--- title: Running an OpenClaw on @OpenRouter really is magical. I... description: A brief endorsement of using OpenClaw with OpenRouter, highlighting how it can automatically find and wire in the correct OpenRouter API calls when asked to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/running-an-openclaw-on-openrouter-really-is-magical-i-can-say-hey-add-a-step-in-this-workflow-do-scvzqrutn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Running an OpenClaw on @OpenRouter really is magical. I can say “hey add a step in this workflow doing this thing with this model” and the Claw will find the right OpenRouter call and wire it in. No more generating and organizing new API keys… it just works. | daily.dev og:description: A brief endorsement of using OpenClaw with OpenRouter, highlighting how it can automatically find and wire in the correct OpenRouter API calls when asked to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/running-an-openclaw-on-openrouter-really-is-magical-i-can-say-hey-add-a-step-in-this-workflow-do-scvzqrutn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ScVZqruTN.png og:image:alt: Running an OpenClaw on @OpenRouter really is magical. I can say “hey add a step in this workflow doing this thing with this model” and the Claw will find the right OpenRouter call and wire it in. No more generating and organizing new API keys… it just works. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [Nat Eliason](https://daily.dev/sources/nateliason) [Read on](https://api.daily.dev/r/ScVZqruTN) Feb 18 • From x.com  Nat Eliason @nateliason Running an OpenClaw on @OpenRouter really is magical. I can say “hey add a step in this workflow doing this thing with this model” and the Claw will find the right OpenRouter call and wire it in. No more generating and organizing new API keys… it just works. Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughts Post Share this post [](https://daily.dev/sources/nateliason) [Nat Eliason](https://daily.dev/sources/nateliason "https://daily.dev/sources/nateliason") 2 Followers • 0 Upvotes #### Would you recommend this post? 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