How to Set Up Token Budgets in OpenClaw

# Rough token costs (per 1M tokens, as of 2025):
# Claude Opus:   $15 input / $75 output
# Claude Sonnet: $3 input  / $15 output
# Claude Haiku:  $0.25 input / $1.25 output
#
# A typical conversation: 2,000-10,000 tokens
# A complex task: 20,000-100,000 tokens

# Create config/budgets.yaml
mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/config
touch ~/.openclaw/config/budgets.yaml

# In config/budgets.yaml:
global:
  daily_limit: 500000       # ~$7.50/day with Sonnet
  monthly_limit: 10000000   # ~$150/month with Sonnet
  warning_threshold: 0.8    # Warn at 80% of limit
  hard_limit_action: pause  # "pause" or "reject"

# In config/budgets.yaml (continued):
per_conversation:
  max_tokens: 50000
  warning_at: 40000
  on_limit: warn  # "warn", "pause", or "end"
  message: "This conversation is approaching its token limit."

# Restart OpenClaw to load new config
npm restart

# Check budget status
curl http://localhost:3000/api/budgets
# Should return current usage and limits