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 "repo": "openclaw/openclaw",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw",
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 "title": "Swap Claude, Codex or a local model behind the same assistant",
 "page_title": "How to swap Claude, Codex or a local model behind the same assistant with OpenClaw",
 "summary": "Models and agent harnesses are plugins, so you can change what powers the assistant without touching your channels or memory.",
 "who": "A tinkerer who wants to compare providers or move to a local model to save cost or keep prompts private.",
 "problem": "Changing AI provider usually means a new app, new history and new setup.",
 "outcome": "The same assistant, memory and channels running on a different model provider or harness.",
 "steps": [
  "Open the model providers docs and pick a hosted or local provider",
  "Add the provider and make it the default for the assistant",
  "Add tools, skills and plugins from the docs or ClawHub as needed",
  "Set `update.checkOnStart: false` if you want no version check or feature statistics sent"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "On my openclaw/openclaw install, switch the assistant's model to <local model or provider>, keep my existing channels and memory, and confirm with a test message which model answered.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "20 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "",
 "category": "Personal productivity",
 "tags": [
  "Personal productivity"
 ],
 "lang": "typescript",
 "requirements": [
  "macOS, Linux, Windows or WSL2 (the installer provisions Node.js if needed)",
  "An API key or plan for a model provider, or a local model",
  "Accounts for the chat apps you want to connect"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.8,
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