Configure OpenClaw Model Capabilities

Declare model capabilities before onboarding so NemoClaw can bake them into the OpenClaw configuration. Use these settings only when the selected model and provider support the capability you declare.

Configure Reasoning Mode

Set NEMOCLAW_REASONING=true for a reasoning model. The default is false.

$
export NEMOCLAW_REASONING=true
$
nemoclaw onboard

For a compatible Anthropic endpoint, reasoning mode also skips the onboarding streaming check intended for models that emit normal response content. Agent requests still use the streaming path, so confirm the endpoint’s runtime behavior separately.

Configure Image Input

Set NEMOCLAW_INFERENCE_INPUTS=text,image only when the model accepts image input through the selected provider. The default is text.

$
export NEMOCLAW_INFERENCE_INPUTS=text,image
$
nemoclaw onboard

During interactive onboarding, NemoClaw prompts for Text only or Text + Image when the discovered model name appears multimodal and NEMOCLAW_INFERENCE_INPUTS is not already valid. Non-interactive onboarding uses the environment value or the default text setting.

Apply Capability Changes

These settings are build-time inputs. Recreate an existing sandbox after changing either value.

$
nemoclaw onboard --fresh --name <sandbox-name> --recreate-sandbox

For context-window and output-token settings, refer to Configure Model Limits.