A comprehensive utility for tracking, analyzing, and optimizing LLM API expenditures across multiple providers within your agent environment.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install llm-cost-tracker
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 llm-cost-tracker 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 Cost Tracker?
The API Cost Tracker is a specialized utility designed for developers and organizations using Openclaw Skills to maintain rigorous financial oversight of their AI operations. It aggregates usage data from major providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google AI, and DeepSeek, providing a centralized dashboard for token consumption and billing metrics.
By integrating this tool into your workflow, you can prevent unexpected billing spikes and ensure that your agentic workflows remain cost-effective. It offers clear visibility into how your agents consume resources, making it an essential component for any professional deployment of Openclaw Skills.
API Cost Tracker Use Cases
- Monitoring daily token usage to identify high-cost agent tasks.
- Setting budget alerts to prevent overspending on experimental LLM features.
- Analyzing cost distribution across different models such as Claude Opus versus Sonnet.
- Generating weekly financial reports for stakeholders using Openclaw Skills.
How API Cost Tracker Works
- The skill accesses usage data via provider APIs using configured environment variables.
- Usage metrics are collected and processed for historical and real-time analysis.
- The cost tracker calculates expenditures based on the specific pricing tiers of the models used.
- Users trigger CLI commands to generate reports or receive automated notifications when budget thresholds are reached.
- The system provides optimization recommendations by identifying opportunities for model downgrades or prompt caching within your Openclaw Skills setup.
API Cost Tracker Setup
To begin tracking costs, ensure your environment variables are set for the providers you use (e.g., OPENAI_API_KEY).
Run the cost analysis script to initialize:
python3 scripts/cost_tracker.py --summary
Configure your budget thresholds and alert channels in the configuration file:
# Edit configuration
nano ~/.openclaw/cost-tracker.json
API Cost Tracker Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill manages spending data and configuration through a structured JSON schema and outputs readable markdown reports.
| Component | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| budgets | Object | Contains daily, weekly, and monthly spending limits |
| alertChannels | Array | List of notification platforms like telegram or discord |
| alertThresholds | Array | Percentage triggers for notifications (e.g., 50, 75, 100) |
| Usage Report | Markdown | A generated table showing Provider, Model, Tokens, and Cost |
API Cost Tracker Advanced Features
- Multi-channel alerts via Telegram and Discord for real-time budget monitoring.
- Automated optimization engine that suggests context window trimming and batch processing to save money.
- Threshold-based task pausing to prevent agent activity once budgets are exceeded.
- Detailed analysis of caching opportunities to leverage discounted pricing on Openclaw Skills.
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