.md, references/ollama.md, references/openrouter.mdreferences/cerebras.md — Cerebras setup- For failover + billing backoff, see the Failover + billing backoff section above this list.
