free-ai-bot

What This Skill Does

Free AI Bot is a powerful AI aggregator designed to minimize operational costs by intelligently routing requests across multiple free-tier resources. It effectively combines local Ollama-powered models with high-performance cloud APIs such as Cloudflare Workers AI and Groq. By utilizing an automated fault-tolerance mechanism, the skill ensures that if your primary resource (like a local model) is unavailable or unresponsive, it seamlessly switches to the next available provider, ensuring your workflow remains uninterrupted. It removes the "cost barrier" to entry for AI-driven automation.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your environment, use the OpenClaw installer: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/bo-aibot/free-ai-bot

Once installed, configure your local environment variables. Ensure Ollama is running locally via ollama serve and populate your environment with required tokens for Cloudflare (CF_API_TOKEN) and Groq (GROQ_API_KEY) to take full advantage of the cloud-based failover features.

Use Cases

This skill is ideal for developers, researchers, and hobbyists who need consistent AI assistance without monthly subscription fees. Common use cases include:

• Integrating AI into CI/CD pipelines where budget is a constraint.
• Running private, data-sensitive local prompts that default to the cloud only when complex reasoning is required.
• Building automated local workflows that require high-availability AI endpoints without paying per-token costs to major providers.

Example Prompts

1. "Analyze this local log file for errors and provide a summary using the phi3.5 model."
2. "Write a Python function to parse JSON data and explain it using the fastest available cloud provider."
3. "Translate the following project documentation into Chinese using the most reliable route available."

Tips & Limitations

• Local First: Always prioritize local models for private, latency-sensitive tasks to save on cloud rate limits.
• Rate Limiting: While this tool utilizes free tiers, remember that public cloud APIs like Groq and Cloudflare have daily or per-minute quotas. Monitor your usage via the respective provider dashboards.
• Failover Logic: The skill follows a strict hierarchy: Local (Ollama) -> Cloudflare -> Groq. If all three fail, check your network connectivity and local Ollama instance status before debugging individual API keys.