Arcee AI

Arcee AI provides the Trinity family of mixture-of-experts models through an OpenAI-compatible API. All Trinity models are Apache 2.0 licensed. Arcee is an official OpenClaw plugin, not bundled with core, so it needs an install step before onboarding.

Access Arcee models directly through the Arcee platform or through OpenRouter.

Property	Value
Provider	arcee
Auth	ARCEEAI_API_KEY (direct) or OPENROUTER_API_KEY (via OpenRouter)
API	OpenAI-compatible
Base URL	https://api.arcee.ai/api/v1 (direct) or https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 (OpenRouter)

Install plugin

openclaw plugins install @openclaw/arcee-provider
openclaw gateway restart

Getting started

Direct (Arcee platform)

1. Get an API key

   Create an API key at Arcee AI.

2. Run onboarding

   openclaw onboard --auth-choice arceeai-api-key
   
3. Set a default model

   {
     agents: {
       defaults: {
         model: { primary: "arcee/trinity-large-thinking" },
       },
     },
   }
   

Via OpenRouter

1. Get an API key

   Create an API key at OpenRouter.

2. Run onboarding

   openclaw onboard --auth-choice arceeai-openrouter
   
3. Set a default model

   {
     agents: {
       defaults: {
         model: { primary: "arcee/trinity-large-thinking" },
       },
     },
   }
   

   The same model refs work for both direct and OpenRouter setups.

Non-interactive setup

Direct (Arcee platform)

openclaw onboard --non-interactive \
  --mode local \
  --auth-choice arceeai-api-key \
  --arceeai-api-key "$ARCEEAI_API_KEY"

Via OpenRouter

openclaw onboard --non-interactive \
  --mode local \
  --auth-choice arceeai-openrouter \
  --openrouter-api-key "$OPENROUTER_API_KEY"

Built-in catalog

Model ref	Name	Input	Context	Max output	Cost (in/out per 1M)	Tools	Notes
arcee/trinity-large-thinking	Trinity Large Thinking	text	256K	80K	$0.25 /$0.90	No	Default model; extended thinking
arcee/trinity-large-preview	Trinity Large Preview	text	128K	16K	$0.25 /$1.00	Yes	General-purpose; 400B params, 13B active
arcee/trinity-mini	Trinity Mini 26B	text	128K	80K	$0.045 /$0.15	Yes	Fast and cost-efficient; function calling

The onboarding preset sets arcee/trinity-large-thinking as the default model.

Supported features

Feature	Supported
Streaming	Yes
Tool use / function calling	Yes (Trinity Mini, Trinity Large Preview)
Structured output (JSON mode and JSON schema)	Yes
Extended thinking	Yes (Trinity Large Thinking; tools disabled)

Environment note

If the Gateway runs as a daemon (launchd/systemd), make sure ARCEEAI_API_KEY (or OPENROUTER_API_KEY) is available to that process, for example in ~/.openclaw/.env or via env.shellEnv.

OpenRouter routing

When using Arcee models via OpenRouter, the same arcee/* model refs apply. OpenClaw routes transparently based on your auth choice. See the OpenRouter provider docs for OpenRouter-specific configuration details.

Related

OpenRouter

Access Arcee models and many others through a single API key.

Model selection

Choosing providers, model refs, and failover behavior.