OpenClaw Cost Tracking: Crons, Sub-Agents and Overnight Spend

OpenClaw introduces ClawMetry, a cost tracking dashboard that monitors AI agent spending across cron jobs, chat channels, and sub-agents during off-hours. The system provides real-time visibility into overnight and automated runs that typically escape traditional monitoring. This unified dashboard helps teams track and optimize costs for distributed agent workloads that operate continuously.

Key Points

• •ClawMetry provides centralized cost tracking for cron-based agent runs and scheduled tasks
• •Monitor sub-agent spending independently to identify cost drivers in multi-agent architectures
• •Track chat channel costs separately to understand per-channel resource consumption
• •Overnight and unattended runs are now visible—previously hidden spending is exposed
• •Real-time dashboard aggregates costs across multiple agent execution contexts
• •Identify cost anomalies and optimize agent configurations based on spending patterns
• •Sub-agent cost isolation enables chargeback and accountability across teams
• •Scheduled cron jobs can be analyzed for efficiency and cost-per-execution metrics

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