Chutes

Chutes exposes open-source model catalogs through an OpenAI-compatible API. OpenClaw supports both browser OAuth and direct API-key auth for the bundled chutes provider.

Property	Value
Provider	`chutes`
API	OpenAI-compatible
Base URL	`https://llm.chutes.ai/v1`
Auth	OAuth or API key (see below)

Getting started

OAuth

Run the OAuth onboarding flow
```
openclaw onboard --auth-choice chutes
```
OpenClaw launches the browser flow locally, or shows a URL + redirect-paste flow on remote/headless hosts. OAuth tokens auto-refresh through OpenClaw auth profiles.
Verify the default model
After onboarding, the default model is set to chutes/zai-org/GLM-4.7-TEE and the bundled Chutes catalog is registered.

API key

Get an API key
Create a key at chutes.ai/settings/api-keys.

Run the API key onboarding flow

openclaw onboard --auth-choice chutes-api-key

Verify the default model
After onboarding, the default model is set to chutes/zai-org/GLM-4.7-TEE and the bundled Chutes catalog is registered.

NOTE

Both auth paths register the bundled Chutes catalog and set the default model to chutes/zai-org/GLM-4.7-TEE. Runtime environment variables: CHUTES_API_KEY, CHUTES_OAUTH_TOKEN.

When Chutes auth is available, OpenClaw queries the Chutes catalog with that credential and uses the discovered models. If discovery fails, OpenClaw falls back to a bundled static catalog so onboarding and startup still work.

Default aliases

OpenClaw registers three convenience aliases for the bundled Chutes catalog:

Alias	Target model
`chutes-fast`	`chutes/zai-org/GLM-4.7-FP8`
`chutes-pro`	`chutes/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.2-TEE`
`chutes-vision`	`chutes/chutesai/Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506`

Built-in starter catalog

The bundled fallback catalog includes current Chutes refs:

Model ref
`chutes/zai-org/GLM-4.7-TEE`
`chutes/zai-org/GLM-5-TEE`
`chutes/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.2-TEE`
`chutes/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-0528-TEE`
`chutes/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5-TEE`
`chutes/chutesai/Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506`
`chutes/Qwen/Qwen3-Coder-Next-TEE`
`chutes/openai/gpt-oss-120b-TEE`

Config example

{
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      model: { primary: "chutes/zai-org/GLM-4.7-TEE" },
      models: {
        "chutes/zai-org/GLM-4.7-TEE": { alias: "Chutes GLM 4.7" },
        "chutes/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.2-TEE": { alias: "Chutes DeepSeek V3.2" },
      },
    },
  },
}

OAuth overrides

You can customize the OAuth flow with optional environment variables:

Variable	Purpose
`CHUTES_CLIENT_ID`	Custom OAuth client ID
`CHUTES_CLIENT_SECRET`	Custom OAuth client secret
`CHUTES_OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI`	Custom redirect URI
`CHUTES_OAUTH_SCOPES`	Custom OAuth scopes

See the Chutes OAuth docs for redirect-app requirements and help.

Notes

API-key and OAuth discovery both use the same chutes provider id.
Chutes models are registered as chutes/<model-id>.
If discovery fails at startup, the bundled static catalog is used automatically.

Model providers

Provider rules, model refs, and failover behavior.

Configuration reference

Full config schema including provider settings.

Chutes

Chutes dashboard and API docs.

Chutes API keys

Create and manage Chutes API keys.

Chutes

Chutes

Getting started

Discovery behavior

Default aliases

Built-in starter catalog

Config example

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