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The Meta API uses the OpenAI-compatible Responses API (POST /v1/responses) for the muse-spark-1.1 reasoning model. The provider ships as a bundled OpenClaw plugin.
PropertyValue
Provider idmeta
Pluginbundled provider
Auth env varMODEL_API_KEY
Onboarding flag--auth-choice meta-api-key
Direct CLI flag--meta-api-key <key>
APIResponses API (openai-responses)
Base URLhttps://api.ai.meta.com/v1
Default modelmeta/muse-spark-1.1
Default reasoninghigh (reasoning.effort)

Getting started

1

Set the API key

openclaw onboard --auth-choice meta-api-key
openclaw onboard --non-interactive --accept-risk \
  --auth-choice meta-api-key \
  --meta-api-key "$MODEL_API_KEY"
export MODEL_API_KEY=<key>
2

Verify models are available

openclaw models list --provider meta
Lists the static muse-spark-1.1 catalog entry. If MODEL_API_KEY is unresolved, openclaw models status --json reports the missing credential under auth.unusableProfiles.

Non-interactive setup

openclaw onboard --non-interactive --accept-risk \
  --mode local \
  --auth-choice meta-api-key \
  --meta-api-key "$MODEL_API_KEY"

Built-in catalog

Model refNameReasoningContext windowMax output
meta/muse-spark-1.1Muse Spark 1.1yes1,048,576128,000
Capabilities:
  • Text + image input
  • Tool calling and streaming
  • Reasoning effort: minimal, low, medium, high, xhigh (default: high)
  • Stateless encrypted reasoning replay (store: false, include: ["reasoning.encrypted_content"])
muse-spark-1.1 does not accept reasoning.effort: "none". OpenClaw maps --thinking off to minimal for this provider.

Manual config

{
  env: { MODEL_API_KEY: "<key>" },
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      model: { primary: "meta/muse-spark-1.1" },
      models: {
        "meta/muse-spark-1.1": { alias: "Muse Spark 1.1" },
      },
    },
  },
}
If the Gateway runs as a daemon (launchd, systemd, Docker), make sure MODEL_API_KEY is available to that process — for example in ~/.openclaw/.env or through env.shellEnv. A key exported only in an interactive shell will not help a managed service unless the env is imported separately.

Smoke test

export MODEL_API_KEY=<key>
pnpm test:live -- extensions/meta/meta.live.test.ts
Live tests use muse-spark-1.1 against POST /v1/responses.

Model providers

Choosing providers, model refs, and failover behavior.

Thinking modes

Reasoning effort levels for muse-spark-1.1.

Configuration reference

Agent defaults and model configuration.