NVIDIA

NVIDIA provides an OpenAI-compatible API at https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1 for open models for free. Authenticate with an API key from build.nvidia.com.

Getting started

Get your API key
Create an API key at build.nvidia.com.

Export the key and run onboarding

export NVIDIA_API_KEY="nvapi-..."
openclaw onboard --auth-choice nvidia-api-key

Set an NVIDIA model

openclaw models set nvidia/nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

For non-interactive setup, you can also pass the key directly:

openclaw onboard --auth-choice nvidia-api-key --nvidia-api-key "nvapi-..."

Config example

{
  env: { NVIDIA_API_KEY: "nvapi-..." },
  models: {
    providers: {
      nvidia: {
        baseUrl: "https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1",
        api: "openai-completions",
      },
    },
  },
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      model: { primary: "nvidia/nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b" },
    },
  },
}

Built-in catalog

Model ref	Name	Context	Max output
`nvidia/nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b`	NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B	262,144	8,192
`nvidia/moonshotai/kimi-k2.5`	Kimi K2.5	262,144	8,192
`nvidia/minimaxai/minimax-m2.5`	Minimax M2.5	196,608	8,192
`nvidia/z-ai/glm5`	GLM 5	202,752	8,192

Advanced configuration

Auto-enable behavior

The provider auto-enables when the NVIDIA_API_KEY environment variable is set. No explicit provider config is required beyond the key.

Catalog and pricing

The bundled catalog is static. Costs default to 0 in source since NVIDIA currently offers free API access for the listed models.

OpenAI-compatible endpoint

NVIDIA uses the standard /v1 completions endpoint. Any OpenAI-compatible tooling should work out of the box with the NVIDIA base URL.

Slow custom provider responses

Some NVIDIA-hosted custom models can take longer than the default model idle watchdog before they emit a first response chunk. For custom NVIDIA provider entries, raise the provider timeout instead of raising the whole agent runtime timeout:

{
  models: {
    providers: {
      "custom-integrate-api-nvidia-com": {
        baseUrl: "https://integrate.api.nvidia.com/v1",
        api: "openai-completions",
        apiKey: "NVIDIA_API_KEY",
        timeoutSeconds: 300,
      },
    },
  },
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      models: {
        "custom-integrate-api-nvidia-com/meta/llama-3.1-70b-instruct": {
          params: { thinking: "off" },
        },
      },
    },
  },
}

Model selection

Choosing providers, model refs, and failover behavior.

Configuration reference

Full config reference for agents, models, and providers.