Arcee AI
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Provider | arcee |
| Auth | ARCEEAI_API_KEY (direct) or OPENROUTER_API_KEY (via OpenRouter) |
| API | OpenAI-compatible |
| Base URL | https://api.arcee.ai/api/v1 (direct) or https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 (OpenRouter) |
Getting started
- Get an API key
Create an API key at Arcee AI.
- Run onboarding
openclaw onboard --auth-choice arceeai-api-key - Set a default model
{ agents: { defaults: { model: { primary: "arcee/trinity-large-thinking" }, }, }, }
- Get an API key
Create an API key at OpenRouter.
- Run onboarding
openclaw onboard --auth-choice arceeai-openrouter - Set a default model
{ 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).
Non-interactive setup
openclaw onboard --non-interactive \
--mode local \
--auth-choice arceeai-api-key \
--arceeai-api-key "$ARCEEAI_API_KEY"
openclaw onboard --non-interactive \
--mode local \
--auth-choice arceeai-openrouter \
--openrouter-api-key "$OPENROUTER_API_KEY"
Built-in catalog
OpenClaw currently ships this bundled Arcee catalog:
| Model ref | Name | Input | Context | Cost (in/out per 1M) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
arcee/trinity-large-thinking | Trinity Large Thinking | text | 256K | $0.25 / $0.90 | Default model; reasoning enabled |
arcee/trinity-large-preview | Trinity Large Preview | text | 128K | $0.25 / $1.00 | General-purpose; 400B params, 13B active |
arcee/trinity-mini | Trinity Mini 26B | text | 128K | $0.045 / $0.15 | Fast and cost-efficient; function calling |
The onboarding preset sets arcee/trinity-large-thinking as the default model.
Supported features
| Feature | Supported |
|---|---|
| Streaming | Yes |
| Tool use / function calling | Yes |
| Structured output (JSON mode and JSON schema) | Yes |
| Extended thinking | Yes (Trinity Large Thinking) |
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).
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 for OpenRouter-specific
configuration details.