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Providers

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

bash
openclaw plugins install @openclaw/arcee-provideropenclaw gateway restart

Getting started

Direct (Arcee platform)

  • Get an API key

    Create an API key at Arcee AI.

  • Run onboarding

    bash
    openclaw onboard --auth-choice arceeai-api-key

  • Set a default model

    json5
    {  agents: {    defaults: {      model: { primary: "arcee/trinity-large-thinking" },    },  },}

    • Via OpenRouter

  • Get an API key

    Create an API key at OpenRouter.

  • Run onboarding

    bash
    openclaw onboard --auth-choice arceeai-openrouter

  • Set a default model

    json5
    {  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)

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

    Via OpenRouter

    bash
    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

    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.

    OpenRouter

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

    Choosing providers, model refs, and failover behavior.
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