MiniMax

OpenClaw's MiniMax provider defaults to MiniMax M2.7.

MiniMax also provides:

• Bundled speech synthesis via T2A v2
• Bundled image understanding via MiniMax-VL-01
• Bundled music generation via music-2.5+
• Bundled web_search through the MiniMax Coding Plan search API

Provider split:

Model lineup

Getting started

Choose your preferred auth method and follow the setup steps.

{
  env: { MINIMAX_API_KEY: "sk-..." },
  agents: { defaults: { model: { primary: "minimax/MiniMax-M2.7" } } },
  models: {
    mode: "merge",
    providers: {
      minimax: {
        baseUrl: "https://api.minimax.io/anthropic",
        apiKey: "${MINIMAX_API_KEY}",
        api: "anthropic-messages",
        models: [
          {
            id: "MiniMax-M2.7",
            name: "MiniMax M2.7",
            reasoning: true,
            input: ["text", "image"],
            cost: { input: 0.3, output: 1.2, cacheRead: 0.06, cacheWrite: 0.375 },
            contextWindow: 204800,
            maxTokens: 131072,
          },
          {
            id: "MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed",
            name: "MiniMax M2.7 Highspeed",
            reasoning: true,
            input: ["text", "image"],
            cost: { input: 0.6, output: 2.4, cacheRead: 0.06, cacheWrite: 0.375 },
            contextWindow: 204800,
            maxTokens: 131072,
          },
        ],
      },
    },
  },
}

Configure via openclaw configure

Use the interactive config wizard to set MiniMax without editing JSON:

1. Launch the wizard

   openclaw configure
   

2. Select Model/auth

   Choose Model/auth from the menu.

3. Choose a MiniMax auth option

   Pick one of the available MiniMax options:

   Auth choice	Description
   minimax-global-oauth	International OAuth (Coding Plan)
   minimax-cn-oauth	China OAuth (Coding Plan)
   minimax-global-api	International API key
   minimax-cn-api	China API key

4. Pick your default model

   Select your default model when prompted.

Capabilities

Image generation

The MiniMax plugin registers the image-01 model for the image_generate tool. It supports:

• Text-to-image generation with aspect ratio control
• Image-to-image editing (subject reference) with aspect ratio control
• Up to 9 output images per request
• Up to 1 reference image per edit request
• Supported aspect ratios: 1:1, 16:9, 4:3, 3:2, 2:3, 3:4, 9:16, 21:9

To use MiniMax for image generation, set it as the image generation provider:

{
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      imageGenerationModel: { primary: "minimax/image-01" },
    },
  },
}

The plugin uses the same MINIMAX_API_KEY or OAuth auth as the text models. No additional configuration is needed if MiniMax is already set up.

Both minimax and minimax-portal register image_generate with the same image-01 model. API-key setups use MINIMAX_API_KEY; OAuth setups can use the bundled minimax-portal auth path instead.

When onboarding or API-key setup writes explicit models.providers.minimax entries, OpenClaw materializes MiniMax-M2.7 and MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed with input: ["text", "image"].

The built-in bundled MiniMax text catalog itself stays text-only metadata until that explicit provider config exists. Image understanding is exposed separately through the plugin-owned MiniMax-VL-01 media provider.

Music generation

The bundled minimax plugin also registers music generation through the shared music_generate tool.

• Default music model: minimax/music-2.5+
• Also supports minimax/music-2.5 and minimax/music-2.0
• Prompt controls: lyrics, instrumental, durationSeconds
• Output format: mp3
• Session-backed runs detach through the shared task/status flow, including action: "status"

To use MiniMax as the default music provider:

{
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      musicGenerationModel: {
        primary: "minimax/music-2.5+",
      },
    },
  },
}

Video generation

The bundled minimax plugin also registers video generation through the shared video_generate tool.

• Default video model: minimax/MiniMax-Hailuo-2.3
• Modes: text-to-video and single-image reference flows
• Supports aspectRatio and resolution

To use MiniMax as the default video provider:

{
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      videoGenerationModel: {
        primary: "minimax/MiniMax-Hailuo-2.3",
      },
    },
  },
}

Image understanding

The MiniMax plugin registers image understanding separately from the text catalog:

That is why automatic media routing can use MiniMax image understanding even when the bundled text-provider catalog still shows text-only M2.7 chat refs.

Web search

The MiniMax plugin also registers web_search through the MiniMax Coding Plan search API.

• Provider id: minimax
• Structured results: titles, URLs, snippets, related queries
• Preferred env var: MINIMAX_CODE_PLAN_KEY
• Accepted env alias: MINIMAX_CODING_API_KEY
• Compatibility fallback: MINIMAX_API_KEY when it already points at a coding-plan token
• Region reuse: plugins.entries.minimax.config.webSearch.region, then MINIMAX_API_HOST, then MiniMax provider base URLs
• Search stays on provider id minimax; OAuth CN/global setup can still steer region indirectly through models.providers.minimax-portal.baseUrl

Config lives under plugins.entries.minimax.config.webSearch.*.

Advanced configuration

{
  env: { MINIMAX_API_KEY: "sk-..." },
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      models: {
        "anthropic/claude-opus-4-6": { alias: "primary" },
        "minimax/MiniMax-M2.7": { alias: "minimax" },
      },
      model: {
        primary: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-6",
        fallbacks: ["minimax/MiniMax-M2.7"],
      },
    },
  },
}

Notes

• Model refs follow the auth path:
  • API-key setup: minimax/<model>
  • OAuth setup: minimax-portal/<model>
• Default chat model: MiniMax-M2.7
• Alternate chat model: MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed
• Onboarding and direct API-key setup write explicit model definitions with input: ["text", "image"] for both M2.7 variants
• The bundled provider catalog currently exposes the chat refs as text-only metadata until explicit MiniMax provider config exists
• Update pricing values in models.json if you need exact cost tracking
• Use openclaw models list to confirm the current provider id, then switch with openclaw models set minimax/MiniMax-M2.7 or openclaw models set minimax-portal/MiniMax-M2.7

Troubleshooting

openclaw models list

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