InferenceHosted Inference

Use OpenAI

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The OpenAI provider routes NemoClaw inference to the OpenAI API through OpenShell. The sandbox uses the managed inference.local route and does not receive the raw OpenAI API key.

Credential

Set OPENAI_API_KEY in the host shell before onboarding. NemoClaw uses provider-aware validation during credential retries.

Model Choices

The onboarding wizard offers these curated model IDs.

  • gpt-5.4.
  • gpt-5.4-mini.
  • gpt-5.4-nano.
  • gpt-5.4-pro-2026-03-05.

Onboard

Run the onboarding wizard and select OpenAI.

$nemohermes onboard

Select a model when the wizard prompts you. NemoClaw validates the selected provider and model before creating the sandbox.

Validation

NemoClaw tries the OpenAI /responses route first and then falls back to /chat/completions during validation. The wizard retries transient upstream failures before it reports a provider failure.