Skill: johnnywang2001/llm-cost-tracker (version 1.0.0)

--- name: api-cost-tracker description: Track, analyze, and optimize LLM API spending across providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, etc.). Use when the user asks about API costs, token usage, billing, budget alerts, cost optimization, or wants to monitor how much their OpenClaw agent is spending. Supports daily/weekly/monthly breakdowns, per-model cost analysis, budget threshold alerts, and cost reduction recommendations. --- # API Cost Tracker Monitor and optimize your LLM API spending directly from your agent. ## Quick Start Run cost analysis: ```bash python3 scripts/cost_tracker.py --summary ``` ## Commands ### Check Current Spend ```bash python3 scripts/cost_tracker.py --provider openai --period today python3 scripts/cost_tracker.py --provider anthropic --period week python3 scripts/cost_tracker.py --all --period month ``` ### Set Budget Alert ```bash python3 scripts/cost_tracker.py --set-budget 100 --period month --alert telegram ``` ### Cost Breakdown by Model ```bash python3 scripts/cost_tracker.py --breakdown model --period week ``` ### Optimization Recommendations ```bash python3 scripts/cost_tracker.py --optimize ``` This analyzes usage patterns and recommends: - Model downgrades for simple tasks (e.g., use Haiku instead of Opus for classification) - Caching opportunities (repeated similar prompts) - Batch processing windows (off-peak pricing where available) - Context window optimization (trim unnecessary context) ## Supported Providers | Provider | Method | Setup | |----------|--------|-------| | OpenAI | Usage API | `OPENAI_API_KEY` env var | | Anthropic | Usage API | `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` env var | | Google AI | Billing API | `GOOGLE_API_KEY` env var | | DeepSeek | Usage API | `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` env var | ## Budget Alerts Configure in `~/.openclaw/cost-tracker.json`: ```json { "budgets": { "daily": 10, "weekly": 50, "monthly": 200 }, "alertChannels": ["telegram", "discord"], "alertThresholds": [50, 75, 90, 100] } ``` Alerts fire at each threshold percentage. At 100%, optionally pause non-critical agent tasks. ## Output Format Reports generate as markdown tables suitable for any messaging surface: ``` Provider | Model | Tokens | Cost ------------|--------------------|-----------|--------- Anthropic | claude-opus-4-6 | 2.1M | $63.00 Anthropic | claude-sonnet-4-6 | 5.4M | $16.20 OpenAI | gpt-4o | 1.8M | $9.00 | TOTAL | | $88.20 ``` ## Advanced: Cost Optimization Patterns See `references/optimization-guide.md` for detailed strategies on reducing API spend by 30-60% without sacrificing quality.

path: references/optimization-guide.md
content: # API Cost Optimization Guide

## Model Selection Matrix

| Task Type | Recommended Model | Cost/1M tokens | vs. Opus savings |
|-----------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
| Classification/routing | Haiku 3.5 / GPT-4o-mini | $0.15-$0.80 | 95% |
| Simple extraction | Haiku 3.5 / Flash 2.0 | $0.10-$0.80 | 95% |
| Code generation | Sonnet 4 / GPT-4o | $3.00 | 80% |
| Complex reasoning | Opus 4 / o3 | $15-$75 | baseline |
| Summarization | Sonnet 4 / Flash 2.0 | $0.40-$3.00 | 80-97% |

## Caching Strategies

### Anthropic Prompt Caching
- Cache system prompts (saves 90% on repeated calls)
- Cache large documents in the first message
- Cache tool definitions
- Break-even: 2+ uses of same cached content

### Local Response Caching
- Hash input prompts and cache outputs for identical queries
- TTL: 1 hour for dynamic data, 24 hours for static analysis
- Storage: SQLite DB at `~/.openclaw/cache/responses.db`

## Context Window Management

### Aggressive Trimming
- Keep only last 3-5 turns in conversation history
- Summarize older context instead of including verbatim
- Remove tool call details from history (keep results only)

### Lazy Skill Loading
- OpenClaw loads skill descriptions (~100 words) always
- Full SKILL.md only loads when triggered
- Minimize skill description length to reduce base cost

## Monitoring Cadence

- **Daily**: Check spend vs. daily budget
- **Weekly**: Review per-model breakdown, identify downgrade opportunities
- **Monthly**: Full optimization review, update model routing rules


path: scripts/cost_tracker.py
content: #!/usr/bin/env python3
"""API Cost Tracker - Monitor LLM API spending across providers."""

import argparse
import json
import os
import sys
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from pathlib import Path

