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openclaw models

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

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Common commands

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/API-key status section includes provider usage windows and quota snapshots. Current usage-window providers: Anthropic, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenAI Codex, MiniMax, Xiaomi, and z.ai. Usage auth comes from provider-specific hooks when available; otherwise OpenClaw falls back to matching OAuth/API-key credentials from auth profiles, env, or config. 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 resolves the input as an alias first, then as a unique configured-provider match for that exact model id, and only then falls back to the configured default provider with a deprecation warning. If that provider no longer exposes the configured default model, OpenClaw falls back to the first configured provider/model instead of surfacing a stale removed-provider default.
  • 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.

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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)

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Aliases + fallbacks

openclaw models aliases list
openclaw models fallbacks list

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Auth profiles

openclaw models auth add
openclaw models auth login --provider <id>
openclaw models auth setup-token --provider <id>
openclaw models auth paste-token
models auth add is the interactive auth helper. It can launch a provider auth flow (OAuth/API key) or guide you into manual token paste, depending on the provider you choose. models auth login runs a provider plugin’s auth flow (OAuth/API key). Use openclaw plugins list to see which providers are installed. Examples: 
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 and paste-token remain generic token commands for providers that expose token auth methods.
  • paste-token accepts a token string generated elsewhere or from automation.
  • Anthropic billing note: Anthropic changed third-party harness billing on April 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM PT / 8:00 PM BST. Anthropic says Claude subscription limits no longer cover OpenClaw, and Claude CLI traffic in OpenClaw now requires Extra Usage billed separately from the subscription.
  • Existing legacy Anthropic token profiles still run if already configured, but Anthropic no longer supports setup-token or paste-token as a new OpenClaw auth path.