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Vercel AI gateway

The Vercel AI Gateway provides a unified API to access hundreds of models through a single endpoint.

Property	Value
Provider	text `vercel-ai-gateway`
Auth	text `AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY`
API	Anthropic Messages compatible
Model catalog	Auto-discovered via text `/v1/models`

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OpenClaw auto-discovers the Gateway `/v1/models` catalog, so `/models vercel-ai-gateway` includes current model refs such as `vercel-ai-gateway/openai/gpt-5.5` and `vercel-ai-gateway/moonshotai/kimi-k2.6`.

Getting started

Set the API key

Run onboarding and choose the AI Gateway auth option:


text
```bash}
openclaw onboard --auth-choice ai-gateway-api-key
```

Set a default model

Add the model to your OpenClaw config:


text
```json5}
{
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      model: { primary: "vercel-ai-gateway/anthropic/claude-opus-4.6" },
    },
  },
}
```

Verify the model is available

```bash} openclaw models list --provider vercel-ai-gateway ```

Non-interactive example

For scripted or CI setups, pass all values on the command line:


bash
openclaw onboard --non-interactive \
  --mode local \
  --auth-choice ai-gateway-api-key \
  --ai-gateway-api-key "$AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"

Model ID shorthand

OpenClaw accepts Vercel Claude shorthand model refs and normalizes them at runtime:

Shorthand input	Normalized model ref
text `vercel-ai-gateway/claude-opus-4.6`	text `vercel-ai-gateway/anthropic/claude-opus-4.6`
text `vercel-ai-gateway/opus-4.6`	text `vercel-ai-gateway/anthropic/claude-opus-4-6`

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You can use either the shorthand or the fully qualified model ref in your configuration. OpenClaw resolves the canonical form automatically.

OpenClaw Docs

Vercel AI gateway

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Getting started

Set the API key

Set a default model

Verify the model is available

Non-interactive example

Model ID shorthand

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Advanced configuration

Related

Model selection

Troubleshooting