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title: "Vercel AI Gateway"
summary: "Vercel AI Gateway setup (auth + model selection)"
read_when:
- You want to use Vercel AI Gateway with OpenClaw
- You need the API key env var or CLI auth choice
---
# Vercel AI Gateway
The [Vercel AI Gateway](https://vercel.com/ai-gateway) provides a unified API to access hundreds of models through a single endpoint.
- Provider: `vercel-ai-gateway`
- Auth: `AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY`
- API: Anthropic Messages compatible
- OpenClaw auto-discovers the Gateway `/v1/models` catalog, so `/models vercel-ai-gateway`
includes current model refs such as `vercel-ai-gateway/openai/gpt-5.4`.
## Quick start
1. Set the API key (recommended: store it for the Gateway):
```bash
openclaw onboard --auth-choice ai-gateway-api-key
```
2. Set a default model:
```json5
{
agents: {
defaults: {
model: { primary: "vercel-ai-gateway/anthropic/claude-opus-4.6" },
},
},
}
```
## Non-interactive example
```bash
openclaw onboard --non-interactive \
--mode local \
--auth-choice ai-gateway-api-key \
--ai-gateway-api-key "$AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"
```
## Environment note
If the Gateway runs as a daemon (launchd/systemd), make sure `AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY`
is available to that process (for example, in `~/.openclaw/.env` or via
`env.shellEnv`).
## Model ID shorthand
OpenClaw accepts Vercel Claude shorthand model refs and normalizes them at
runtime:
- `vercel-ai-gateway/claude-opus-4.6` -> `vercel-ai-gateway/anthropic/claude-opus-4.6`
- `vercel-ai-gateway/opus-4.6` -> `vercel-ai-gateway/anthropic/claude-opus-4-6`