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Arcee AI

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Arcee AI provides access to the Trinity family of mixture-of-experts models through an OpenAI-compatible API. All Trinity models are Apache 2.0 licensed.

Arcee AI models can be accessed directly via the Arcee platform or through OpenRouter.

PropertyValue
Providerarcee
AuthARCEEAI_API_KEY (direct) or OPENROUTER_API_KEY (via OpenRouter)
APIOpenAI-compatible
Base URLhttps://api.arcee.ai/api/v1 (direct) or https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 (OpenRouter)

Getting started

<Tabs> <Tab title="Direct (Arcee platform)"> <Steps> <Step title="Get an API key"> Create an API key at [Arcee AI](https://chat.arcee.ai/). </Step> <Step title="Run onboarding"> ```bash openclaw onboard --auth-choice arceeai-api-key ``` </Step> <Step title="Set a default model"> ```json5 { agents: { defaults: { model: { primary: "arcee/trinity-large-thinking" }, }, }, } ``` </Step> </Steps> </Tab> <Tab title="Via OpenRouter"> <Steps> <Step title="Get an API key"> Create an API key at [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/keys). </Step> <Step title="Run onboarding"> ```bash openclaw onboard --auth-choice arceeai-openrouter ``` </Step> <Step title="Set a default model"> ```json5 { agents: { defaults: { model: { primary: "arcee/trinity-large-thinking" }, }, }, } ``` 
    The same model refs work for both direct and OpenRouter setups (for example `arcee/trinity-large-thinking`).
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Non-interactive setup

<Tabs> <Tab title="Direct (Arcee platform)"> ```bash openclaw onboard --non-interactive \ --mode local \ --auth-choice arceeai-api-key \ --arceeai-api-key "$ARCEEAI_API_KEY" ``` </Tab> <Tab title="Via OpenRouter"> ```bash openclaw onboard --non-interactive \ --mode local \ --auth-choice arceeai-openrouter \ --openrouter-api-key "$OPENROUTER_API_KEY" ``` </Tab> </Tabs>

Built-in catalog

OpenClaw currently ships this bundled Arcee catalog:

Model refNameInputContextCost (in/out per 1M)Notes
arcee/trinity-large-thinkingTrinity Large Thinkingtext256K$0.25 / $0.90Default model; reasoning enabled
arcee/trinity-large-previewTrinity Large Previewtext128K$0.25 / $1.00General-purpose; 400B params, 13B active
arcee/trinity-miniTrinity Mini 26Btext128K$0.045 / $0.15Fast and cost-efficient; function calling
<Tip> The onboarding preset sets `arcee/trinity-large-thinking` as the default model. </Tip>

Supported features

FeatureSupported
StreamingYes
Tool use / function callingYes
Structured output (JSON mode and JSON schema)Yes
Extended thinkingYes (Trinity Large Thinking)
<AccordionGroup> <Accordion title="Environment note"> If the Gateway runs as a daemon (launchd/systemd), make sure `ARCEEAI_API_KEY` (or `OPENROUTER_API_KEY`) is available to that process (for example, in `~/.openclaw/.env` or via `env.shellEnv`). </Accordion> <Accordion title="OpenRouter routing"> When using Arcee models via OpenRouter, the same `arcee/*` model refs apply. OpenClaw handles routing transparently based on your auth choice. See the [OpenRouter provider docs](/providers/openrouter) for OpenRouter-specific configuration details. </Accordion> </AccordionGroup> <CardGroup cols={2}> <Card title="OpenRouter" href="/providers/openrouter" icon="shuffle"> Access Arcee models and many others through a single API key. </Card> <Card title="Model selection" href="/concepts/model-providers" icon="layers"> Choosing providers, model refs, and failover behavior. </Card> </CardGroup>