zeroclaw/docs/providers-reference.md

ZeroClaw Providers Reference

This document maps provider IDs, aliases, and credential environment variables.

Last verified: February 18, 2026.

How to List Providers

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Credential Resolution Order

Runtime resolution order is:

1. Explicit credential from config/CLI
2. Provider-specific env var(s)
3. Generic fallback env vars: ZEROCLAW_API_KEY then API_KEY

Provider Catalog

Canonical ID	Aliases	Local	Provider-specific env var(s)
openrouter	—	No	OPENROUTER_API_KEY
anthropic	—	No	ANTHROPIC_OAUTH_TOKEN, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
openai	—	No	OPENAI_API_KEY
ollama	—	Yes	OLLAMA_API_KEY (optional)
gemini	google, google-gemini	No	GEMINI_API_KEY, GOOGLE_API_KEY
venice	—	No	VENICE_API_KEY
vercel	vercel-ai	No	VERCEL_API_KEY
cloudflare	cloudflare-ai	No	CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY
moonshot	kimi	No	MOONSHOT_API_KEY
kimi-code	kimi_coding, kimi_for_coding	No	KIMI_CODE_API_KEY, MOONSHOT_API_KEY
synthetic	—	No	SYNTHETIC_API_KEY
opencode	opencode-zen	No	OPENCODE_API_KEY
zai	z.ai	No	ZAI_API_KEY
glm	zhipu	No	GLM_API_KEY
minimax	—	No	MINIMAX_API_KEY
bedrock	aws-bedrock	No	(use config/API_KEY fallback)
qianfan	baidu	No	QIANFAN_API_KEY
qwen	dashscope, qwen-intl, dashscope-intl, qwen-us, dashscope-us	No	DASHSCOPE_API_KEY
groq	—	No	GROQ_API_KEY
mistral	—	No	MISTRAL_API_KEY
xai	grok	No	XAI_API_KEY
deepseek	—	No	DEEPSEEK_API_KEY
together	together-ai	No	TOGETHER_API_KEY
fireworks	fireworks-ai	No	FIREWORKS_API_KEY
perplexity	—	No	PERPLEXITY_API_KEY
cohere	—	No	COHERE_API_KEY
copilot	github-copilot	No	(use config/API_KEY fallback with GitHub token)
lmstudio	lm-studio	Yes	(optional; local by default)
nvidia	nvidia-nim, build.nvidia.com	No	NVIDIA_API_KEY

Kimi Code Notes

• Provider ID: kimi-code
• Endpoint: https://api.kimi.com/coding/v1
• Default onboarding model: kimi-for-coding (alternative: kimi-k2.5)
• Runtime auto-adds User-Agent: KimiCLI/0.77 for compatibility.

Custom Endpoints

• OpenAI-compatible endpoint:

default_provider = "custom:https://your-api.example.com"

• Anthropic-compatible endpoint:

default_provider = "anthropic-custom:https://your-api.example.com"

Model Routing (hint:<name>)

You can route model calls by hint using [[model_routes]]:

[[model_routes]]
hint = "reasoning"
provider = "openrouter"
model = "anthropic/claude-opus-4-20250514"

[[model_routes]]
hint = "fast"
provider = "groq"
model = "llama-3.3-70b-versatile"

Then call with a hint model name (for example from tool or integration paths):

hint:reasoning