tinker-command-center
Stop guessing what your AI costs. Tinker shows every token, every dollar, every context byte — in real time.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/globalcaos/tinker-command-centerTinker Command Center
Your $200 Opus session didn't have to happen. Tinker shows you exactly where every token goes — before the bill arrives.
The Problem
You switched to Claude API because Anthropic did the right thing. Respect. But now you're running Opus through OpenClaw and a single deep conversation burns $20+ in tokens with zero warning. You check your dashboard three days later and wonder what happened.
That's not a billing problem. That's a visibility problem.
What Tinker Does
Tinker is a real-time command center that sits on top of your OpenClaw gateway. It shows you what's filling your context window, what each response costs, and where your budget stands — live, as it happens.
🗺️ Context Treemap
Interactive squarified treemap of your context window. See exactly what takes space: system prompt sections, conversation history, tool results. Drill down from categories → messages → raw text. When you wonder "why is my context 180K tokens?" — this tells you in one glance.
📊 Response Treemap
Same visualization for model output. How much is text, how much is thinking, how much is tool calls? Per LLM call within a run, so you see the real cost of that 8-step tool loop.
💰 Live Cost Tracking
Per-provider token usage. Daily and monthly estimates. The 5-hour Claude rate-limit window with countdown timer. You'll never hit a rate limit by surprise again.
⚠️ Budget Alerts
Set a monthly limit. Get warned at 70%, 90%, and 100%. No more "I'll check later" — later is too late with Opus.
🔄 Multi-Call Run View
When your agent loops through tools (search → read → edit → test → commit), each call's context and cost is broken out individually. You'll see which tool calls are token hogs and which are cheap.
💬 Full Chat Interface
Not just a dashboard — it's a complete webchat with session switching, tool call inspection (expand any tool inline), and real-time streaming. Use it as your daily driver or just for monitoring.
Pricing Reference
These are the API costs Tinker tracks:
| Model | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) | Watch out? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4 / 4.5 | $15.00 | $75.00 | ⚠️ Yes. One deep session = $20+ |
| Claude Sonnet 4 / 3.5 | $3.00 | $15.00 | Sweet spot |
| Claude Haiku 3.5 | $0.80 | $4.00 | Background tasks |
| Gemini 3 Pro | $1.25 | $5.00 | Great failover |
| Gemini 2 Flash | $0.10 | $0.40 | Near-free |
Install
Tinker is a bundled OpenClaw plugin in the globalcaos fork. It ships as part of the build.
# Clone the fork
git clone https://github.com/globalcaos/tinkerclaw.git openclaw
cd openclaw
Metadata
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{
"plugins": {
"official-globalcaos-tinker-command-center": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
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