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Use OpenClaw with Manifest

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OpenClaw is the open source agentic CLI for terminal-driven coding. Pair it with Manifest and every prompt gets routed to the cheapest capable model, cutting your AI bill by up to 70% without changing how you code.

— models routed through Manifest over the last 30 days.

Why use OpenClaw with Manifest

OpenClaw burns through tokens fast: long agentic sessions, large context windows, constant tool calls. Manifest sits in front of OpenClaw's API endpoint, inspects every request, and picks the smartest model for the job. Cheap models for boilerplate, premium models for hard reasoning.

  • Cut API costs by up to 70% on a typical OpenClaw workload
  • Keep using the OpenClaw CLI you already know, no workflow change
  • Mix Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and open models in one routing rule
  • Set monthly spend limits and alerts per agent
  • Track token usage, latency, and cost per session from the dashboard
  • Open source, self-hostable, no lock-in

Setup in 60 seconds

Register Manifest as a provider in your OpenClaw config and point the default model at manifest/auto. Pick CLI commands or the built-in openclaw onboard wizard. Both land at the same result.

Register Manifest in your OpenClaw config to route each request to the best provider using the model manifest/auto.

Set the provider config and default model directly via CLI commands. 

openclaw config set models.providers.manifest '{"baseUrl":"https://api.manifest.build/v1","api":"openai-completions","apiKey":"mnfst_YOUR_KEY","models":[{"id":"auto","name":"Manifest Auto"}]}'
openclaw config set agents.defaults.model.primary manifest/auto
openclaw gateway restart

OpenClaw tokens processed on Manifest

Models in use

# Model
 Auth type Tokens / last 30 days