Kilo Gateway

Kilo Gateway provides a unified API that routes requests to many models behind a single endpoint and API key. It is OpenAI-compatible, so most OpenAI SDKs work by switching the base URL.

Getting an API key

Go to app.kilo.ai
Sign in or create an account
Navigate to API Keys and generate a new key

CLI setup

openclaw onboard --auth-choice kilocode-api-key

Or set the environment variable:

export KILOCODE_API_KEY="<your-kilocode-api-key>" # pragma: allowlist secret

Config snippet

{
  env: { KILOCODE_API_KEY: "<your-kilocode-api-key>" }, // pragma: allowlist secret
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      model: { primary: "kilocode/kilo/auto" },
    },
  },
}

Default model

The default model is kilocode/kilo/auto, a provider-owned smart-routing model managed by Kilo Gateway.

OpenClaw treats kilocode/kilo/auto as the stable default ref, but does not publish a source-backed task-to-upstream-model mapping for that route.

Available models

OpenClaw dynamically discovers available models from the Kilo Gateway at startup. Use /models kilocode to see the full list of models available with your account.

Any model available on the gateway can be used with the kilocode/ prefix:

kilocode/kilo/auto              (default - smart routing)
kilocode/anthropic/claude-sonnet-4
kilocode/openai/gpt-5.4
kilocode/google/gemini-3-pro-preview
...and many more

Notes

Model refs are kilocode/<model-id> (e.g., kilocode/anthropic/claude-sonnet-4).
Default model: kilocode/kilo/auto
Base URL: https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway/
Bundled fallback catalog always includes kilocode/kilo/auto (Kilo Auto) with input: ["text", "image"], reasoning: true, contextWindow: 1000000, and maxTokens: 128000
At startup, OpenClaw tries GET https://api.kilo.ai/api/gateway/models and merges discovered models ahead of the static fallback catalog
Exact upstream routing behind kilocode/kilo/auto is owned by Kilo Gateway, not hard-coded in OpenClaw
Kilo Gateway is documented in source as OpenRouter-compatible, so it stays on the proxy-style OpenAI-compatible path rather than native OpenAI request shaping
For more model/provider options, see /concepts/model-providers.
Kilo Gateway uses a Bearer token with your API key under the hood.

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