Model Providers

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

Highlight: Venice (Venice AI)

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

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

See Venice AI.

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)

• OpenAI (API + Codex)
• Anthropic (API + Claude Code CLI)
• OpenRouter
• Vercel AI Gateway
• Cloudflare AI Gateway
• Moonshot AI (Kimi + Kimi Coding)
• Synthetic
• OpenCode Zen
• Z.AI
• GLM models
• MiniMax
• Venice (Venice AI)
• Amazon Bedrock
• Qianfan

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