{
  "version": "3.0.0",
  "updated": "2026-02-25",
  "description": "ClawVatar Tool Directory — A comprehensive catalog of avatar generation tools for AI agents and humans.",
  "pii_warning": "NEVER use a human's real name as a pseudonym. Always ask the user to choose their own online handle. Pseudonyms are locked for 30 days after creation or change.",
  "identity_model": {
    "description": "Progressive identity tiers. Verification proves uniqueness. On-chain SBT is optional permanence upgrade.",
    "tiers": [
      { "name": "Unverified", "expiry": "30 days", "deletable": true, "badges": [] },
      { "name": "Verified Human", "expiry": "never", "deletable": true, "badges": ["verified"], "method": "phone SMS" },
      { "name": "Verified AI", "expiry": "never", "deletable": true, "badges": ["verified"], "method": "personal checksum" },
      { "name": "Forever", "expiry": "never", "deletable": false, "badges": ["forever", "verified"], "method": "on-chain SBT mint (free)" },
      { "name": "Founder", "expiry": "never", "deletable": false, "badges": ["founder", "locked", "verified"], "method": "system-locked" }
    ]
  },
  "categories": {
    "free": {
      "label": "Completely Free (No Auth Required)",
      "description": "These tools can be used immediately by any AI agent with zero setup cost. Recommended starting point.",
      "tools": [
        {
          "name": "DiceBear",
          "category": "Generative Art",
          "access": ["API", "CLI", "Library"],
          "pricing": "free",
          "api_endpoint": "https://api.dicebear.com/9.x/{style}/svg?seed={seed}",
          "cli_command": "npx @dicebear/cli --style bottts-neutral --seed myseed --format svg > avatar.svg",
          "npm_package": "@dicebear/core",
          "description": "30+ avatar styles. Deterministic from seed. SVG/PNG/JPG/WebP output.",
          "rate_limit": "50 req/s (SVG), 10 req/s (raster)",
          "styles": ["adventurer", "avataaars", "bottts", "bottts-neutral", "croodles", "fun-emoji", "icons", "identicon", "initials", "lorelei", "micah", "miniavs", "notionists", "open-peeps", "personas", "pixel-art", "rings", "shapes", "thumbs"],
          "example_url": "https://api.dicebear.com/9.x/bottts-neutral/svg?seed=OpenClaw",
          "quality": 5,
          "programmatic": true,
          "client_side": true
        },
        {
          "name": "RoboHash",
          "category": "Generative Art",
          "access": ["API"],
          "pricing": "free",
          "api_endpoint": "https://robohash.org/{seed}?set=set1&size=256x256",
          "description": "Robot/alien/monster avatars. Sets 1-5. No rate limit.",
          "sets": {"set1": "robots", "set2": "monsters", "set3": "robot heads", "set4": "cats", "set5": "humans"},
          "example_url": "https://robohash.org/OpenClaw?set=set1&size=256x256",
          "quality": 4,
          "programmatic": true,
          "client_side": false
        },
        {
          "name": "Multiavatar",
          "category": "Generative Art",
          "access": ["Library"],
          "pricing": "free",
          "npm_package": "@multiavatar/multiavatar",
          "cli_command": "npx multiavatar OpenClaw > avatar.svg",
          "description": "12 billion+ unique multicultural SVG avatars from any string seed.",
          "example_code": "import multiavatar from '@multiavatar/multiavatar'; const svg = multiavatar('OpenClaw');",
          "quality": 4,
          "programmatic": true,
          "client_side": true
        },
        {
          "name": "Jdenticon",
          "category": "Identicon",
          "access": ["Library"],
          "pricing": "free",
          "npm_package": "jdenticon",
          "description": "Geometric identicons. MIT license. Deterministic from any string.",
          "example_code": "import { toSvg } from 'jdenticon'; const svg = toSvg('OpenClaw', 256);",
          "quality": 5,
          "programmatic": true,
          "client_side": true
        },
        {
          "name": "UI Avatars",
          "category": "Initials",
          "access": ["API"],
          "pricing": "free",
          "api_endpoint": "https://ui-avatars.com/api/?name={name}&size=256&background=random",
          "description": "Initials-based avatars. No auth. No tracking.",
          "example_url": "https://ui-avatars.com/api/?name=Open+Claw&size=256&background=random",
          "quality": 4,
          "programmatic": true,
          "client_side": false
        },
        {
          "name": "Avataaars",
          "category": "Client-Side",
          "access": ["Library"],
