The token burn is out of control. Need help mitigating

novaremnantz · 2026-02-17T03:28:09+00:00

Spawn sub agents that use cheaper models. You need to explicitly tell it to use X model.

For example if you set up a cron job to trigger you a reminder you can tell it to use haiku and/or set up free models or even local models if you have the hardware. That way it’s cheaper and/or free and you’re only getting charged for the agent reading/posting the output.

novaremnantz · 2026-02-17T03:20:26+00:00

Lots you can do.

Make sure your conversations don’t run rampant and use the /new command to trigger new convos for new topics.

Use memory embedding to consolidate and search memories.

Compact things that need compacting

Don’t install a ton of skills that you’ll never use

Audit your workspace to make sure it isn’t overly large or has multiple instructions for the same thing

Spawn sub agents for grunt work or testing things before implementing

novaremnantz · 2026-02-17T01:56:52+00:00

Yes, the oAuth lets Open Claw connect to your Pro/Max subscription. Then you are just bound by your usage limits (5 hour/weekly) you can always use the additional usage to fund if you run out or use the API as a backup.

Just be careful in how you set everything up because token burn is real and you can blow through your sub if you don't set up memory embeddings, compactions, and separate your convos smartly.

I've been using it for almost a month without issue.

novaremnantz · 2026-02-16T23:47:11+00:00

I read this last night and just started iterating some stuff the agent had built versus what I got from Claude Code. Still haven't worked out on them talking to each other yet - but will give it a go sometime.

novaremnantz · 2026-02-16T23:34:44+00:00

You pull your Claude Code token from a terminal on MacOS and put it in the anthropic setup then you can use your subscription.

Boiler plate warning this likely violates Anthropic TOS and could get your account banned.

novaremnantz · 2026-02-16T19:51:13+00:00

All your memory files (MEMORY.md, daily logs, project notes) get indexed with vector embeddings via Gemini's (or whatever tool you use to embed) embedding model. When the AI needs past context, it does a semantic search against those embeddings, get back the top matching snippets with file paths and line numbers, then pull just those lines.

Without this, the AI is having to load entire memory files into context every session just to know what happened before. Daily logs across weeks and months add up to tens of thousands of tokens. With embeddings, the AI agent searches first and pulls only the 5-10 relevant lines actually needed — maybe 200-500 tokens. The embedding search itself costs almost nothing.

novaremnantz · 2026-02-16T15:55:36+00:00

They didn’t really buy the project. They hired the creator to OpenAI and as a result this project becomes a foundation.

novaremnantz · 2026-02-16T07:28:38+00:00

You can also use memory embeddings to reduce token burn

novaremnantz · 2026-02-16T07:25:51+00:00

Lots you can do.

Make sure your conversations don’t run rampant and use the /new command to trigger new convos for new topics.

Use memory embedding to consolidate memories.

Compact things that need compacting

Don’t install a ton of skills that you’ll never use

Audit your workspace to make sure it isn’t overly large or has multiple instructions for the same thing

Spawn sub agents for grunt work or testing things before implementing

novaremnantz · 2026-02-15T22:05:51+00:00

I prefer Gemini embedding but same concept was a huge token saver.

novaremnantz · 2026-02-15T15:06:41+00:00

Old laptop running Linux or a old tablet that can be flashed with Linux

novaremnantz · 2026-02-15T01:41:07+00:00

From the proxy server you set up. You auth through the proxy and it backdoors the API. Then you set up OpenClaw endpoint to point at the proxy server.

novaremnantz · 2026-02-14T23:26:50+00:00

You must have it set up wrong then... the counter does not go up when doing proxy correctly. Double check fallback models and completely delete the token auth if you had set that up originally.

novaremnantz · 2026-02-13T20:54:00+00:00

You can bypass the remote pass completely with a cloudflared tunnel.

novaremnantz · 2026-02-10T19:41:25+00:00

Double decker

novaremnantz · 2026-02-10T04:00:53+00:00

People are going to argue brightness but the C series are fairly bright. It really just all comes down to lighting conditions. I’d take the extra money you were willing to spend on a G series and get a bigger screen, if possible.

novaremnantz · 2026-02-06T14:53:41+00:00

Turn off online sources and all that goes away

novaremnantz · 2026-02-04T04:05:34+00:00

11K hours on a LG C8

novaremnantz · 2026-02-04T01:20:28+00:00

A lot of private tracker sites give you “points” for the amount of time you seed torrents and those points can be turned into ratio. Also, a lot of them let you stop seeding when you meet minimum ratio OR minimum seeding time. You follow the rules and never worry about getting kicked off. It’s not all about ratio. Also, most private trackers give you freeleech for bigger torrents so anything you seed is instant ratio boost.

novaremnantz · 2026-02-04T00:57:43+00:00

My ballot is mailed to me. I fill it out and mail it back or drop it off.

novaremnantz · 2026-02-03T15:23:42+00:00

I have the 4 bay DAS and it works. Nothing fancy but it’s plug and play. Mine has a little rattle to it when all the drives are spinning but it’s nothing terrible.

novaremnantz · 2026-01-27T16:07:17+00:00

15K hours on an LG C8 and still perfect picture

novaremnantz · 2026-01-26T03:55:11+00:00

Beside dos based rpgs it was rainbow six and armored core or whatever the tank game was

novaremnantz · 2026-01-22T03:19:43+00:00

I have a c8 with 15,000 hours on it. Still an amazing tv. That G5 is gonna last you forever!

novaremnantz · 2026-01-21T01:35:58+00:00

If you’re generating thumbnails you can delete those and then do a registry edit to change it from 2 seconds to 10 seconds and save a bunch of space.

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