Providers
Cohere
Cohere provides OpenAI-compatible inference through its Compatibility API. OpenClaw bundles the Cohere provider during its externalization transition and also publishes it as an official external plugin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Provider id | cohere |
| Plugin | bundled during transition; official external package |
| Auth env var | COHERE_API_KEY |
| Onboarding flag | --auth-choice cohere-api-key |
| Direct CLI flag | --cohere-api-key <key> |
| API | OpenAI-compatible (openai-completions) |
| Base URL | https://api.cohere.ai/compatibility/v1 |
| Default model | cohere/command-a-plus-05-2026 |
| Context window | 128,000 tokens |
Built-in catalog
| Model ref | Input | Context | Max output | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
cohere/command-a-plus-05-2026 |
text, image | 128,000 | 64,000 | Default; flagship agentic and reasoning model |
cohere/command-a-03-2025 |
text | 256,000 | 8,000 | Previous Command A model |
cohere/command-a-reasoning-08-2025 |
text | 256,000 | 32,000 | Agentic reasoning and tool use |
cohere/command-a-vision-07-2025 |
text, image | 128,000 | 8,000 | Vision and document analysis; no tool use |
cohere/north-mini-code-1-0 |
text, image | 256,000 | 64,000 | Agentic coding; reasoning; free limits |
Reasoning-capable Cohere models support two Compatibility API reasoning modes. OpenClaw maps off to none and every enabled thinking level to high. Command A Vision does not support tool use, so OpenClaw keeps agent tools disabled for that model.
Get started
- Cohere ships with current OpenClaw packages. If it is missing, install the external package and restart the Gateway:
openclaw plugins install @openclaw/cohere-provideropenclaw gateway restart- Create a Cohere API key.
- Run onboarding:
openclaw onboard --non-interactive \ --auth-choice cohere-api-key \ --cohere-api-key "$COHERE_API_KEY"- Confirm the catalog is available:
openclaw models list --provider cohereOnboarding only sets Cohere as the primary model when no primary model is already configured.
Environment-only setup
Make COHERE_API_KEY available to the Gateway process, then select the Cohere model:
{ agents: { defaults: { model: { primary: "cohere/command-a-plus-05-2026" }, }, },}Related
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