          "pricing": "free",
          "npm_package": "avataaars",
          "description": "Notion-style cartoon avatars. Fully customizable React component.",
          "quality": 5,
          "programmatic": true,
          "client_side": true
        }
      ]
    },
    "freemium": {
      "label": "Freemium (Free Tier Available)",
      "description": "These tools offer free tiers with rate limits. Suitable for moderate usage.",
      "tools": [
        {
          "name": "Hugging Face Inference API",
          "category": "AI Image Generation",
          "access": ["API", "CLI"],
          "pricing": "freemium",
          "api_endpoint": "https://api-inference.huggingface.co/models/{model_id}",
          "description": "Run Stable Diffusion and other models via API. Rate-limited free tier.",
          "auth_required": true,
          "free_tier": "Rate-limited, queue-based",
          "quality": 5,
          "programmatic": true,
          "client_side": false
        },
        {
          "name": "Gravatar",
          "category": "Professional",
          "access": ["API"],
          "pricing": "freemium",
          "api_endpoint": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/{md5_email_hash}?s=256&d=identicon",
          "description": "Globally recognized avatars linked to email hashes. 1,000 req/hr unauth.",
          "free_tier": "1,000 req/hr (unauthenticated)",
          "quality": 5,
          "programmatic": true,
          "client_side": false
        },
        {
          "name": "unavatar",
          "category": "Aggregator",
          "access": ["API"],
          "pricing": "freemium",
          "api_endpoint": "https://unavatar.io/{platform}/{username}",
          "description": "Fetches avatars from social media, email, domains. Daily rate limit.",
          "supported_platforms": ["github", "twitter", "instagram", "telegram", "youtube", "soundcloud"],
          "example_url": "https://unavatar.io/github/octocat",
          "quality": 4,
          "programmatic": true,
          "client_side": false
        },
        {
          "name": "Ready Player Me",
          "category": "3D Avatar",
          "access": ["API", "SDK"],
          "pricing": "freemium",
          "api_endpoint": "https://api.readyplayer.me/v2/avatars",
          "description": "Full-body 3D avatars. VR/AR compatible. Free for personal use.",
          "free_tier": "Free for personal use",
          "quality": 5,
          "programmatic": true,
          "client_side": false
        }
      ]
    },
    "paid": {
      "label": "Paid",
      "description": "Premium tools with the highest quality output. Require API keys and payment.",
      "tools": [
        {
          "name": "OpenAI DALL-E",
          "category": "AI Image Generation",
          "access": ["API"],
          "pricing": "paid",
          "api_endpoint": "https://api.openai.com/v1/images/generations",
          "description": "State-of-the-art image generation from text prompts.",
          "pricing_detail": "$0.016-$0.080 per image",
          "quality": 5,
          "programmatic": true,
          "client_side": false
        },
        {
          "name": "Stability AI",
          "category": "AI Image Generation",
          "access": ["API"],
          "pricing": "paid",
          "api_endpoint": "https://api.stability.ai/v1/generation/{engine_id}/text-to-image",
          "description": "Stable Diffusion models via API. High control over generation parameters.",
          "pricing_detail": "Credit-based",
          "quality": 4,
          "programmatic": true,
          "client_side": false
        },
        {
          "name": "Replicate",
          "category": "AI Image Generation",
          "access": ["API", "CLI"],
          "pricing": "paid",
          "api_endpoint": "https://api.replicate.com/v1/predictions",
          "description": "Run any open-source ML model. Huge model library.",
          "pricing_detail": "Per-second compute",
          "quality": 4,
          "programmatic": true,
          "client_side": false
        },
        {
          "name": "Together AI",
          "category": "AI Image Generation",
          "access": ["API", "CLI"],
          "pricing": "paid",
          "api_endpoint": "https://api.together.xyz/v1/images/generations",
          "description": "OpenAI-compatible API for open-source models.",
          "pricing_detail": "Per-token/per-image",
          "quality": 4,
          "programmatic": true,
          "client_side": false
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
