OpenRouter Paid Fallback#

Configure#

1. Keep the OpenRouter API key present in config.

2. Set agents.defaults.model.primary to the requested paid model.

3. Set agents.defaults.model.fallbacks to:

   • openrouter/free
   • nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b:free
   • qwen/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct:free
   • stepfun/step-3.5-flash:free
   • arcee-ai/trinity-mini:free

4. Restart the gateway.

5. Verify with openclaw status or /status.

Defaults#

• Primary: openrouter/openai/gpt-5.4-mini
• Keep the same fallback list unless the user asks otherwise.

Rules#

• Edit only the model-routing keys.
• Preserve unrelated config.
• If restart fails, check gateway status and remove stale config entries before retrying.