Feature Request: Add Azure AI Foundry support (Azure OpenAI + Foundry Model Inference) with dual auth (API key & Entra ID)

Hi OpenClaw maintainers 👋

I’d like to request first-class support for Azure AI Foundry as a model provider, with secure multi-user authentication.

Why this matters

Azure AI Foundry is not OpenAI-only.

Foundry Models provides access to multiple model families under the same umbrella, including:

• Azure OpenAI
• Mistral AI
• Meta Llama
• Cohere
• AI21
• and others

This is documented in the Foundry Models FAQ:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-models/faq?view=foundry-classic

Additionally, Foundry provides an official JavaScript SDK (@azure/ai-projects) that is project-centric and can enumerate deployed model endpoints:

• SDK overview:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/how-to/develop/sdk-overview?view=foundry-classic&pivots=programming-language-javascript

• @azure/ai-projects package docs:
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/javascript/api/overview/azure/ai-projects-readme?view=azure-node-latest

Requested features

1) Provider: azure-openai (OpenAI-compatible endpoints)

Add a provider that supports Azure OpenAI deployments hosted in Foundry.

Authentication must support both:

• API key via the api-key header
• Microsoft Entra ID via Authorization: Bearer <token>

Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/openai/reference?view=foundry-classic

This is essential for safe enterprise multi-user usage (RBAC, revocation, no shared secrets).

2) Provider: foundry-inference (Azure AI Model Inference API)

Add support for the Azure AI Model Inference API, so OpenClaw can use non-OpenAI models available in Foundry (e.g. Mistral, Llama, etc.) through a unified endpoint.

Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/aifoundry/modelinference/

Multi-user safety requirement

OpenClaw should allow per-user credentials (auth profiles), so a shared OpenClaw gateway can be used safely without sharing a single API key.

Summary

This feature would enable OpenClaw to:

• Run securely in enterprise Azure environments
• Use Foundry-hosted Azure OpenAI deployments
• Access the broader Foundry model catalog (Mistral, Llama, etc.)
• Support both API key and Entra ID authentication for multi-user safety

Thanks for considering this request!