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MiniMax Search via Token Plan API

Configure OpenClaw to use MiniMax as a web search provider with the Token Plan search API. This page covers credential setup, environment variables, and region selection.

Read this when

  • You want to use MiniMax for web_search
  • You need a MiniMax Token Plan key or OAuth token
  • You want MiniMax CN/global search host guidance

OpenClaw supports MiniMax as an web_search provider using the MiniMax Token Plan search API. It returns structured search results containing titles, URLs, snippets, and related queries.

Get a Token Plan credential

Create a key

Create or copy a MiniMax Token Plan key from MiniMax Platform. OAuth setups can reuse MINIMAX_OAUTH_TOKEN instead.

Store the key

Set MINIMAX_CODE_PLAN_KEY in the Gateway environment, or configure using:

openclaw configure --section web

OpenClaw also accepts MINIMAX_CODING_API_KEY, MINIMAX_OAUTH_TOKEN, and MINIMAX_API_KEY as environment aliases, checked in that order after MINIMAX_CODE_PLAN_KEY. MINIMAX_API_KEY should point to a search-enabled Token Plan credential; ordinary MiniMax model API keys may not work with the Token Plan search endpoint.

Config

{
  plugins: {
    entries: {
      minimax: {
        config: {
          webSearch: {
            apiKey: "sk-cp-...", // optional if a MiniMax Token Plan env var is set
            region: "global", // or "cn"
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
  tools: {
    web: {
      search: {
        provider: "minimax",
      },
    },
  },
}

Environment alternative: set MINIMAX_CODE_PLAN_KEY, MINIMAX_CODING_API_KEY, MINIMAX_OAUTH_TOKEN, or MINIMAX_API_KEY in the Gateway environment. For a gateway install, place it in ~/.openclaw/.env.

Region selection

MiniMax Search uses these endpoints:

  • Global: https://api.minimax.io/v1/coding_plan/search
  • CN: https://api.minimaxi.com/v1/coding_plan/search

If plugins.entries.minimax.config.webSearch.region is not set, OpenClaw resolves the region in this order:

  1. Plugin-owned webSearch.region
  2. MINIMAX_API_HOST
  3. models.providers.minimax.baseUrl
  4. models.providers.minimax-portal.baseUrl

This means CN onboarding or MINIMAX_API_HOST=https://api.minimaxi.com/... automatically keeps MiniMax Search on the CN host as well.

Even when you authenticated MiniMax through the OAuth minimax-portal path, web search still registers as provider id minimax. The OAuth provider base URL is used as a region hint for CN or global host selection, and MINIMAX_OAUTH_TOKEN can satisfy the MiniMax Search bearer credential.

Supported parameters

ParameterTypeConstraintsDescription
querystringrequiredSearch query string.
countinteger1-10, default 5Number of results to return. OpenClaw trims the returned list to this size.

Provider-specific filters are not currently supported.