Add others providers and models

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To use OpenRouter + OpenAI + Anthropic in OpenClaw, you don’t “add providers” in a special registry — you mainly do two things:

1. Give OpenClaw credentials for each provider
2. Reference models as provider/model (and if you use a model allowlist, add them there)

1) Add credentials (recommended: on the Gateway host)

Put keys in ~/.openclaw/.env (works reliably even when the Gateway runs as a service):

OPENROUTER_API_KEY=sk-or-...
OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...

Then restart:

openclaw gateway restart

Anthropic alternative (Claude subscription): generate a setup-token and paste it on the gateway host:

• https://docs.openclaw.ai/providers/anthropic

OpenAI docs:

• https://docs.openclaw.ai/providers/openai
  OpenRouter docs:
• https://docs.openclaw.ai/providers/openrouter

2) Pick models (primary + fallbacks)

Easiest is via CLI + chat picker:

• See what OpenClaw currently sees:

openclaw models status --probe
openclaw models list

• In chat, use:
  /model → /model list (pick a model)

• Or set via CLI (use real model IDs you picked from /model list):

openclaw models set openrouter/<…>
openclaw models fallbacks add anthropic/<…>
openclaw models fallbacks add openai/<…>

If you hit: “Model … is not allowed”, it means you have an allowlist in agents.defaults.models and you need to add the new models there (or remove the allowlist). Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/concepts/models