From d46d61451451ca59b2a1c0d936980696f5ba4eba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ahmed Abushagur <ahmed@abushagur.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:34:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: revert OpenClaw default model to openrouter/auto

OpenClaw requires the openrouter/ provider prefix for model IDs.
The previous default (moonshotai/kimi-k2.5) was missing the prefix,
causing "Unknown model" warnings. Reverted to openrouter/openrouter/auto
which uses OpenRouter's auto-router to pick the best model per prompt.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 manifest.json                          | 2 +-
 packages/cli/package.json              | 2 +-
 packages/cli/src/shared/agent-setup.ts | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index b674adfb1..6afec0589 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
       "interactive_prompts": {
         "model_id": {
           "prompt": "Enter model ID",
-          "default": "moonshotai/kimi-k2.5"
+          "default": "openrouter/openrouter/auto"
         }
       },
       "icon": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenRouterTeam/spawn/main/assets/agents/openclaw.png",
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index dbd3ae00c..948181839 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openrouter/spawn",
-  "version": "0.16.12",
+  "version": "0.16.13",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
     "spawn": "cli.js"
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/shared/agent-setup.ts b/packages/cli/src/shared/agent-setup.ts
index 2ce512269..5e417efca 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/shared/agent-setup.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/shared/agent-setup.ts
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ function createAgents(runner: CloudRunner): Record<string, AgentConfig> {
         name: "OpenClaw",
         cloudInitTier: "full" satisfies AgentConfig["cloudInitTier"],
         preProvision: detectGithubAuth,
-        modelDefault: "moonshotai/kimi-k2.5",
+        modelDefault: "openrouter/openrouter/auto",
         install: async () => {
           await installAgent(
             runner,
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ function createAgents(runner: CloudRunner): Record<string, AgentConfig> {
           "ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://openrouter.ai/api",
         ],
         configure: (apiKey: string, modelId?: string, enabledSteps?: Set<string>) =>
-          setupOpenclawConfig(runner, apiKey, modelId || "moonshotai/kimi-k2.5", dashboardToken, enabledSteps),
+          setupOpenclawConfig(runner, apiKey, modelId || "openrouter/openrouter/auto", dashboardToken, enabledSteps),
         preLaunch: () => startGateway(runner),
         preLaunchMsg: "Your web dashboard will open automatically. If it doesn't, check the terminal for the URL.",
         launchCmd: () =>