openclaw/docs/providers/kilocode.md

title, summary, read_when

title	summary	read_when
Kilo Gateway	Use Kilo Gateway's unified API to access many models in OpenClaw	You want a single API key for many LLMs You want to run models via Kilo Gateway in OpenClaw

Kilo Gateway

Kilo Gateway provides a unified API that routes requests to many models behind a single endpoint and API key. It is OpenAI-compatible, so most OpenAI SDKs work by switching the base URL.

Getting an API key

1. Go to app.kilo.ai
2. Sign in or create an account
3. Navigate to API Keys and generate a new key

CLI setup

openclaw onboard --auth-choice kilocode-api-key

Or set the environment variable:

export KILOCODE_API_KEY="<your-kilocode-api-key>" # pragma: allowlist secret

Config snippet

{
  env: { KILOCODE_API_KEY: "<your-kilocode-api-key>" }, // pragma: allowlist secret
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      model: { primary: "kilocode/kilo/auto" },
    },
  },
}

Default model

The default model is kilocode/kilo/auto, a provider-owned smart-routing model managed by Kilo Gateway.

OpenClaw treats kilocode/kilo/auto as the stable default ref, but does not publish a source-backed task-to-upstream-model mapping for that route.

Available models

OpenClaw dynamically discovers available models from the Kilo Gateway at startup. Use /models kilocode to see the full list of models available with your account.

Any model available on the gateway can be used with the kilocode/ prefix:

kilocode/kilo/auto              (default - smart routing)
kilocode/anthropic/claude-sonnet-4
kilocode/openai/gpt-5.4
kilocode/google/gemini-3-pro-preview
...and many more

Notes

• Model refs are kilocode/<model-id> (e.g., kilocode/anthropic/claude-sonnet-4).
• Default model: kilocode/kilo/auto
• Base URL: https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway/
• Bundled fallback catalog always includes kilocode/kilo/auto (Kilo Auto) with input: ["text", "image"], reasoning: true, contextWindow: 1000000, and maxTokens: 128000
• At startup, OpenClaw tries GET https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway/models and merges discovered models ahead of the static fallback catalog
• Exact upstream routing behind kilocode/kilo/auto is owned by Kilo Gateway, not hard-coded in OpenClaw
• Kilo Gateway is documented in source as OpenRouter-compatible, so it stays on the proxy-style OpenAI-compatible path rather than native OpenAI request shaping
• For more model/provider options, see /concepts/model-providers.
• Kilo Gateway uses a Bearer token with your API key under the hood.