#I’m running Clawdbot locally on Windows 11 and trying to use ChatGPT-5, but it fails to initialize a

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Based on the error, ChatGPT-5 is failing to initialize (likely an API key or connectivity issue), and Clawdbot's failover mechanism is trying to use Anthropic's Claude as a backup — but you don't have an Anthropic key configured.

Quick fixes:

  1. Configure your OpenAI API key properly — If ChatGPT-5 was your intended model, make sure your CLAWDBOT_API_KEYS or environment variable has a valid OpenAI key.

  2. Add an Anthropic API key if you want failover to work:

    CLAWDBOT_PROVIDER anthropic
CLAWDBOT_API_KEYS={"anthropic": "your-anthropic-key"}

  3. Disable failover entirely if you only want to use OpenAI models. Check the docs for failover or providers config options.

For model-specific questions, the #models channel (1456704705219661980) has fresh hands-on experience from the community. They're great for troubleshooting specific model behavior!

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