Cerebras - Openclaw — ContextQMD

Cerebras provides high-speed OpenAI-compatible inference.

Property	Value
Provider	`cerebras`
Auth	`CEREBRAS_API_KEY`
API	OpenAI-compatible
Base URL	`https://api.cerebras.ai/v1`

Getting Started

<Steps> <Step title="Get an API key"> Create an API key in the [Cerebras Cloud Console](https://cloud.cerebras.ai). </Step> <Step title="Run onboarding"> ```bash openclaw onboard --auth-choice cerebras-api-key ``` </Step> <Step title="Verify models are available"> ```bash openclaw models list --provider cerebras ``` </Step> </Steps>

Non-Interactive Setup

bash

openclaw onboard --non-interactive \
  --mode local \
  --auth-choice cerebras-api-key \
  --cerebras-api-key "$CEREBRAS_API_KEY"

Built-In Catalog

OpenClaw ships a static Cerebras catalog for the public OpenAI-compatible endpoint:

Model ref	Name	Notes
`cerebras/zai-glm-4.7`	Z.ai GLM 4.7	Default model; preview reasoning model
`cerebras/gpt-oss-120b`	GPT OSS 120B	Production reasoning model
`cerebras/qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507`	Qwen 3 235B Instruct	Preview non-reasoning model
`cerebras/llama3.1-8b`	Llama 3.1 8B	Production speed-focused model

<Warning> Cerebras marks `zai-glm-4.7` and `qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507` as preview models, and `llama3.1-8b` / `qwen-3-235b-a22b-instruct-2507` are documented for deprecation on May 27, 2026. Check Cerebras' supported-models page before relying on them for production. </Warning>

Manual Config

The bundled plugin usually means you only need the API key. Use explicit models.providers.cerebras config when you want to override model metadata:

json5

{
  env: { CEREBRAS_API_KEY: "sk-..." },
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      model: { primary: "cerebras/zai-glm-4.7" },
    },
  },
  models: {
    mode: "merge",
    providers: {
      cerebras: {
        baseUrl: "https://api.cerebras.ai/v1",
        apiKey: "${CEREBRAS_API_KEY}",
        api: "openai-completions",
        models: [
          { id: "zai-glm-4.7", name: "Z.ai GLM 4.7" },
          { id: "gpt-oss-120b", name: "GPT OSS 120B" },
        ],
      },
    },
  },
}

<Note> If the Gateway runs as a daemon (launchd/systemd), make sure `CEREBRAS_API_KEY` is available to that process, for example in `~/.openclaw/.env` or through `env.shellEnv`. </Note>