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10 Ways To Reduce Your LLM API Costs
Your AI app is live and the inference bill is eating your margins. Here are 10 practical ways to cut LLM costs without hurting output quality.
Manifest Weekly #09
Claude Code support via Anthropic endpoint, multiple API keys per provider, and a stack of routing fixes.
MyTrainer Cuts AI Inference Costs With Manifest
A practical case study on using Manifest to route coaching chat, deterministic generation, and asynchronous planning workflows in MyTrainer.
Manifest Weekly #08
Manifest Weekly #08: see exactly how much routing saves you in the dashboard, one-command Hermes setup, and a stack of routing and streaming reliability fixes.
Manifest Weekly #07
LM Studio and llama.cpp as built-in providers, custom header routing tiers, simplified setup, and OpenAI Responses API.
Manifest Weekly #06
Manifest Weekly #06: message-level feedback for routing decisions, OpenCode Go subscription provider support, and a pile of routing reliability fixes.
Manifest Weekly #05
Manifest now works with any AI agent, routing by task type, two new subscription providers, and Docker-only self-hosting.
Manifest Weekly #04
Start routing through free models in one click, and Anthropic OAuth finally working with Sonnet and Opus.
Anthropic Dropped OpenClaw From Max — What To Do
Claude Max subscriptions no longer cover OpenClaw usage — every agent message is billed separately. Here are your options and how to route around the change.
Manifest Weekly #03
New cloud onboarding for OpenClaw 3.22-beta, Anthropic OAuth fix for Sonnet/Opus, 100% model pricing coverage, and encrypted API key storage.
Set Up Manifest Cloud for your OpenClaw agent
Step-by-step guide to set up Manifest Cloud and start routing OpenClaw requests to the right model automatically.
Manifest Weekly #02
Copilot & MiniMax subscription providers, smarter model registry, routing scorer improvements, and a pile of bugfixes.
Awesome Free LLM APIs
All the LLM APIs with permanent free tiers we could find, updated March 2026. Star the repo or open a PR to help keep it current.
What is an LLM Router?
An LLM Router sends each prompt to a different model based on the task. Here's how rule-based vs AI-powered routing compare and what it means for OpenClaw users.
Fix OpenClaw Agents That Won't Stay Autonomous
OpenClaw automations that ran for hours then silently stopped? Here are the skill files, cron jobs, memory protection, and anti-drift rules that actually fix it.
Manifest Weekly #01
Anthropic subscription support, automatic model fallback, dynamic model discovery, and a ton of bugfixes.
Hyper Specialization: Stockfish, Smith & the AI Era
It's a mistake to think we'll stay relevant by orchestrating AIs. Our salvation may be the opposite: hyper specialization.
How to Stop Burning Money on OpenClaw
After speaking with over a hundred OpenClaw users, cost is the topic that comes up in almost every conversation. Here are the strategies that actually work.
How To Shut Up OpenClaw CLI Banner 🦞
Tired of OpenClaw CLI's banner jokes on every command? Here's the one-line config change that disables them, plus the env var for CI environments.
The Claw Market Map, Q1 2026
The emerging ecosystem built around OpenClaw — key players across managed hosting, LLM routing, security, developer tools, marketplaces and more.
Introducing Manifest
Introducing Manifest: an open-source LLM router that sends every request to the cheapest capable model and saves AI-native teams up to 70% on token costs.
