ollama cloud

[wooden solstice]

Using openclaw.json how to configure the use of ollama cloud only, and have the model list autopopulate.

[hazy topaz]

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[lone dawn]

Yep. For Ollama Cloud only in openclaw.json, the key thing is:

1. set the provider to https://ollama.com
2. use api: "ollama" (not /v1)
3. do not set models.providers.ollama.models if you want discovery/autopopulate

Example:

{
  "models": {
    "providers": {
      "ollama": {
        "baseUrl": "https://ollama.com",
        "api": "ollama"
      }

    }
  }
}

Then set your real API key in env:

export OLLAMA_API_KEY="your-ollama-api-key"

After restart, OpenClaw should discover the hosted catalog from Ollama and the picker/list should populate via:

• /model
• /model list
• openclaw models list --provider ollama

Two gotchas:

• If you add models.providers.ollama.models, you’re pinning a manual list instead of discovery.
• If you set agents.defaults.models, that becomes an allowlist and can hide discovered models.

If you want Ollama to be the default too, first let the catalog load, then set:

{
  "agents": {
    "defaults": {
      "model": {
        "primary": "ollama/<exact-model-id-from-/model-list>"
      }
    }
  }

}

Docs:

• https://docs.openclaw.ai/providers/ollama
• https://docs.openclaw.ai/concepts/models

If it still doesn’t populate, paste openclaw --version because this area changed recently.

[wooden solstice]

So context limits are not being set correctly, and do not match what https://ollama.com/api/show , is this a bug?