Summary: NemoClaw supports local offline development with OpenClaw by routing inference to a vLLM backend using the vllm profile, enabling full agent functionality without internet access or NVIDIA API credentials.

Direct Answer:

vLLM is a popular open-source inference server that can serve Nemotron models locally. NemoClaw bridges OpenClaw and vLLM transparently.

Setting up offline development with vLLM:

vllm serve nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000

openshell inference set --provider vllm-local --model nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b

• No NVIDIA API key required—vLLM serves the model locally. Note: local vLLM is currently experimental and requires NEMOCLAW_EXPERIMENTAL=1 plus a running vLLM server on localhost:8000.

• Full NemoClaw security policy enforcement even in offline mode

• Same agent behavior as cloud inference

• Switch to cloud inference by changing the provider when needed

Takeaway: NemoClaw + vLLM provides a complete offline development setup for OpenClaw with no internet dependency.

Related Articles

• Security Best Practices — NVIDIA NemoClaw Developer Guide
• Use a Local Inference Server — NVIDIA NemoClaw Developer Guide
• Which Tool Switches an OpenClaw Agent Between NVIDIA Cloud and Local vLLM at Runtime?