Yielding Bear — Unified LLM Routing API

Yielding Bear provides a single unified API that routes every LLM request to the cheapest capable model across 16+ providers — saving 60-80% vs calling OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google directly.

Setup (First Time Only)

1. Get an API key at https://yieldingbear.com/api

2. Set environment variable:

   export YIELDINGBEAR_API_KEY="yb_live_your_key_here"
   

3. Save to your shell profile (optional):

   echo 'export YIELDINGBEAR_API_KEY="yb_live_your_key_here"' >> ~/.zshrc
   source ~/.zshrc
   

Quick Start — OpenClaw Agents

Method 1: Direct API calls

curl -X POST https://api.yieldingbear.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $YIELDINGBEAR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "auto",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this email: ..."}],
    "max_tokens": 500
  }'

Method 2: OpenAI-compatible drop-in replacement

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="yb_live_your_key",
    base_url="https://api.yieldingbear.com/v1"
)
# Same SDK. Same code. 60-80% less cost.

Model Routing

Override routing:

{ "model": "claude-3.5-haiku", "routing": { "capabilities": ["reasoning"] } }

OpenClaw Agent Integration

For OpenClaw sub-agents

Set in environment before spawning:

export YIELDINGBEAR_API_KEY="yb_live_..."

The agent uses YB automatically when calling OpenAI-compatible endpoints.

For custom tools and scripts

RESULT=$(curl -s -X POST "https://api.yieldingbear.com/v1/chat/completions" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $YIELDINGBEAR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"auto","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Analyze: $1"}]}')
echo "$RESULT"

Cost Comparison

Key Links

• API Docs: https://yieldingbear.com/developers
• Yields page: https://yieldingbear.com/yields
• How it works: https://yieldingbear.com/how-it-works
• Dashboard: https://yieldingbear.com/dashboard
• Get API key: https://yieldingbear.com/api