Openrouter model help pls
I was able to get openclaw working last night with an anthropic API key but it's really expensive. So I thought I would try openrouter.ai. I paid $20 for a key and thought it would be dead simple to get this setup, but seem to be struggling. I am wondering if anyone has this successfully working.
First I set my environment variable (I'm on ubuntu) with the API key and then went through the onboarding CLI command: openclaw onboard --auth-choice apiKey --token-provider openrouter --token "$OPENROUTER_API_KEY"
This, however, added the wrong "openrouter/auto" somewhere in the .json config file that openclaw didn't like. I did some web searching and found a post somewhere that suggested I need to pick a specific model, so my .JSON looks like this now:
"agents": {
"defaults": {
"workspace": "/home/admin/.openclaw/workspace",
"compaction": {
"mode": "safeguard"
},
"maxConcurrent": 4,
"subagents": {
"maxConcurrent": 8
},
"models": {
"openrouter/anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5": {
"alias": "OpenRouter"
}
},
"model": {
"primary": "openrouter/anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5"
}
}
But now the claude-sonnet model is unknown.
"
Agent failed before reply: Unknown model: openrouter/anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5"
I'm wondering if anyone has this setup properly or can direct me to where am going wrong.
First I set my environment variable (I'm on ubuntu) with the API key and then went through the onboarding CLI command: openclaw onboard --auth-choice apiKey --token-provider openrouter --token "$OPENROUTER_API_KEY"
This, however, added the wrong "openrouter/auto" somewhere in the .json config file that openclaw didn't like. I did some web searching and found a post somewhere that suggested I need to pick a specific model, so my .JSON looks like this now:
"agents": {
"defaults": {
"workspace": "/home/admin/.openclaw/workspace",
"compaction": {
"mode": "safeguard"
},
"maxConcurrent": 4,
"subagents": {
"maxConcurrent": 8
},
"models": {
"openrouter/anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5": {
"alias": "OpenRouter"
}
},
"model": {
"primary": "openrouter/anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5"
}
}
But now the claude-sonnet model is unknown.
"
Agent failed before reply: Unknown model: openrouter/anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5"I'm wondering if anyone has this setup properly or can direct me to where am going wrong.
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