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NovitaAI Provider: OpenAI-Compatible API with OpenClaw

Learn how to use NovitaAI's OpenAI-compatible API as a bundled OpenClaw provider. This page covers setup, authentication, and available models for developers.

Read this when

  • You want to run OpenClaw with NovitaAI models
  • You need the Novita provider id, key, or endpoint

NovitaAI is a hosted AI infrastructure provider that offers an OpenAI compatible API. It comes as a bundled OpenClaw provider with no separate plugin installation required. Credentials are handled through the standard model auth flow, and model refs follow the format novita/deepseek/deepseek-v3-0324.

Setup

Generate an API key at novita.ai/settings/key-management, then execute:

openclaw onboard --auth-choice novita-api-key

Alternatively, set:

export NOVITA_API_KEY="<your-novita-api-key>" # pragma: allowlist secret

Defaults

SettingValue
Provider idnovita
Aliasesnovita-ai, novitaai
Base URLhttps://api.novita.ai/openai/v1
Env varNOVITA_API_KEY
Default modelnovita/deepseek/deepseek-v3-0324

Bundled model catalog

  • novita/moonshotai/kimi-k2.5
  • novita/minimax/minimax-m2.7
  • novita/zai-org/glm-5
  • novita/deepseek/deepseek-v3-0324
  • novita/deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528
  • novita/qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-fp8

This list is a starting point, not a live catalog. Your account, region, or Novita's current offerings may add, remove, or restrict routes. Verify before setting a long-lived default:

openclaw models list --provider novita

When to choose Novita

  • Access to hosted open-weight models through an OpenAI compatible API.
  • DeepSeek, Kimi, MiniMax, GLM, or Qwen family routes under a single provider account.
  • Another hosted fallback path alongside DeepInfra, GMI, OpenRouter, or direct vendor APIs.
  • Provider side model hosting instead of maintaining LM Studio, Ollama, SGLang, or vLLM infrastructure.

Pick a direct vendor provider when you need vendor native request parameters or support contracts. Pick a local provider when the model must run on your own hardware or network boundary.

Troubleshooting

  • 401/403: confirm the key on Novita's key management page and rerun openclaw onboard --auth-choice novita-api-key if the stored profile is outdated.
  • Unknown model errors: use the exact novita/<route-id> returned by openclaw models list --provider novita.
  • Slow or failed routes: try a different Novita model route, or configure Novita as a fallback provider for workloads that can tolerate provider specific variance.