A specialized tool for Openclaw Skills that automates the discovery and integration of LLM endpoints into your local configuration.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install model-catalog-updater
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install model-catalog-updater using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Model Catalog Updater?
The Model Catalog Updater is an essential utility within the ecosystem of Openclaw Skills designed to bridge the gap between AI providers and your local development environment. It eliminates the manual effort of editing JSON configuration files by fetching real-time model data directly from provider APIs.
By streamlining the integration of new Large Language Models, this skill ensures that developers can quickly experiment with the latest frontier models. It handles everything from context window settings to cost structures, making it a cornerstone for those maintaining complex Openclaw Skills workflows.
Model Catalog Updater Use Cases
- Synchronizing local configurations with updated model lists from OpenRouter or LM Studio.
- Automatically detecting and configuring reasoning models like DeepSeek-R1 or OpenAI o1.
- Rapidly onboarding new API providers to an existing Openclaw Skills setup without manual JSON editing.
- Managing vision-capable models by automatically flagging multimodal input support.
How Model Catalog Updater Works
- The skill parses your existing
openclaw.jsonto identify currently configured API providers. - You are presented with a selection of providers to query via the command-line interface.
- The skill sends a request to the provider's
/v1/modelsendpoint to retrieve the latest available catalog. - You select specific models or all available options to import into your workspace.
- A safety backup of your configuration is created as
openclawworking.jsonbefore any modifications occur. - The skill injects the new model definitions and alias entries into your primary configuration file.
Model Catalog Updater Setup
To use this within your Openclaw Skills environment, ensure your provider API keys are already configured in your main settings file. Run the following command to begin the update process:
/model-catalog-updater provider:<select-provider>
Note: The updater defaults to a context window of 128,000 tokens and 8,192 max tokens unless otherwise specified by the provider metadata.
Model Catalog Updater Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill manages data across two primary sections of your configuration to ensure compatibility with various Openclaw Skills:
| Location | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
models.providers.{id}.models |
Array | Full model definitions including IDs, costs, and capabilities. |
agents.defaults.models |
Object | Alias entries allowing for easy referencing in agent workflows. |
openclawworking.json |
File | A recovery backup created in the root configuration directory. |
Model Catalog Updater Advanced Features
- Intelligent reasoning detection based on naming patterns (e.g., o1, qwq, think).
- Automatic multimodal capability flagging for IDs containing 'vision' or 'multimodal'.
- Bulk import functionality allowing users to add 'all' fetched models in a single operation.
- Seamless integration with local LLM runners like LM Studio for hybrid cloud/local Openclaw Skills deployments.
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