A visual API credit monitoring tool that tracks LLM provider balances with gaming-inspired health bars and automated sync capabilities.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install api-credits-lite
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 api-credits-lite 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 API Credits Lite?
API Credits Lite is a specialized utility designed for AI agents and developers to manage their spending across five major LLM providers: Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Mistral, and Groq. Instead of manually checking multiple billing consoles, this skill provides a unified view of your remaining credits through intuitive, color-coded health bars. It is a lightweight yet powerful addition to the library of Openclaw Skills, ensuring that your automated workflows are never interrupted by unexpected credit exhaustion.
API Credits Lite Use Cases
- Checking real-time balance status for Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Mistral, and Groq.
- Manually syncing credit balances after adding funds to a provider account.
- Automating credit checks via API for providers that support billing endpoints.
- Visualizing credit depletion levels to identify when a top-up is required.
- Recording specific top-up amounts to maintain an accurate local balance history.
How API Credits Lite Works
- The AI agent triggers specific Python scripts located in the skill's scripts directory based on user intent.
- For manual updates, the skill modifies the local configuration file to reflect the user's reported balance and maximum credit limit.
- For automated checks, the skill utilizes environment variables to authenticate with provider APIs (OpenAI, OpenRouter, or Vercel) and fetch the current usage data.
- The system calculates the remaining credit percentage relative to the set maximum.
- A visual report is generated using color-coded ASCII health bars (Green for >75%, Yellow for 50-75%, Orange for 25-50%, and Red for <25%) to provide instant status awareness.
API Credits Lite Setup
To integrate this tool into your environment, follow these configuration steps for your Openclaw Skills:
- Ensure the skill is located in your workspace and navigate to its root:
cd ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/api-credits-lite/
- Create your configuration file from the provided example:
cp config.example.json config.json
- (Optional) Set up environment variables for providers that support automated balance checking:
export OPENAI_API_KEY='your_key_here'
export OPENROUTER_API_KEY='your_key_here'
export VERCEL_AI_GATEWAY_KEY='your_key_here'
- Run an initial manual sync to set your starting balances:
python3 scripts/sync_provider.py anthropic 25.00 50.00
API Credits Lite Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill manages its state within a config.json file. The data is organized into a provider-centric taxonomy:
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| provider | The name of the AI service (e.g., openai, mistral, groq). |
| balance | The current available credit in USD. |
| max_credits | The threshold used to define a 'full' health bar for percentage calculations. |
| last_check | The timestamp of the last successful API pull or manual update. |
| status_color | Derived value based on the percentage of balance remaining. |
API Credits Lite Advanced Features
- Video game-style visual health bars for immediate credit status interpretation.
- Automated API polling for OpenAI, OpenRouter, and Vercel AI Gateway integrations.
- Manual sync overrides for providers without public billing APIs, such as Anthropic and Groq.
- Top-up recording feature to increment balances without manually recalculating totals.
- Minimalist dependency footprint optimized for fast execution within Openclaw Skills environments.
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