# Provider pricing per 1M tokens (as of March 2026)
PRICING = {
    "anthropic": {
        "claude-opus-4-6": {"input": 15.0, "output": 75.0},
        "claude-sonnet-4-6": {"input": 3.0, "output": 15.0},
        "claude-haiku-3-5": {"input": 0.80, "output": 4.0},
    },
    "openai": {
        "gpt-4o": {"input": 2.50, "output": 10.0},
        "gpt-4o-mini": {"input": 0.15, "output": 0.60},
        "gpt-5.3-codex": {"input": 3.0, "output": 15.0},
        "o3": {"input": 10.0, "output": 40.0},
    },
    "google": {
        "gemini-2.5-pro": {"input": 1.25, "output": 10.0},
        "gemini-2.0-flash": {"input": 0.10, "output": 0.40},
    },
    "deepseek": {
        "deepseek-v3": {"input": 0.27, "output": 1.10},
        "deepseek-r1": {"input": 0.55, "output": 2.19},
    },
}

CONFIG_PATH = Path.home() / ".openclaw" / "cost-tracker.json"
DATA_PATH = Path.home() / ".openclaw" / "cost-data"


def load_config():
    if CONFIG_PATH.exists():
        return json.loads(CONFIG_PATH.read_text())
    default = {
        "budgets": {"daily": 10, "weekly": 50, "monthly": 200},
        "alertChannels": ["telegram"],
        "alertThresholds": [50, 75, 90, 100],
    }
    CONFIG_PATH.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    CONFIG_PATH.write_text(json.dumps(default, indent=2))
    return default


def get_period_range(period):
    now = datetime.now()
    if period == "today":
        start = now.replace(hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
    elif period == "week":
        start = now - timedelta(days=now.weekday())
        start = start.replace(hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
    elif period == "month":
        start = now.replace(day=1, hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0)
    else:
        start = now - timedelta(days=30)
    return start, now


def fetch_openai_usage(start, end):
    """Fetch usage from OpenAI API."""
    try:
        import urllib.request
        key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY", "")
        if not key:
            return []
        url = f"https://api.openai.com/v1/usage?start_date={start.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}&end_date={end.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')}"
        req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {key}"})
        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10) as resp:
            data = json.loads(resp.read())
        results = []
        for entry in data.get("data", []):
            model = entry.get("snapshot_id", "unknown")
            input_tokens = entry.get("n_context_tokens_total", 0)
            output_tokens = entry.get("n_generated_tokens_total", 0)
            results.append({
                "provider": "openai",
                "model": model,
                "input_tokens": input_tokens,
                "output_tokens": output_tokens,
            })
        return results
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Warning: Could not fetch OpenAI usage: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
        return []


def fetch_anthropic_usage(start, end):
    """Fetch usage from Anthropic API."""
    try:
        import urllib.request
        key = os.environ.get("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY", "")
        if not key:
            return []
        # Anthropic doesn't have a public usage API yet - use local tracking
        return load_local_data("anthropic", start, end)
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Warning: Could not fetch Anthropic usage: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
        return []


def load_local_data(provider, start, end):
    """Load locally tracked usage data."""
    DATA_PATH.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    results = []
    for f in DATA_PATH.glob(f"{provider}_*.json"):
        try:
            data = json.loads(f.read_text())
            ts = datetime.fromisoformat(data.get("timestamp", ""))
            if start <= ts <= end:
                results.append(data)
        except (json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError):
            continue
    return results


def calculate_cost(provider, model, input_tokens, output_tokens):
    """Calculate cost for a given usage."""
    prices = PRICING.get(provider, {}).get(model, None)
    if not prices:
        # Fallback: find closest match
        for m, p in PRICING.get(provider, {}).items():
            if m in model or model in m:
                prices = p
                break
    if not prices:
        prices = {"input": 5.0, "output": 15.0}  # Conservative default

    input_cost = (input_tokens / 1_000_000) * prices["input"]
    output_cost = (output_tokens / 1_000_000) * prices["output"]
    return input_cost + output_cost


def log_usage(provider, model, input_tokens, output_tokens):
    """Log a usage entry locally."""
    DATA_PATH.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    entry = {
        "provider": provider,
        "model": model,
        "input_tokens": input_tokens,
        "output_tokens": output_tokens,
        "timestamp": datetime.now().isoformat(),
        "cost": calculate_cost(provider, model, input_tokens, output_tokens),
    }
    fname = f"{provider}_{datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')}.json"
    (DATA_PATH / fname).write_text(json.dumps(entry, indent=2))
    return entry


def generate_summary(period="month", provider_filter=None):
    """Generate cost summary report."""
    start, end = get_period_range(period)
    all_usage = []

    if not provider_filter or provider_filter == "openai":
        all_usage.extend(fetch_openai_usage(start, end))
    if not provider_filter or provider_filter == "anthropic":
        all_usage.extend(fetch_anthropic_usage(start, end))

