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Getting Started with ClawPane: Smart Model Routing for OpenClaw

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Setting up smart model routing in OpenClaw shouldn't require a PhD in infrastructure. With ClawPane, you can go from zero to optimized routing in about three minutes.

What is ClawPane?

ClawPane is a drop-in model provider for OpenClaw that automatically routes every agent request to the best model based on your optimization priorities — cost, speed, quality, or carbon footprint. Instead of hardcoding model names in your agent configs, you point everything at ClawPane and let the router decide.

Step 1: Create a Router

Head to the ClawPane Dashboard and create your first router. You can start with one of four presets:

  • Auto — balanced across cost, speed, and quality
  • Fast — lowest latency above all else
  • Economy — cheapest viable model for every request
  • Quality — highest-scoring model regardless of cost

Or dial in custom weights for your specific workload.

Step 2: Get Your API Key

Navigate to Settings and generate a ClawPane API key. This key works across all your routers — you only need one.

Step 3: Add ClawPane to OpenClaw

In OpenClaw, go to Settings → Model Providers → Add Provider and enter:

Provider Name:   ClawPane
Provider URL:    https://clawpane.co/route
API Key:         mp_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Model ID:        auto
SDK:             OpenAI

That's it. Every agent in your OpenClaw gateway now routes through ClawPane automatically.

What Happens Next?

Once connected, every request from your OpenClaw agents is scored against 40+ models across 15+ providers. ClawPane picks the winner based on your router's weights and returns the response with full metadata — selected model, cost, latency, and environmental impact.

If a provider goes down or gets rate-limited, ClawPane's fallback chains kick in automatically. Your agents keep running even when individual providers fail.

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