OpenClaw Infer

Use the OpenClaw infer CLI for provider-backed model, image, audio transcription, TTS, video, web-search, and embedding tasks.

openclaw skills install @takhoffman/openclaw-infer

Prefer openclaw infer ... as the first-party CLI for inference work.

Use --json when output should be machine-readable or piped into another step. The normal local path does not require the gateway to be running.

Setup

Requires binary: openclaw on PATH.

Install if missing:

bash

npm install -g openclaw

Quick verification:

bash

openclaw infer model providers --json

If working from a local OpenClaw checkout instead of a global install, use that checkout's built openclaw CLI.

Run text/model calls:
- openclaw infer model run --prompt "Reply with exactly: smoke-ok" --json
- openclaw infer model providers --json
Generate or inspect images:
- openclaw infer image generate --prompt "friendly lobster illustration" --json
- openclaw infer image describe --file ./photo.jpg --json
Transcribe audio:
- openclaw infer audio transcribe --file ./memo.m4a --language en --prompt "Focus on names and action items" --json
Synthesize speech:
- openclaw infer tts convert --text "hello from openclaw" --output ./hello.mp3 --json
- openclaw infer tts providers --json
Generate or inspect video:
- openclaw infer video generate --prompt "cinematic sunset over the ocean" --json
- openclaw infer video describe --file ./clip.mp4 --json
Search the web:
- openclaw infer web search --query "OpenClaw docs" --json
- openclaw infer web providers --json
Create embeddings:
- openclaw infer embedding create --text "friendly lobster" --json
- openclaw infer embedding providers --json

Prefer infer over older wrapper skills or provider-specific CLIs unless the user explicitly asks for that provider or workflow.
Prefer explicit --provider or --model provider/model only when the user asks for a specific backend.
Keep the command family flat:
- infer image ...
- infer audio ...
- infer tts ...
- infer video ...
- infer web ...
- infer embedding ...