> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL. > For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/llms.txt. > For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://docs.nvidia.com/nemoclaw/_mcp/server. # Model Capability Audit Matrix > Maintained matrix template for auditing NemoClaw model and provider behavior across supported agent surfaces. Use this matrix to maintain model and provider audit evidence for NemoClaw agent behavior. The matrix tracks whether a supported model works as an agent model, not only whether it can answer a one-shot chat prompt. Do not mark a row as completed without committed evidence or a stable CI link. Rows seeded from source inventory start as `not-yet-run` until a maintainer imports or records evidence. ## Result States Every audit row must use one of these states. | State | Use when | | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | `pass` | The row completes required scenarios without model-specific changes. | | `pass-with-affordance` | The row completes required scenarios with a documented model or provider affordance. | | `degraded` | The row is usable but has documented limits, retries, latency risk, or partial surface coverage. | | `blocked` | The row cannot complete required scenarios and needs a linked follow-up issue or PR. | | `unsupported` | The model, provider, or surface is intentionally unsupported. | | `not-yet-run` | The row is in scope but has no completed evidence yet. | ## Required Row Schema Use these fields for every completed row. If a field is not applicable, write `n/a` and explain why in the evidence notes. | Field | Required content | | -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Model ID | Exact model identifier used by onboarding or runtime config. | | Provider path | Provider class and route, such as NVIDIA Endpoints, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Local Ollama, Local vLLM, or another compatible endpoint. | | Agent surface | Exact agent path, such as OpenClaw primary agent, OpenClaw CLI prompt path, OpenClaw browser or gateway path, OpenClaw sub-agent delegation, Hermes sandbox API, or auxiliary model path. | | NemoClaw commit SHA | Full commit SHA for the repo state used during validation. | | Runtime versions | OpenShell, OpenClaw, Hermes, provider server, and local serving versions when available. | | Endpoint/API path selected | Concrete API path, base URL class, and provider key selected by NemoClaw. | | Workflow used | Exact command sequence or CI workflow used to run the scenario. | | State | One result state from this page. | | Evidence | Trajectory file path, session log path, request dump path, or CI artifact link. | | Observed tool-call count | Count and names of structured tool calls observed in the scenario. | | Final-response behavior | Whether the assistant produced a final response after tool results, stopped empty, stopped reasoning-only, or emitted raw tool text. | | Multi-turn behavior | Whether turn 2 used turn 1 tool results without re-running unrelated tools. | | Latency and timeout notes | Validation time, first token or first event time when available, total duration, retries, and timeout budget used. | | Required affordance | Model-specific setup, provider-class transport behavior, request mutation, API path forcing, streaming requirement, or `none`. | | Follow-up | Linked issue, PR, or registry decision when remediation or setup work is needed. | ## Required Scenario Coverage Completed rows should state which required scenarios were exercised. Rows can remain `degraded`, `blocked`, or `not-yet-run` when a scenario cannot be exercised yet. | Scenario | Required checks | | --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Baseline chat | Deterministic response works, provider validation is actionable, and credentials do not leak into sandbox-visible files, logs, or prompts. | | Shell tool loop | Separate structured `hostname`, `date`, and `uptime` tool calls are emitted, persisted, correlated with tool results, and followed by a final assistant response. | | Multi-turn continuation | Turn 2 uses a tool result from turn 1 and does not ask the user to continue after a complete tool result. | | Sub-agent delegation | The primary agent emits a structured `sessions_spawn` request, the sub-agent receives the intended task and workspace, and the primary agent consumes the result. | | Hermes path | Hermes starts with the selected provider/model, returns the expected OpenAI-compatible response shape, and separates Hermes failures from OpenClaw-only request-shape issues. | | Performance and operability | The row records validation duration, first event timing when available, retry behavior, timeout budget, streaming requirement, request mutation requirement, API path forcing, and cold-start differences. | ## Audit Matrix These seed rows come from current repo source files, not from live benchmark claims. Keep them as `not-yet-run` until the row has evidence that satisfies the schema above. When importing a completed row from an issue comment, preserve the exact commit SHA, workflow, evidence paths, and observed behavior. | Agent surface | Provider class | Model or route | API path | State | Evidence | Required affordance | Follow-up | Source | | ---------------------- | ----------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | OpenClaw primary agent | NVIDIA Endpoints | `nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b` | Managed `inference.local` OpenAI-compatible completions | `not-yet-run` | Add trajectory and session evidence before changing state. | Existing OpenClaw setup manifest disables `tool_search` for this route. | Verify evidence before changing