OpenClaw 🦞

OpenClaw is an open-source personal AI assistant that runs locally on your machine and connects to messaging platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, and more. It supports any OpenAI-compatible provider, including Inception.

Setup Instructions

Set your Inception API key as an environment variable:

export INCEPTION_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"

Add this line to your ~/.zshrc or ~/.bash_profile so it persists across terminal sessions.

Open your OpenClaw config file at ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json and add Inception as a custom provider:

{
  "models": {
    "mode": "merge",
    "providers": {
      "inception": {
        "baseUrl": "https://api.inceptionlabs.ai/v1",
        "apiKey": "${INCEPTION_API_KEY}",
        "api": "openai-completions",
        "models": [
          {
            "id": "mercury-2",
            "name": "Mercury 2",
            "contextWindow": 128000,
            "maxTokens": 16384
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Setting mode: "merge" ensures all built-in providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, etc.) remain available alongside Inception. Without it, custom providers replace the entire built-in catalog.

Set Mercury as your primary model:

openclaw models set inception/mercury-2

Restart the gateway to pick up the new provider:

openclaw gateway restart

OpenClaw’s gateway hot-reloads most config changes automatically, but restarting ensures new provider definitions are fully loaded.

Verify everything is working:

# Check that the Inception provider and model appear
openclaw models list

# Confirm primary model, auth status, and provider endpoint
openclaw models status

You should see inception/mercury-2 listed as your primary model with valid auth.

Switching Models

You can switch to Mercury mid-session from any connected chat (Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, etc.):

/model inception/mercury-2

Or use Mercury as a fallback instead of the primary model:

openclaw models fallbacks add inception/mercury-2

Troubleshooting

If something isn’t working, run the built-in diagnostics:

# General health check — finds and fixes common config issues
openclaw doctor --fix

# Detailed gateway and provider status
openclaw status --all

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