Get OpenClaw working with Ollama Cloud (no server management)

The core issue was that OpenClaw’s built-in “Ollama” provider is designed specifically for local servers. When you try to point it at a cloud URL, it tries to “discover” models using local-only commands, which causes the Gateway service to crash. The Solution: Use the OpenAI Provider Instead of using the ollama provider type, we used the openai-completions type. This tells OpenClaw to treat Ollama Cloud as a standard cloud API, bypassing the local discovery logic. Correct Configuration (~/.openclaw/openclaw.json) Ensure your models.providers section looks like this: /v1 is what makes it OpenAI-compatible, as opposed to /api. ollama-cloud instead of ollama because ollama is reserved. Does it have to say ollama-cloud? No, write butts-cloud for all I care. "models": { "providers": { "ollama-cloud": { "baseUrl": "https://ollama.com/v1", "apiKey": "YOUR_OLLAMA_API_KEY", "api": "openai-completions", "models": [ { "id": "kimi-k2.5:cloud", "name": "Kimi K2.5 Cloud", "contextWindow": 128000, "m