OpenClaw Vertex Credit-Safe Setup

Use this skill when a user wants to configure Google Vertex AI for OpenClaw from scratch and wants to minimize billing mistakes.

Goal

Set up Vertex AI in a way that:

• uses a Google Cloud project
• uses Vertex AI, not Gemini API direct access
• prefers service-account JSON for first-time setup
• keeps model routing on google-vertex/...
• validates with one tiny request before wider use
• explicitly checks billing / credits after the test

Use this skill when