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openclaw models

Section titled “openclaw models”

Model discovery, scanning, and configuration (default model, fallbacks, auth profiles).

Related:

Common commands

Section titled “Common commands”
Terminal window
openclaw models status
openclaw models list
openclaw models set <model-or-alias>
openclaw models scan

openclaw models status shows the resolved default/fallbacks plus an auth overview. When provider usage snapshots are available, the OAuth/token status section includes provider usage headers. Add --probe to run live auth probes against each configured provider profile. Probes are real requests (may consume tokens and trigger rate limits). Use --agent <id> to inspect a configured agent’s model/auth state. When omitted, the command uses OPENCLAW_AGENT_DIR/PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR if set, otherwise the configured default agent.

Notes:

  • models set <model-or-alias> accepts provider/model or an alias.
  • Model refs are parsed by splitting on the first /. If the model ID includes / (OpenRouter-style), include the provider prefix (example: openrouter/moonshotai/kimi-k2).
  • If you omit the provider, OpenClaw treats the input as an alias or a model for the default provider (only works when there is no / in the model ID).
  • models status may show marker(<value>) in auth output for non-secret placeholders (for example OPENAI_API_KEY, secretref-managed, minimax-oauth, oauth:chutes, ollama-local) instead of masking them as secrets.

models status

Section titled “models status”

Options:

  • --json
  • --plain
  • --check (exit 1=expired/missing, 2=expiring)
  • --probe (live probe of configured auth profiles)
  • --probe-provider <name> (probe one provider)
  • --probe-profile <id> (repeat or comma-separated profile ids)
  • --probe-timeout <ms>
  • --probe-concurrency <n>
  • --probe-max-tokens <n>
  • --agent <id> (configured agent id; overrides OPENCLAW_AGENT_DIR/PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR)

Aliases + fallbacks

Section titled “Aliases + fallbacks”
Terminal window
openclaw models aliases list
openclaw models fallbacks list

Auth profiles

Section titled “Auth profiles”
Terminal window
openclaw models auth add
openclaw models auth login --provider <id>
openclaw models auth setup-token
openclaw models auth paste-token

models auth login runs a provider plugin’s auth flow (OAuth/API key). Use openclaw plugins list to see which providers are installed.

Examples:

Terminal window
openclaw models auth login --provider anthropic --method cli --set-default
openclaw models auth login --provider openai-codex --set-default

Notes:

  • login --provider anthropic --method cli --set-default reuses a local Claude CLI login and rewrites the main Anthropic default-model path to claude-cli/....
  • setup-token prompts for a setup-token value (generate it with claude setup-token on any machine).
  • paste-token accepts a token string generated elsewhere or from automation.
  • Anthropic policy note: setup-token support is technical compatibility. Anthropic has blocked some subscription usage outside Claude Code in the past, so verify current terms before using it broadly.