A background service that enforces per-agent token budgets, kills runaway retry loops, and alerts before API bills explode
OpenClaw ships with zero spending controls. After Anthropic forced 135,000+ instances onto API billing in April 2026, users discovered agents burning $200/day from infinite retry loops and 200K+ token context replays on every request. The OpenClaw creator himself burned $1.3M in one month running 100 Codex instances. This service sits between OpenClaw and LLM providers, enforcing per-agent and per-session token budgets with automatic circuit breakers that kill runaway loops before they drain the wallet.
Demand Breakdown
Social Proof 3 sources
Gap Assessment
3 tools exist (OpenRouter, Helicone, ClawMetry) but gaps remain: No per-agent budgets, no retry loop detection, no circuit breakers for runaway agents; No agent-aware budgeting, no automatic circuit breaker for retry loops, requires code changes.
Features3 agent-ready prompts
Competitive LandscapeFREE
| Product | Does | Missing |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRouter | Routes requests to 400+ models with usage tracking | No per-agent budgets, no retry loop detection, no circuit breakers for runaway agents |
| Helicone | LLM observability with cost tracking and rate limiting | No agent-aware budgeting, no automatic circuit breaker for retry loops, requires code changes |
| ClawMetry | Free observability dashboard for OpenClaw with token cost monitoring | Read-only monitoring with no enforcement, no budget caps, no circuit breakers |
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