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---
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summary: "Use Kilo Gateway's unified API to access many models in OpenClaw"
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title: "Kilo Gateway"
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read_when:
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- You want a single API key for many LLMs
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- You want to run models via Kilo Gateway in OpenClaw
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---
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Kilo Gateway routes requests to many models behind a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint and API key.
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| Property | Value |
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| -------- | ---------------------------------- |
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| Provider | `kilocode` |
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| Auth | `KILOCODE_API_KEY` |
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| API | OpenAI-compatible |
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| Base URL | `https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway/` |
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## Install plugin
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```bash
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openclaw plugins install @openclaw/kilocode-provider
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openclaw gateway restart
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```
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## Setup
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<Steps>
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<Step title="Create an account">
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Go to [app.kilo.ai](https://app.kilo.ai), sign in or create an account, then generate an API key.
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</Step>
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<Step title="Run onboarding">
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```bash
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openclaw onboard --auth-choice kilocode-api-key
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```
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Or set the environment variable directly:
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```bash
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export KILOCODE_API_KEY="<your-kilocode-api-key>" # pragma: allowlist secret
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```
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</Step>
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<Step title="Verify the model is available">
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```bash
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openclaw models list --provider kilocode
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```
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</Step>
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</Steps>
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## Default model and catalog
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The default model is `kilocode/kilo/auto`, a provider-owned smart-routing model. OpenClaw does not
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publish a task-to-upstream-model mapping for it; routing behind `kilo/auto` is owned by Kilo Gateway.
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At startup OpenClaw queries `GET https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway/models` and merges discovered models
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ahead of a static fallback catalog. The static fallback contains only `kilocode/kilo/auto` (`Kilo Auto`,
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`input: ["text", "image"]`, `reasoning: true`, `contextWindow: 1000000`, `maxTokens: 128000`).
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Any model on the gateway is addressable as `kilocode/<upstream-id>` (for example
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`kilocode/anthropic/claude-sonnet-4`, `kilocode/openai/gpt-5.5`). Run `/models kilocode` or
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`openclaw models list --provider kilocode` to see the full discovered list.
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## Config example
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```json5
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{
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env: { KILOCODE_API_KEY: "<your-kilocode-api-key>" }, // pragma: allowlist secret
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agents: {
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defaults: {
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model: { primary: "kilocode/kilo/auto" },
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},
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},
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}
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```
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## Behavior notes
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<AccordionGroup>
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<Accordion title="Transport and compatibility">
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Kilo Gateway is OpenRouter-compatible, so it uses the proxy-style OpenAI-compatible request
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path rather than native OpenAI request shaping (no `store`, no OpenAI reasoning-effort payload).
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- Gemini-backed Kilo refs stay on the proxy-Gemini path: OpenClaw sanitizes Gemini thought
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signatures there but does not enable native Gemini replay validation or bootstrap rewrites.
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- Requests use a Bearer token built from your API key.
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</Accordion>
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<Accordion title="Stream wrapper and reasoning">
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The Kilo stream wrapper adds an `X-KILOCODE-FEATURE` request header (default `openclaw`,
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override with the `KILOCODE_FEATURE` env var) and normalizes reasoning-effort payloads for
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models that support it.
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<Warning>
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`kilocode/kilo/auto` and `x-ai/*` refs skip reasoning-effort injection. Use a concrete model
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ref such as `kilocode/anthropic/claude-sonnet-4` if you need reasoning support.
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</Warning>
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</Accordion>
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<Accordion title="Troubleshooting">
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- If model discovery fails at startup, OpenClaw falls back to the static catalog containing `kilocode/kilo/auto`.
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- Confirm your API key is valid and that your Kilo account has the desired models enabled.
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- When Gateway runs as a daemon, ensure `KILOCODE_API_KEY` is available to that process (for example in `~/.openclaw/.env` or via `env.shellEnv`).
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</Accordion>
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</AccordionGroup>
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## Related
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<CardGroup cols={2}>
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<Card title="Model selection" href="/concepts/model-providers" icon="layers">
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Choosing providers, model refs, and failover behavior.
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</Card>
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<Card title="Configuration reference" href="/gateway/configuration-reference" icon="gear">
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Full OpenClaw configuration reference.
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</Card>
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<Card title="Kilo Gateway" href="https://app.kilo.ai" icon="arrow-up-right-from-square">
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Kilo Gateway dashboard, API keys, and account management.
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</Card>
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</CardGroup>
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