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NVIDIA NIM Providerv1.1.0

NVIDIA NIM API provider for OpenClaw — 120+ live models including LLM chat, vision, embeddings, and image generation. Single API key, OpenAI-compatible endpoints. Tools fetch real-time model list from api.nvidia.com.

nvidia-nim-provider·runtime nvidia-nim-provider·by @534422530
Community code plugin. Review compatibility and verification before install.
openclaw plugins install clawhub:nvidia-nim-provider
Latest release: v1.1.0Download zip

Capabilities

configSchema
Yes
Executes code
Yes
HTTP routes
0
Runtime ID
nvidia-nim-provider

Compatibility

Built With Open Claw Version
2026.5.26
Plugin Api Range
>=2026.3.24-beta.2
Security Scan
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Benign
high confidence
Purpose & Capability
The package purpose is NVIDIA NIM model discovery, pricing, recommendations, and cost estimates; the code registers five matching OpenClaw tools and only uses the NVIDIA API key for requests to NVIDIA's model-list endpoint.
Instruction Scope
The manifest and README disclose the NVIDIA API key requirement and live API model fetching, though they could be clearer that requests go to NVIDIA-hosted services and that the bearer key is sent in request headers.
Install Mechanism
It is a community code-plugin npm-pack with no install scripts and no dependency materialization, but it does execute plugin code on startup to register tools.
Credentials
The observed runtime behavior is proportionate: no filesystem reads or writes, shell execution, local credential scraping, broad indexing, or account mutation; network use is limited to NVIDIA API calls needed for the advertised functionality.
Persistence & Privilege
The plugin requires a user-provided NVIDIA API key in OpenClaw configuration and is activated on startup, but it does not create its own persistence, background worker, elevated privilege path, or hidden credential store.
Scan Findings in Context
[SQP-2] expected: The transparency concern is valid user guidance, but the behavior is purpose-aligned: the artifacts disclose a required NVIDIA API key and live API model fetching, and the inspected code only uses the key to call NVIDIA model metadata endpoints.
Assessment
Before installing, treat this as a networked community code plugin: only use a NVIDIA API key you are comfortable giving to OpenClaw configuration, understand that model-list requests are sent to NVIDIA with that key, and verify the publisher/source if you require stronger provenance.

Verification

Tier
source linked
Scope
artifact only
Summary
Validated package structure and linked the release to source metadata.
Commit
HEAD
Tag
master
Provenance
No
Scan status
clean

Tags

latest
1.1.0

NVIDIA NIM Provider Plugin

Access 42+ NVIDIA NIM API models through OpenClaw — LLM chat, vision analysis, text embeddings, and image generation. Single API key, OpenAI-compatible endpoints.

Features

  • List Models — Browse all available models by category
  • Model Info — Get detailed specs (context length, pricing, strengths)
  • Compare Pricing — Compare input/output costs across models
  • Recommend Model — AI-powered recommendations by use case and budget
  • Estimate Cost — Calculate API call costs before executing

Setup

  1. Get an API key from build.nvidia.com
  2. Configure in openclaw.json:
{
  "plugins": {
    "entries": {
      "nvidia-nim-provider": {
        "enabled": true,
        "config": {
          "apiKey": "nvapi-..."
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Categories

CategoryDescriptionExamples
llmChat completionNemotron, Llama, Qwen, GLM
visionImage generationSDXL Turbo, Playground
embeddingText embeddingsNV-Embed-QA
rerankSearch rerankingNV-Rerank

Pricing

Pricing is in $/M tokens. Some models (Llama 3.1) are free. Check build.nvidia.com for latest pricing.