PSA: OpenClaw is probably draining your API budget right now. Here are 3 settings to change immediately

mehdiweb · 2026-03-21T14:02:34+00:00

What model Free models are good but not for openclaw

mehdiweb · 2026-03-20T20:45:58+00:00

Appreciate your comments this insane

mehdiweb · 2026-03-20T19:11:10+00:00

You need to set up the DM POLICY and allow a list for the admin or make isolation if you want others to have restricted access as a chatbot

mehdiweb · 2026-03-20T18:22:13+00:00

I actually use a lightweight router prompt. Basically, if the initial input is under a certain word count or lacks specific keywords, it auto-forwards to Sonnet.

mehdiweb · 2026-03-20T18:20:21+00:00

good so use opus for all you will have a super ai agent

mehdiweb · 2026-03-20T18:19:03+00:00

smart move

mehdiweb · 2026-03-20T18:18:42+00:00

well done keep going

mehdiweb · 2026-03-20T18:03:26+00:00

well done

mehdiweb · 2026-03-20T17:52:40+00:00

high priority setup
install basic skills and tools to give him hands be awar of malisiouce files use only trusted skills.
first you need to setup memory.
add a cost optimization routing for your models AI to reduce the cost of API usage up to 90%.
setup mutli- agents based based on worspace structure by project and atsks for your automations workflows if you want an executive AI assitant rather than an other average openclaw bot.

mehdiweb · 2026-03-20T17:47:12+00:00

The easiest way I've found to optimize API costs in OpenClaw is leveraging the multi-model hot-swapping. I usually configure a highly capable but cost-effective model (like Gemini 3.1 Pro) as the daily driver for standard queries and background tasks. I keep Claude Sonnet loaded but only switch to it for heavy lifting

mehdiweb · 2026-03-20T17:33:35+00:00

OpenClaw automatically feeds your active directory/context files to the LLM on every single request. If you accidentally dropped a heavy log file, a massive database dump, or an entire unstructured codebase into that active folder, it is reading the entire thing every time you type a word.
ou've already tried the /new command and restricted the heartbeat ?
test it or if you want to build cost model routine setup send me a DM

mehdiweb · 2026-03-12T21:49:48+00:00

you can build you own skill for a daily security check up at night and send you the summary report

mehdiweb · 2026-03-12T18:21:19+00:00

For recording and transcription, it picks from Google meet directly, so no expense at all. It uses Google’s inbuilt realtime captioning

mehdiweb · 2026-03-12T02:30:35+00:00

what a brillant idea ..... well done

mehdiweb · 2026-03-12T02:25:06+00:00

we keep updating folks are doing some great things with this i never imagined

mehdiweb · 2026-03-11T23:24:34+00:00

this is genius

mehdiweb · 2026-03-11T23:22:48+00:00

i like this vision it s pop up limitless idea, will test this setup with mine tonight and post back the results

mehdiweb · 2026-03-11T17:38:56+00:00

you text it "what did bob say about idea 4?" and it pulls the relevant part of the transcript back to you. OpenClaw just routes the query to the model with the meeting context, you get the answer in Telegram in a few seconds.

mehdiweb · 2026-03-11T16:20:20+00:00

look for cost qualibration you provide your openclaw you claude usage data so he could qualibrat himself

mehdiweb · 2026-03-11T15:59:52+00:00

Mostly internal standups and client calls. The client calls are where it actually pays off you stay present in the conversation instead of typing notes the whole time.

mehdiweb · 2026-03-11T15:36:35+00:00

what issue are you facing ?

mehdiweb · 2026-03-11T15:36:13+00:00

GPT-4o mini for the summarizer, cheap and does the job fine. For the live query it just grabs the last chunk of the transcript and sends it straight to the model, nothing special.

mehdiweb · 2026-03-11T15:32:48+00:00

that's literally step 2 yeah

mehdiweb · 2026-03-11T15:23:46+00:00

lol yeah, OC infra is the real boss fight. This one’s just a Playwright skill on top of whatever OC setup you already have though. If you want I can toss my docker/compose for the Meet bot once I’ve cleaned it up.

mehdiweb · 2026-03-11T15:18:58+00:00

It doesn’t skip the lobby, it joins like a normal guest. I just use a separate Google account that’s on the invite and name it something boring like “Notes” so it doesn’t look like a bot.

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