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summary: "Use Ollama Cloud directly with OpenClaw"
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read_when:
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- You want to use hosted Ollama models without a local Ollama server
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- You need the ollama-cloud provider id, key, or endpoint
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title: "Ollama Cloud"
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---
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Ollama Cloud is Ollama's hosted model API. The `ollama-cloud` provider calls it
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directly at `https://ollama.com` over Ollama's native `/api/chat` API, with no
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local Ollama server and no local Ollama app signed into cloud mode. Use model
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refs like `ollama-cloud/kimi-k2.6`.
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OpenClaw registers `ollama-cloud` as its own provider id so cloud-only
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credentials, live catalog discovery, and model selection do not get mixed with
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a local `ollama` host. For local Ollama, hybrid cloud-plus-local routing,
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embeddings, and custom host details, see [Ollama](/providers/ollama).
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## Setup
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Create an Ollama Cloud API key at [ollama.com/settings/keys](https://ollama.com/settings/keys), then run:
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```bash
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openclaw onboard --auth-choice ollama-cloud
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```
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Or set:
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```bash
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export OLLAMA_API_KEY="<your-ollama-cloud-api-key>" # pragma: allowlist secret
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```
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Non-interactive onboarding accepts the key directly:
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```bash
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openclaw onboard --auth-choice ollama-cloud --ollama-cloud-api-key "<key>"
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```
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Onboarding sets the default model to `ollama-cloud/kimi-k2.5:cloud`.
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## Defaults
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- Provider: `ollama-cloud`
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- Base URL: `https://ollama.com`
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- Env var: `OLLAMA_API_KEY`
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- API style: Ollama native `/api/chat`
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- Onboarding default model: `ollama-cloud/kimi-k2.5:cloud`
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## When to choose Ollama Cloud
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- You want hosted Ollama models without running `ollama serve` locally.
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- You want the same native Ollama chat API shape OpenClaw uses for local
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Ollama, but pointed at `https://ollama.com`.
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- You want a simple cloud path for models that are already in Ollama's hosted
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catalog.
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- You do not need local model pulls, local GPU control, or LAN-only inference.
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Use [Ollama](/providers/ollama) instead when you want local-only or
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cloud-plus-local routing through a signed-in Ollama host. Use an
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OpenAI-compatible provider instead when you need `/v1/chat/completions`
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semantics or provider-specific OpenAI-style features.
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## Models
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The provider requires an API key; without one it stays inactive. With a key,
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OpenClaw discovers Ollama Cloud models live from the hosted catalog:
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```bash
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openclaw models list --provider ollama-cloud
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openclaw models set ollama-cloud/kimi-k2.6
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```
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Hosted ids in the live catalog include `deepseek-v4-flash`, `glm-5`,
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`gpt-oss:20b`, `kimi-k2.6`, and `minimax-m2.7`. When live discovery returns
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nothing, OpenClaw falls back to the bundled rows `kimi-k2.5:cloud`,
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`minimax-m2.7:cloud`, `glm-5.1:cloud`, and `glm-5.2:cloud`.
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Model ids are cloud catalog ids, not local pull names. If a model name works in
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a local Ollama host but is absent from the hosted catalog, use the `ollama`
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provider with that local host instead.
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## Live test
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For Ollama Cloud API-key smoke tests, point the Ollama live test at the hosted
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endpoint and choose a model from your current catalog:
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```bash
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export OLLAMA_API_KEY="<your-ollama-cloud-api-key>" # pragma: allowlist secret
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OPENCLAW_LIVE_TEST=1 \
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OPENCLAW_LIVE_OLLAMA=1 \
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OPENCLAW_LIVE_OLLAMA_BASE_URL=https://ollama.com \
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OPENCLAW_LIVE_OLLAMA_MODEL=kimi-k2.6 \
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pnpm test:live -- extensions/ollama/ollama.live.test.ts
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```
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The cloud smoke runs text, native stream, and web search; set
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`OPENCLAW_LIVE_OLLAMA_WEB_SEARCH=0` to skip web search. It skips embeddings by
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default for `https://ollama.com` because Ollama Cloud API keys may not
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authorize `/api/embed`; force them with `OPENCLAW_LIVE_OLLAMA_EMBEDDINGS=1`.
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## Troubleshooting
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- `Ollama Cloud requires an API key` / `Set OLLAMA_API_KEY` errors: provide a
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real cloud API key. The local `ollama-local` marker is only for local or
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private Ollama hosts.
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- Unknown model errors: run `openclaw models list --provider ollama-cloud` and
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copy the hosted model id exactly.
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- Tool-call or raw JSON issues on custom Ollama hosts: check whether you are
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accidentally using an OpenAI-compatible `/v1` URL. Ollama routes should use
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the native base URL with no `/v1` suffix.
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## Related
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- [Ollama](/providers/ollama)
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- [Model providers](/concepts/model-providers)
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- [All providers](/providers/index)
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