Model provider quickstart

Pick a provider, authenticate, then set the default model as provider/model.

Quick start (two steps)

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

{  agents: { defaults: { model: { primary: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-6" } } },}

Supported providers (starter set)

• Alibaba Model Studio
• Amazon Bedrock
• Anthropic (API + Claude CLI)
• Baseten (Inkling + Model APIs)
• BytePlus (International)
• Chutes
• Cloudflare AI Gateway
• Cohere
• ComfyUI
• DeepInfra
• fal
• Fireworks
• MiniMax
• Mistral
• Moonshot AI (Kimi + Kimi Coding)
• NovitaAI
• OpenAI (API + Codex)
• OpenCode (Zen + Go)
• OpenRouter
• Qianfan
• Qwen
• Runway
• StepFun
• Synthetic
• Venice (Venice AI)
• Vercel AI Gateway
• xAI
• Z.AI (GLM)

For the full provider catalog and advanced configuration, see Provider directory and Model providers.

Additional provider variants

• anthropic-vertex - install @openclaw/anthropic-vertex-provider for implicit Anthropic on Google Vertex support when Vertex credentials are available; no separate onboarding auth choice
• copilot-proxy - local VS Code Copilot Proxy bridge; use openclaw onboard --auth-choice copilot-proxy
• google-gemini-cli - optional explicit runtime for canonical google/* models; requires a local gemini install and a supported Google AI Studio API-key profile; new Gemini CLI or Antigravity OAuth setup is not offered

Related

• Provider directory
• Model selection
• Model failover
• Models CLI