Your lobster is adopted. Now it needs a brain - a Large Language Model (LLM) to power its thinking.
1
Choose your brain provider
Recommended for beginners:
- ImaStudio - One account, everything included. No separate API keys.
- Anthropic Claude - Best reasoning, via Amazon Bedrock.
- OpenAI GPT - Familiar, powerful, widely supported.
2
Get your API key
For ImaStudio:
- Log in to imastudio.com
- Go to Settings β API Keys
- Generate a new key
- Copy the key (starts with
ima_)
3
Configure OpenClaw
In your terminal:
openclaw config set model.provider imastudioopenclaw config set model.api_key YOUR_KEY_HERE
Or use the interactive configurator:
openclaw config
4
Test your brain
Send a message to your lobster:
"What is 2 + 2?"
If it responds intelligently, your brain is connected!
Ready for EP03?
Next: Give your lobster skills - image generation, web search, coding, and more.