name: token-budget-monitor version: "1.0.0" description: Track and control token consumption across OpenClaw cron jobs author: aviclaw tags:

• token
• budget
• monitor
• openclaw

token-budget-monitor

Track and control token consumption across OpenClaw cron jobs, fallback chains, and sessions.

Installation

openclaw skills install aviclaw/token-budget-monitor

Usage

# Check current usage
node track-usage.js status

# Check budget for a specific job  
node track-usage.js check daily-tweet

# Alert if over budget
node track-usage.js alert

# Get model recommendations
node track-usage.js recommend

Integration

Add to cron jobs to track usage:

// After LLM call completes
const usage = result.usage;
exec('node /path/to/track-usage.js track <job-name> ' + 
  usage.input_tokens + ' ' + usage.output_tokens + ' ' + model);

Configuration

Edit config.json:

{
  "dailyLimit": 100000,
  "jobLimits": {
    "daily-tweet": 5000,
    "rss-brief": 15000
  },
  "alertThreshold": 0.8,
  "freeModels": [
    "nvidia/moonshotai/kimi-k2.5",
    "google/gemini-2.0-flash-exp"
  ]
}

Features

• Per-job token tracking
• Daily budget limits
• Per-job custom limits
• Alert when threshold exceeded
• Recommend free model alternatives

Author

• GitHub: @aviclaw

License

MIT