openclaw/docs/providers/novita.md

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Use NovitaAI's OpenAI-compatible API with OpenClaw	You want to run OpenClaw with NovitaAI models You need the Novita provider id, key, or endpoint	NovitaAI

NovitaAI is a hosted AI infrastructure provider with an OpenAI-compatible API. It ships as a bundled OpenClaw provider (no separate plugin install), so credentials go through the normal model auth flow and model refs look like novita/deepseek/deepseek-v3-0324.

Setup

Create an API key at novita.ai/settings/key-management, then run:

openclaw onboard --auth-choice novita-api-key

Or set:

export NOVITA_API_KEY="<your-novita-api-key>" # pragma: allowlist secret

Defaults

Setting	Value
Provider id	novita
Aliases	novita-ai, novitaai
Base URL	https://api.novita.ai/openai/v1
Env var	NOVITA_API_KEY
Default model	novita/deepseek/deepseek-v3-0324

Bundled model catalog

• novita/moonshotai/kimi-k2.5
• novita/minimax/minimax-m2.7
• novita/zai-org/glm-5
• novita/deepseek/deepseek-v3-0324
• novita/deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528
• novita/qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-fp8

This is a starting point, not a live catalog. Your account, region, or Novita's current offering may add, remove, or restrict routes. Check before setting a long-lived default:

openclaw models list --provider novita

When to choose Novita

• Hosted open-weight model access with an OpenAI-compatible API.
• DeepSeek, Kimi, MiniMax, GLM, or Qwen-family routes through a single provider account.
• Another hosted fallback path beside DeepInfra, GMI, OpenRouter, or direct vendor APIs.
• Provider-side model hosting instead of maintaining LM Studio, Ollama, SGLang, or vLLM infrastructure.

Choose a direct vendor provider when you need vendor-native request parameters or support contracts. Choose a local provider when the model must run on your own hardware or network boundary.

Troubleshooting

• 401/403: verify the key in Novita's key management page and re-run openclaw onboard --auth-choice novita-api-key if the stored profile is stale.
• Unknown model errors: use the exact novita/<route-id> returned by openclaw models list --provider novita.
• Slow or failed routes: try another Novita model route, or set Novita as a fallback provider for workloads that can tolerate provider-specific variance.

Related

• Model providers
• Provider directory