Chutes

Chutes exposes open-source model catalogs through an OpenAI-compatible API. OpenClaw supports both browser OAuth and direct API-key auth for the bundled chutes provider.

Property	Value
Provider	chutes
API	OpenAI-compatible
Base URL	https://llm.chutes.ai/v1
Auth	OAuth or API key (see below)

Getting started

OAuthAPI key

1. Run the OAuth onboarding flow

   openclaw onboard --auth-choice chutes

   OpenClaw launches the browser flow locally, or shows a URL + redirect-paste flow on remote/headless hosts. OAuth tokens auto-refresh through OpenClaw auth profiles.

2. Verify the default model

   After onboarding, the default model is set to chutes/zai-org/GLM-4.7-TEE and the bundled Chutes catalog is registered.

1. Get an API key

   Create a key at chutes.ai/settings/api-keys.

2. Run the API key onboarding flow

   openclaw onboard --auth-choice chutes-api-key

3. Verify the default model

   After onboarding, the default model is set to chutes/zai-org/GLM-4.7-TEE and the bundled Chutes catalog is registered.

Note

Both auth paths register the bundled Chutes catalog and set the default model to chutes/zai-org/GLM-4.7-TEE. Runtime environment variables: CHUTES_API_KEY, CHUTES_OAUTH_TOKEN.

Discovery behavior

When Chutes auth is available, OpenClaw queries the Chutes catalog with that credential and uses the discovered models. If discovery fails, OpenClaw falls back to a bundled static catalog so onboarding and startup still work.

Default aliases

OpenClaw registers three convenience aliases for the bundled Chutes catalog:

Alias	Target model
chutes-fast	chutes/zai-org/GLM-4.7-FP8
chutes-pro	chutes/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.2-TEE
chutes-vision	chutes/chutesai/Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506

Built-in starter catalog

The bundled fallback catalog includes current Chutes refs:

Model ref
chutes/zai-org/GLM-4.7-TEE
chutes/zai-org/GLM-5-TEE
chutes/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.2-TEE
chutes/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-0528-TEE
chutes/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5-TEE
chutes/chutesai/Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506
chutes/Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next-TEE
chutes/openai/gpt-oss-120b-TEE

Config example

{
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      model: { primary: "chutes/zai-org/GLM-4.7-TEE" },
      models: {
        "chutes/zai-org/GLM-4.7-TEE": { alias: "Chutes GLM 4.7" },
        "chutes/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.2-TEE": { alias: "Chutes DeepSeek V3.2" },
      },
    },
  },
}

OAuth overrides

You can customize the OAuth flow with optional environment variables:

Variable	Purpose
CHUTES_CLIENT_ID	Custom OAuth client ID
CHUTES_CLIENT_SECRET	Custom OAuth client secret
CHUTES_OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI	Custom redirect URI
CHUTES_OAUTH_SCOPES	Custom OAuth scopes

See the Chutes OAuth docs for redirect-app requirements and help.

Notes

• API-key and OAuth discovery both use the same chutes provider id.
• Chutes models are registered as `chutes/

`. - If discovery fails at startup, the bundled static catalog is used automatically.

Related

Model selection

Provider rules, model refs, and failover behavior.

Configuration reference

Full config schema including provider settings.

Chutes

Chutes dashboard and API docs.

Chutes API keys

Create and manage Chutes API keys.