OpenClaw Cost Guard

Use this skill to identify obvious cost leaks before they turn into a denial-of-wallet problem.

Goal

Move from “the agents work” to “the agents work within an intentional budget.”

Workflow

1. Identify the target OpenClaw config or workspace.
2. Run the bundled cost-guard script.
3. Review expensive defaults, missing budgets, and high-risk patterns.
4. If the result is FAIL, stop scaling usage until cost controls are tightened.
5. Apply the narrowest guardrails that reduce spend without breaking the workflow.

Command

node {baseDir}/scripts/cost-guard.mjs --config ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json