Arcee AI provides the Trinity family of mixture-of-experts models through an OpenAI-compatible API. All Trinity models are Apache 2.0 licensed. Arcee is an official OpenClaw plugin, not bundled with core, so it needs an install step before onboarding.
Access Arcee models directly through the Arcee platform or through OpenRouter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Provider | arcee |
| Auth | ARCEEAI_API_KEY (direct) or OPENROUTER_API_KEY (via OpenRouter) |
| API | OpenAI-compatible |
| Base URL | https://api.arcee.ai/api/v1 (direct) or https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 (OpenRouter) |
Install plugin
openclaw plugins install @openclaw/arcee-provider
openclaw gateway restart
Getting started
The same model refs work for both direct and OpenRouter setups.
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Non-interactive setup
Direct Arcee catalog
| Model ref | Name | Input | Context | Max output | Cost (in/out per 1M) | Tools | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
arcee/trinity-large-thinking |
Trinity Large Thinking | text | 256K | 80K | $0.25 / $0.90 | No | Default model; extended thinking |
arcee/trinity-large-preview |
Trinity Large Preview | text | 128K | 16K | $0.25 / $1.00 | Yes | General-purpose; 400B params, 13B active |
arcee/trinity-mini |
Trinity Mini 26B | text | 128K | 80K | $0.045 / $0.15 | Yes | Fast and cost-efficient; function calling |
OpenRouter catalog
OpenRouter onboarding exposes arcee/trinity-large-preview and arcee/trinity-large-thinking. OpenClaw keeps those provider-qualified model refs in config and sends OpenRouter's canonical arcee-ai/* runtime ids. Trinity Mini is no longer served by OpenRouter; use the direct Arcee API for that model.
Supported features
| Feature | Supported |
|---|---|
| Streaming | Yes |
| Tool use / function calling | Yes (Trinity Mini, Trinity Large Preview) |
| Structured output (JSON mode and JSON schema) | Yes |
| Extended thinking | Yes (Trinity Large Thinking; tools disabled) |
Related
Source: docs/providers/arcee.md