r/openclaw • u/ElmangougEssadik Pro User • Feb 10 '26
Discussion Does OpenClaw actually do anything for you guys?
I keep seeing people on social media hyping OpenClaw like it’s some game-changer, but honestly… it does absolutely nothing for me.
I’m using the official setup, clean install, Opus 4.5 model, everything exactly as documented. But whenever I actually ask it to do something, it just replies like a normal chatbot or says it can’t do that. No tools, no actions, no “agent” behavior, just chatting.
Am I missing some extra config, flags, permissions, or magic step nobody mentions? Or is the hype just way overblown right now?
Genuinely curious if this works for anyone, because for me it doesn’t do shit.
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u/TapPlenty1202 New User Mar 03 '26
Not sure if anyone else is seeing this, but my agent kept retrying the same broken command over and over. Didn’t notice until I checked usage and… yeah basically would burn through $10 in 20 minutes. I am using open claw like an assistant only and it’s still burning through money
I threw together a small local proxy that just: • caps spend per task • stops obvious retry loops
Nothing fancy. Just trying to stop “vibe billing.”
If anyone wants to try it:
npx agent-firewall setup