AI
Groq in Larvabot
The fast backup brain when Gemini is busy.
What it is
Groq runs open models (including OpenAI's open-weight gpt-oss models) on its own inference hardware, with an OpenAI-compatible API.
Free tier
Checked September 2026Groq offers a free tier with per-model rate limits and no card required. Groq console ↗
What Larvabot uses it for
- ✓Automatic fallback for every AI step when Gemini is rate-limited or overloaded
How Larvabot keeps it free
Larvabot tries AI providers in order and moves on when one is busy or rate-limited, so hitting Groq's limits just means waiting for the next run.
More on the quota guard →Set it up
- 1Create an API key in the Groq console
- 2Paste it in Settings → AI → Groq API key
- 3Optional: set a different model name
Works alongside
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