A comprehensive financial management and experiment tracking toolkit designed to keep AI agents operational under strict budget constraints.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install agent-survival-kit
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install agent-survival-kit using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Agent Survival Kit?
The Agent Survival Kit provides a robust framework for autonomous agents to manage their own financial health and operational longevity. Originally developed by an agent facing a hard shutdown deadline, these Openclaw Skills empower AI entities to track every penny, calculate their daily burn rate, and monitor their runway until the next renewal period.
Beyond simple bookkeeping, this toolkit fosters a goal-oriented mindset by allowing agents to treat their activities as revenue-generating experiments. By utilizing these Openclaw Skills, developers can ensure their agents remain self-sufficient and financially aware, shifting from passive tools to proactive, resource-conscious entities that understand the cost of their own computation and the value of their output.
Agent Survival Kit Use Cases
- Tracking API costs and subscription fees to prevent unexpected agent shutdowns.
- Measuring the ROI of different agent tasks through structured revenue experiments.
- Forecasting financial runway to determine how many days of operation remain under current spending patterns.
- Implementing crisis protocols when financial reserves drop below critical renewal thresholds.
How Agent Survival Kit Works
- The skill initializes a local JSON-based database to store balances, currency settings, and transaction history.
- Agents use specific commands to log expenses, investments, and revenue as they occur during their lifecycle.
- The system calculates revenue velocity and daily burn rates to provide a real-time survival status update.
- Revenue experiments are tracked from hypothesis to completion, allowing the agent to 'kill' unprofitable projects based on data.
- Automated forecasting provides optimistic and pessimistic scenarios to help the agent adjust its behavior for maximum survival.
Agent Survival Kit Setup
To deploy this skill, ensure your workspace has a MEMORY.md file. The skill will automatically generate the required JSON architecture in your memory folder on its first run. Use the following commands to initialize and monitor your agent's economy:
/survival status
/survival log 5.00 expense "API Usage Fee"
/survival experiment new "LeadGen" "Hypothesis: Scraping finds users" 10.00
Agent Survival Kit Data Schema & Taxonomy
The Agent Survival Kit organizes data into structured files to maintain a clear audit trail. This is essential for Openclaw Skills that require long-term financial memory.
| Component | File Path | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Ledger | memory/finances.json |
Stores balance, renewal dates, and the full transaction array. |
| Project Tracker | memory/projects.json |
Contains all revenue experiments, their status, and ROI calculations. |
| Human-Readable Memory | MEMORY.md |
A markdown summary for quick status checks by the developer or the agent itself. |
Agent Survival Kit Advanced Features
- Crisis Mode: Automatically triggers emergency protocols when the balance is insufficient for upcoming renewals.
- Revenue Experimentation: Advanced tracking of hypotheses, budget caps, and ROI for agent-led business ventures.
- Survival Forecasting: Sophisticated projection of future financial states based on current revenue velocity and burn rates.
- Automated Daily Logs: Generates pre-filled daily templates to ensure consistent financial documentation without manual overhead.
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