---
summary: "Use DeepInfra's unified API to access the most popular open source and frontier models in OpenClaw"
read_when:
  - You want a single API key for the top open source LLMs
  - You want to run models via DeepInfra's API in OpenClaw
title: "DeepInfra"
---

DeepInfra routes requests to popular open source and frontier models behind a
single OpenAI-compatible endpoint and API key. Most OpenAI SDKs work against
it by switching the base URL.

## Install plugin

```bash
openclaw plugins install @openclaw/deepinfra-provider
openclaw gateway restart
```

## Get an API key

1. Sign in at [deepinfra.com](https://deepinfra.com/)
2. Go to Dashboard / Keys and generate a key, or use the auto-created one

## CLI setup

```bash
openclaw onboard --deepinfra-api-key <key>
```

Or set the environment variable:

```bash
export DEEPINFRA_API_KEY="<your-deepinfra-api-key>" # pragma: allowlist secret
```

## Config snippet

```json5
{
  env: { vars: { DEEPINFRA_API_KEY: "<your-deepinfra-api-key>" } }, // pragma: allowlist secret
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      model: { primary: "deepinfra/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash" },
    },
  },
}
```

## Supported surfaces

Chat, image generation, and video generation refresh their model catalogs
live from `https://api.deepinfra.com/v1/openai/models?sort_by=openclaw&filter=with_meta`
once `DEEPINFRA_API_KEY` is configured. Live discovery expands the list of
selectable models; the default model per surface stays the static value
below. Other surfaces use static catalogs until they move onto the same
live catalog.

| Surface                  | Default model                                                                  | OpenClaw config/tool                                  |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| Chat / model provider    | `deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash` (live catalog adds more chat models)           | `agents.defaults.model`                               |
| Image generation/editing | `black-forest-labs/FLUX-1-schnell` (live catalog adds more `image-gen` models) | `image_generate`, `agents.defaults.mediaModels.image` |
| Media understanding      | `moonshotai/Kimi-K2.5` for images                                              | inbound image understanding                           |
| Speech-to-text           | `openai/whisper-large-v3-turbo`                                                | inbound audio transcription                           |
| Text-to-speech           | `hexgrad/Kokoro-82M`                                                           | `tts.provider: "deepinfra"`                           |
| Video generation         | `Pixverse/Pixverse-T2V` (live catalog adds more `video-gen` models)            | `video_generate`, `agents.defaults.mediaModels.video` |
| Memory embeddings        | `BAAI/bge-m3`                                                                  | `memory.search.provider: "deepinfra"`                 |

DeepInfra also exposes reranking, classification, object-detection, and other
native model types. OpenClaw has no provider contract for those categories
yet, so this plugin does not register them.

## Available models

OpenClaw discovers DeepInfra models dynamically once a key is configured. Use
`/models deepinfra` or `openclaw models list --provider deepinfra` to see the
current list.

Any model on [deepinfra.com](https://deepinfra.com/) works with the
`deepinfra/` prefix:

```text
deepinfra/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash
deepinfra/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro
deepinfra/zai-org/GLM-5.2
deepinfra/stepfun-ai/Step-3.7-Flash
deepinfra/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.7-Code
deepinfra/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6
deepinfra/nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Ultra-550B-A55B
deepinfra/nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B
...and many more
```

## Notes

- Model refs are `deepinfra/<provider>/<model>` (for example `deepinfra/Qwen/Qwen3-Max`).
- Default chat model: `deepinfra/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash`
- Base URL: `https://api.deepinfra.com/v1/openai`
- Video generation uses the OpenAI-compatible async endpoint `https://api.deepinfra.com/v1/openai/videos` (submit, then poll). A configured `baseUrl` is honored. `openclaw doctor --fix` migrates legacy `nativeBaseUrl` or `/v1/inference` values on `api.deepinfra.com` to `baseUrl` automatically; custom native endpoints are retired with a doctor notice and need a manually configured OpenAI-compatible `baseUrl`. Video generation fails with an actionable error (before sending any request) while `baseUrl` still targets the retired `/v1/inference` surface.

## Related

- [Model providers](/concepts/model-providers)
- [All providers](/providers/index)
