OpenClaw

Configure Venice as the model provider in OpenClaw for private, uncensored AI across WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, and other messaging surfaces.

OpenClaw is an open-source, self-hosted AI gateway that connects messaging platforms (WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, iMessage, Slack) to AI models. Venice AI is available as a built-in provider, giving you access to private and uncensored models from any connected channel.

Official Venice Provider Guide

Full setup instructions, model list, and configuration options on the OpenClaw docs.

Setup

1. Install OpenClaw

macOS / Linux

curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash

Windows

iwr -useb https://openclaw.ai/install.ps1 | iex

npm

npm install -g openclaw@latest

2. Run the onboarding wizard

openclaw onboard

The wizard will walk you through setup. When prompted, select Venice AI as your provider from the list, then paste your API key. Get one from venice.ai/settings/api if you don’t have one yet.

3. Pick a model

During onboarding, OpenClaw shows all available Venice models. Some recommendations:

Use case	Model	Privacy
General	venice/zai-org-glm-5	Private
Reasoning	venice/kimi-k2-5	Private
Coding	venice/claude-opus-4-6	Anonymized
Vision	venice/qwen3-vl-235b-a22b	Private
Uncensored	venice/venice-uncensored	Private

Change your default model anytime:

openclaw models set venice/zai-org-glm-5

List all available models:

openclaw models list | grep venice

4. Start chatting

Open the terminal UI:

openclaw tui

Or the web dashboard:

openclaw dashboard

Or connect a messaging channel (WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, etc.):

openclaw channels login
openclaw gateway

Privacy modes

Venice models in OpenClaw follow the same privacy tiers as the Venice API:

• Private models (GLM, Qwen, DeepSeek, Llama, Venice Uncensored) run on Venice’s GPU fleet. Prompts are never stored or logged.
• Anonymized models (Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok) are proxied through Venice with all identifying information stripped. The third-party provider sees Venice as the customer, not you.

Image and video generation

Install the Venice AI Media skill for image and video generation:

openclaw skills install nhannah/venice-ai-media

Resources

OpenClaw Docs

Official documentation

Venice Provider Guide

Full Venice setup reference