Model Providers

Model Providers

OpenClaw can use many LLM providers. Pick a provider, authenticate, then set the default model as provider/model.

Looking for chat channel docs (WhatsApp/Telegram/Discord/Slack/Mattermost (plugin)/etc.)? See Channels.

Highlight: Venice (Venice AI)

Venice is our recommended Venice AI setup for privacy-first inference with an option to use Opus for hard tasks.

• Default: venice/llama-3.3-70b
• Best overall: venice/claude-opus-45 (Opus remains the strongest)

See Venice AI.

Quick start

1. Authenticate with the provider (usually via openclaw onboard).
2. Set the default model:

{
  agents: { defaults: { model: { primary: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-5" } } },
}

Provider docs

• OpenAI (API + Codex)
• Anthropic (API + Claude Code CLI)
• Qwen (OAuth)
• OpenRouter
• Vercel AI Gateway
• Moonshot AI (Kimi + Kimi Coding)
• OpenCode Zen
• Amazon Bedrock
• Z.AI
• Xiaomi
• GLM models
• MiniMax
• Venice (Venice AI, privacy-focused)
• Ollama (local models)

Transcription providers

• Deepgram (audio transcription)

Community tools

• Claude Max API Proxy - Use Claude Max/Pro subscription as an OpenAI-compatible API endpoint

For the full provider catalog (xAI, Groq, Mistral, etc.) and advanced configuration, see Model providers.