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NovitaAI is a hosted AI infrastructure provider with an OpenAI-compatible API. It ships as a bundled OpenClaw provider (no separate plugin install), so credentials go through the normal model auth flow and model refs look like novita/deepseek/deepseek-v3-0324.

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Setup

Create an API key at novita.ai/settings/key-management, then run:
Or set:

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Defaults

SettingValue
Provider idnovita
Aliasesnovita-ai, novitaai
Base URLhttps://api.novita.ai/openai/v1
Env varNOVITA_API_KEY
Default modelnovita/deepseek/deepseek-v3-0324

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Bundled model catalog

  • novita/moonshotai/kimi-k2.5
  • novita/minimax/minimax-m2.7
  • novita/zai-org/glm-5
  • novita/deepseek/deepseek-v3-0324
  • novita/deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528
  • novita/qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-fp8
This is a starting point, not a live catalog. Your account, region, or Novita’s current offering may add, remove, or restrict routes. Check before setting a long-lived default:

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When to choose Novita

  • Hosted open-weight model access with an OpenAI-compatible API.
  • DeepSeek, Kimi, MiniMax, GLM, or Qwen-family routes through a single provider account.
  • Another hosted fallback path beside DeepInfra, GMI, OpenRouter, or direct vendor APIs.
  • Provider-side model hosting instead of maintaining LM Studio, Ollama, SGLang, or vLLM infrastructure.
Choose a direct vendor provider when you need vendor-native request parameters or support contracts. Choose a local provider when the model must run on your own hardware or network boundary.

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Troubleshooting

  • 401/403: verify the key in Novita’s key management page and re-run openclaw onboard --auth-choice novita-api-key if the stored profile is stale.
  • Unknown model errors: use the exact novita/<route-id> returned by openclaw models list --provider novita.
  • Slow or failed routes: try another Novita model route, or set Novita as a fallback provider for workloads that can tolerate provider-specific variance.