state. | `src/lib/inference/config.ts`, `nemoclaw-blueprint/model-specific-setup/openclaw/nemotron-3-super-120b-managed-inference.json`. | | OpenClaw primary agent | NVIDIA Endpoints | `moonshotai/kimi-k2.6` | Managed `inference.local` OpenAI-compatible completions | `not-yet-run` | Add trajectory and session evidence before changing state. | Existing OpenClaw setup manifest applies Kimi compatibility and plugin loading. | Verify Kimi regression evidence before changing state. | `src/lib/inference/config.ts`, `nemoclaw-blueprint/model-specific-setup/openclaw/kimi-k2.6-managed-inference.json`. | | OpenClaw primary agent | NVIDIA Endpoints | Any model from `CLOUD_MODEL_OPTIONS` | Managed `inference.local` OpenAI-compatible completions unless config selects another API. | `not-yet-run` | Add one evidence row per model before changing state. | Record `none`, model-specific setup, or provider-class transport behavior. | Expand into per-model rows as evidence lands. | `src/lib/inference/config.ts`. | | OpenClaw primary agent | OpenAI | Any model from `REMOTE_MODEL_OPTIONS.openai` | `openai` provider through `https://inference.local/v1`. | `not-yet-run` | Add one evidence row per model before changing state. | Record Responses or Chat Completions behavior explicitly. | Expand into per-model rows as evidence lands. | `src/lib/inference/model-prompts.ts`, `src/lib/inference/config.ts`. | | OpenClaw primary agent | Anthropic | Any model from `REMOTE_MODEL_OPTIONS.anthropic` | `anthropic` provider through `https://inference.local` with `anthropic-messages`. | `not-yet-run` | Add one evidence row per model before changing state. | Record native Anthropic Messages behavior explicitly. | Expand into per-model rows as evidence lands. | `src/lib/inference/model-prompts.ts`, `src/lib/inference/config.ts`. | | OpenClaw primary agent | Gemini | Any model from `REMOTE_MODEL_OPTIONS.gemini` | Managed `inference.local` OpenAI-compatible route. | `not-yet-run` | Add one evidence row per model before changing state. | Record provider state and tool-result continuation behavior. | Expand into per-model rows as evidence lands. | `src/lib/inference/model-prompts.ts`, `src/lib/inference/config.ts`. | | OpenClaw primary agent | Local Ollama | Default `nemotron-3-nano:30b` or any installed model selected by onboarding. | Managed `inference.local` route to the host Ollama proxy. | `not-yet-run` | Add local daemon, model tag, and trajectory evidence before changing state. | Record tool capability, streaming usage, and local proxy behavior. | Add one row per audited local model tag. | `src/lib/inference/local.ts`, `src/lib/inference/config.ts`. | | OpenClaw primary agent | Local vLLM | Any model from `VLLM_MODELS`. | Managed `inference.local` route to the host vLLM server. | `not-yet-run` | Add vLLM serve flags, model id, and trajectory evidence before changing state. | Record parser flags, reasoning parser, and tool-call parser behavior. | Add one row per audited vLLM model id. | `src/lib/inference/vllm-models.ts`, `src/lib/inference/config.ts`. | | OpenClaw primary agent | Other OpenAI-compatible endpoint | User-selected `custom-model` or another configured model id. | Managed `inference.local` route to the compatible endpoint. | `not-yet-run` | Add endpoint class and trajectory evidence before changing state. | Record endpoint API path forcing and store/streaming assumptions. | Add one row per endpoint class that is validated. | `src/lib/inference/config.ts`. | | OpenClaw primary agent | Other Anthropic-compatible endpoint | User-selected `custom-anthropic-model` or another configured model id. | `anthropic` route when supported, otherwise managed compatible route. | `not-yet-run` | Add endpoint class and trajectory evidence before changing state. | Record native Anthropic Messages or compatible-route transport behavior. | Add one row per endpoint class that is validated. | `src/lib/inference/config.ts`. | | Hermes sandbox API | Hermes Provider | Default `moonshotai/kimi-k2.6` or any model from `HERMES_PROVIDER_MODEL_OPTIONS`. | Hermes Provider route through NemoClaw managed inference. | `not-yet-run` | Add Hermes session, request dump, logs, and local API evidence before changing state. | Record Hermes-specific config, transport, and response-shape behavior. | Keep Hermes rows separate from OpenClaw rows. | `src/lib/inference/config.ts`, `src/lib/inference/model-prompts.ts`. | ## Completed Row Template Copy this template when adding evidence for a specific model/provider/agent combination. Do not leave placeholder text in a completed row. | Field | Value | | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Model ID | ``. | | Provider path | ``. | | Agent surface | ``. | | NemoClaw commit SHA | ``. | | Runtime versions | ``. | | Endpoint/API path selected | ``. | | Workflow used | ``. | | State | ``. | | Evidence | ``. | | Observed tool-call count | ``. | | Final-response behavior | ``. | | Multi-turn behavior | ``. | | Latency and timeout notes | ``. | | Required affordance | ``. | | Follow-up | ``. | ## Related Artifacts * `nemoclaw-blueprint/model-specific-setup/README.md` documents where model-specific setup belongs once an intervention is justified. * `docs/inference/tool-calling-reliability` explains the local inference tool-call failure mode that audit rows should classify separately from provider connectivity. ## Next Steps * [Inference Options](inference-options) for choosing a provider path before adding audit evidence. * [Tool-Calling Reliability](tool-calling-reliability) for separating provider connectivity from model tool-use behavior. * [Architecture](../reference/architecture) for the model-specific setup registry location.