sipeed/picoclaw · error

model is required

Error message

model is required

What it means

Error "model is required" thrown in sipeed/picoclaw.

Source

Thrown at pkg/config/config.go:844

func (c *ModelConfig) APIKey() string {
	if len(c.APIKeys) > 0 {
		return c.APIKeys[0].String()
	}
	return ""
}

// IsVirtual returns true if this model was generated from multi-key expansion.
func (c *ModelConfig) IsVirtual() bool {
	return c.isVirtual
}

// Validate checks if the ModelConfig has all required fields.
func (c *ModelConfig) Validate() error {
	if c.ModelName == "" {
		return fmt.Errorf("model_name is required")
	}
	if c.Model == "" {
		return fmt.Errorf("model is required")
	}
	if _, err := providercommon.NormalizeToolSchemaTransform(c.ToolSchemaTransform); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// Reject whitespace in model identifier
	if strings.ContainsAny(c.Model, " \t\n\r") {
		return fmt.Errorf("model identifier contains whitespace")
	}

	// Reject leading slash
	if strings.HasPrefix(c.Model, "/") {
		return fmt.Errorf("model identifier must not start with /")
	}

	// Reject consecutive slashes
	if strings.Contains(c.Model, "//") {
		return fmt.Errorf("model identifier must not contain //")

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/config/config.go:844 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of sipeed/picoclaw@49183d7e8d (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/b8c51f5c96bfc7d5. Report an issue: GitHub.