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Cohere setup (auth + model selection) Cohere
You want to use Cohere with OpenClaw
You need the Cohere API key env var or CLI auth choice

Cohere provides OpenAI-compatible inference through its Compatibility API. OpenClaw includes a bundled Cohere provider plugin with the Command A model catalog.

Property Value
Provider id cohere
Plugin bundled, enabledByDefault: true
Auth env var COHERE_API_KEY
Onboarding flag --auth-choice cohere-api-key
Direct CLI flag --cohere-api-key <key>
API OpenAI-compatible (openai-completions)
Base URL https://api.cohere.ai/compatibility/v1
Default model cohere/command-a-03-2025

Get started

  1. Create a Cohere API key.
  2. Run onboarding:
openclaw onboard --non-interactive \
  --auth-choice cohere-api-key \
  --cohere-api-key "$COHERE_API_KEY"
  1. Confirm the catalog is available:
openclaw models list --provider cohere

The default model is set only when no primary model is already configured.

Environment-only setup

Make COHERE_API_KEY available to the Gateway process, then select the bundled model:

{
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      model: { primary: "cohere/command-a-03-2025" },
    },
  },
}
If the Gateway runs as a daemon or in Docker, configure `COHERE_API_KEY` for that service. Exporting it only in an interactive shell does not make it available to an already-running Gateway.