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OpenClaw

OpenClaw is a self-hosted gateway that bridges messaging platforms (WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, and more) to an LLM. Configure Routeplane as its model provider and every channel routes across the whole registry.

Prerequisites

Routeplane running, local proxy at http://127.0.0.1:4356, with your own provider keys configured.
OpenClaw installed. See the OpenClaw docs for setup.

Point OpenClaw at Routeplane

Routeplane is an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so it goes straight into your OpenClaw config file as a provider. No plugin required. Add a routeplane entry under models.providers and reference it as the default model:

{
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      model: { primary: "routeplane/openai/gpt-4o" },
    },
  },
  models: {
    providers: {
      routeplane: {
        baseUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:4356/v1",
        apiKey: "local-placeholder",   // any value for the local proxy
        api: "openai-completions",
        models: [{ id: "openai/gpt-4o", contextWindow: 128000, maxTokens: 8192 }],
      },
    },
  },
}

Then start the gateway:

openclaw gateway

**No key for the local proxy**: `apiKey` can be any placeholder (the loopback proxy ignores it).

Pick a model

Each provider model id is a registry id in provider/model form (openai/gpt-4o, anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6, …), optionally with a :cost / :latency variant. In OpenClaw’s model.primary it’s prefixed with the provider id you chose: e.g. routeplane/openai/gpt-4o. See Models.

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