AI Models
BYOK: Bring Your Own Key
Unlimited AI at provider rates. Your key, your bill, your control.
Connect your Anthropic or OpenRouter API key and MoClaw will route every request through it. No platform credit caps and no markup. You pay what your provider charges and nothing more. The rest of MoClaw (skills, browser control, cloud computer, cron, files) keeps working exactly the same.
How it works
3 steps to wire up BYOK: Bring Your Own Key, no engineering required.
- 1
Get an API key
Generate a key from your Anthropic or OpenRouter dashboard. For OpenRouter, top up a balance and they pass-through bill at provider cost.
- 2
Paste it in MoClaw Settings
Open Settings → Models → BYOK and paste your key. Stored encrypted at rest, decrypted only at request time.
- 3
Pick your model
Switch the model picker to your BYOK model. Every new chat now bills against your key. Switch back any time.
BYOK vs included credits
Pick the one that fits how you use AI.
| Included plan | BYOK | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | $20 / mo for 1,000 credits | Provider rates, no markup |
| Rate limits | Plan-based fair-use | Whatever your provider gives you |
| Model choice | Claude Opus / Sonnet / Haiku | Any model on Anthropic or OpenRouter |
| Prompt caching | Handled by MoClaw | Handled by MoClaw |
| Best for | Casual users, evaluation | Power users, agencies, high-volume teams |
Supported providers
Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.7, Sonnet 4.6, Haiku 4.5
OpenRouter
GPT-5, Gemini 2.5 Pro, DeepSeek V4 and V4 Pro, Llama 3.1 405B, Qwen, and 200+ open-source models
FAQ
Quick answers about pricing, privacy, and limits.
- Do you store my API key?
- Yes, encrypted at rest with envelope encryption. We need it to make requests on your behalf. You can revoke it any time from Settings, which deletes both the encrypted blob and the in-memory cache within seconds.
- Do I still need a paid MoClaw plan?
- No. BYOK works on every plan including the free tier. Paid plans unlock product features (cron, AI cloud computer, deep research) but not model access. That's all on your key.
- Can I split between BYOK and included credits?
- Pick one per chat for now. Cross-chat switching mid-thread is on the roadmap.
- What about OpenAI directly?
- Use OpenRouter for OpenAI models. Same upstream pricing, plus you get fallback to other providers if OpenAI is down. Direct OpenAI BYOK is on the roadmap.
- Will MoClaw skills and tools still work?
- Yes. Skills, browser control, cloud computer, scheduled tasks, file handling, all of it runs the same. BYOK only changes who pays for the model call.