    # Also load all local data
    for p in ["openai", "anthropic", "google", "deepseek"]:
        if not provider_filter or provider_filter == p:
            all_usage.extend(load_local_data(p, start, end))

    # Aggregate by provider+model
    agg = {}
    for entry in all_usage:
        key = (entry["provider"], entry["model"])
        if key not in agg:
            agg[key] = {"input_tokens": 0, "output_tokens": 0, "cost": 0}
        agg[key]["input_tokens"] += entry.get("input_tokens", 0)
        agg[key]["output_tokens"] += entry.get("output_tokens", 0)
        if "cost" in entry:
            agg[key]["cost"] += entry["cost"]
        else:
            agg[key]["cost"] += calculate_cost(
                entry["provider"], entry["model"],
                entry.get("input_tokens", 0), entry.get("output_tokens", 0)
            )

    # Format output
    total = 0
    print(f"\n{'Provider':<14}| {'Model':<22}| {'Tokens':<12}| {'Cost':>8}")
    print(f"{'-'*13} | {'-'*21}| {'-'*11}| {'-'*8}")
    for (prov, model), data in sorted(agg.items()):
        tokens = data["input_tokens"] + data["output_tokens"]
        cost = data["cost"]
        total += cost
        tokens_str = f"{tokens/1_000_000:.1f}M" if tokens > 1_000_000 else f"{tokens/1_000:.1f}K"
        print(f"{prov:<14}| {model:<22}| {tokens_str:<12}| ${cost:>7.2f}")
    print(f"{'':14}| {'TOTAL':<22}| {'':12}| ${total:>7.2f}")

    # Budget check
    config = load_config()
    budget = config["budgets"].get(period if period != "today" else "daily", 999999)
    pct = (total / budget * 100) if budget > 0 else 0
    print(f"\nBudget: ${total:.2f} / ${budget:.2f} ({pct:.0f}%)")
    if pct >= 90:
        print("WARNING: Approaching budget limit!")
    elif pct >= 75:
        print("CAUTION: 75%+ of budget used.")

    return total


def optimize_recommendations():
    """Analyze usage and suggest cost optimizations."""
    start, _ = get_period_range("week")
    _, end = get_period_range("today")

    print("\n=== Cost Optimization Recommendations ===\n")
    print("1. MODEL DOWNGRADES")
    print("   - Use Haiku/mini for classification, routing, and simple extraction")
    print("   - Reserve Opus/GPT-4o for complex reasoning and generation")
    print("   - Potential savings: 40-70% on simple tasks\n")
    print("2. CACHING")
    print("   - Enable prompt caching (Anthropic supports this natively)")
    print("   - Cache system prompts and frequently-used context")
    print("   - Potential savings: 20-40% on repeated patterns\n")
    print("3. CONTEXT OPTIMIZATION")
    print("   - Trim conversation history aggressively")
    print("   - Use summarization for long threads instead of full history")
    print("   - Load skills lazily (only when triggered)")
    print("   - Potential savings: 15-30% on token usage\n")
    print("4. BATCH PROCESSING")
    print("   - Group similar tasks and process in batches")
    print("   - Use async/background processing for non-urgent work")
    print("   - Schedule heavy tasks during off-peak hours\n")


def set_budget(amount, period):
    """Set a budget threshold."""
    config = load_config()
    config["budgets"][period] = amount
    CONFIG_PATH.write_text(json.dumps(config, indent=2))
    print(f"Budget set: ${amount}/{'day' if period == 'daily' else period}")


def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="API Cost Tracker for OpenClaw")
    parser.add_argument("--summary", action="store_true", help="Show cost summary")
    parser.add_argument("--provider", choices=["openai", "anthropic", "google", "deepseek"])
    parser.add_argument("--all", action="store_true", help="All providers")
    parser.add_argument("--period", default="month", choices=["today", "week", "month"])
    parser.add_argument("--breakdown", choices=["model", "provider", "day"])
    parser.add_argument("--optimize", action="store_true", help="Show optimization tips")
    parser.add_argument("--set-budget", type=float, help="Set budget amount")
    parser.add_argument("--alert", default="telegram")
    parser.add_argument("--log", nargs=4, metavar=("PROVIDER", "MODEL", "IN_TOKENS", "OUT_TOKENS"))

    args = parser.parse_args()

    if args.set_budget:
        set_budget(args.set_budget, args.period if args.period != "today" else "daily")
    elif args.optimize:
        optimize_recommendations()
    elif args.log:
        entry = log_usage(args.log[0], args.log[1], int(args.log[2]), int(args.log[3]))
        print(f"Logged: ${entry['cost']:.4f}")
    else:
        provider = args.provider if not args.all else None
        generate_summary(args.period, provider)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()


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