🦞 ClawAPI

One command. Every AI. Your keys stay home.

Open-source AI API Key Manager + Smart Router. Manage 20+ AI providers from a single local engine — keys never leave your machine.

Install

npm install -g @clawapi/engine
clawapi init

That's it. Two commands, zero config files to create manually.

clawapi init automatically creates your config and registers the MCP server with Claude Code. Run clawapi doctor to verify everything is working.

Package name: @clawapi/engine (not clawapi — that's a different package)

Quick Start

For Claude Code (MCP)

npm install -g @clawapi/engine   # Install the CLI
clawapi init                      # Create config + register MCP
# Restart Claude Code (close and reopen your terminal)
clawapi doctor                    # Verify setup

After restart, Claude Code can use 14 ClawAPI tools (search, translate, image generation, and more).

For any OpenAI SDK client

npm install -g @clawapi/engine
clawapi init --no-mcp     # Setup without MCP registration
clawapi start              # Start the engine on localhost:4141

# Use as OpenAI-compatible API
# base_url: http://localhost:4141/v1

What You Get

• 🔑 Encrypted key vault — AES-256-GCM, keys never leave your machine
• 🧠 Smart routing — Automatically picks the best provider for each request
• 📊 Cost tracking — Know exactly which key is burning money
• 🔌 OpenAI-compatible API — Works with any OpenAI SDK client
• 🤖 MCP server — 14 tools for Claude Code, Cursor, and more
• 🔄 Auto-failover — If one provider goes down, seamlessly switch to another

Supported Providers

OpenAI · Anthropic · Google Gemini · DeepSeek · Groq · Cerebras · SambaNova · Mistral · Cohere · Together AI · Fireworks · Perplexity · xAI (Grok) · OpenRouter · Ollama · Brave Search · Tavily · DuckDuckGo · DeepL · and more

MCP Tools

| Tool | What it does | |------|-------------| | llm | Chat with any AI model through ClawAPI | | search | Web search via Brave/Tavily/DuckDuckGo | | translate | Translate text via DeepL or AI | | image_generate | Generate images | | audio_transcribe | Transcribe audio files | | embeddings | Generate text embeddings | | keys_list | View your API keys | | keys_add | Add a new API key | | status | Check engine health | | adapters | List supported providers | | setup_wizard | First-time setup: scan env for keys, validate, generate Gold Key | | growth_guide | Growth guide: unlock progress, recommendations, pool health | | ask | Ask ClawAPI anything | | task | Execute multi-step AI tasks |

CLI Commands

# Setup
clawapi init               # One-command setup (config + MCP)
clawapi init --force       # Reinitialize (overwrite config)
clawapi init --no-mcp      # Setup without MCP registration
clawapi setup              # Interactive first-time setup (5-step wizard)
clawapi doctor             # Diagnose issues

# Engine
clawapi start              # Start the engine
clawapi stop               # Stop the engine
clawapi status             # Check engine health

# Keys
clawapi keys list          # List your API keys
clawapi keys add           # Add a new API key
clawapi keys check         # Validate all keys

# MCP
clawapi mcp                # Start MCP server (stdio mode)
clawapi mcp --test         # Quick MCP health check
clawapi mcp --install      # Register MCP with Claude Code
clawapi mcp --uninstall    # Remove MCP from Claude Code

# Cleanup
clawapi uninstall          # Remove config + MCP settings
clawapi uninstall --all    # Remove everything (including API keys and data)

Uninstall

clawapi uninstall              # Remove config and MCP settings
bun remove -g @clawapi/engine  # Remove the CLI

Links

• 📦 npm
• 🐙 GitHub
• 📄 License: AGPL-3.0