OpenClaw Tally

Develop, test, or integrate the OpenClaw Tally Node.js library for task-level cost, complexity, and efficiency analytics. Use when working on Tally's detector, SQLite ledger, analytics engine, or an explicit plugin/hook integration; installing this skill alone does not register hooks or slash commands.

Reframes AI usage from token-counting to task-completion economics. Instead of "how many tokens?", answer "how much to get X done, and was it worth it?"

🛠️ Installation

1. Ask OpenClaw (Recommended)

Tell OpenClaw: "Install the openclaw-tally skill." The agent will handle the installation and configuration automatically.

2. Manual Installation (CLI)

If you prefer the terminal, run:

bash

openclaw skills install @jonathanjing/openclaw-tally

Security & Privacy Declaration

• No automatic hook registration: OpenClaw Skills are instruction bundles. This package must be integrated through an explicit plugin or operator-owned hook before it can process events.
• Hook scope after integration: A message-post integration would observe every message, so disclose that scope before enabling it.
• Local only: All processing is purely local. No data is sent to any external server.
• Message content: The task detector reads message text to identify task boundaries (start/complete/fail signals) using regex pattern matching. No message text is stored — only metadata (token count, model, session_id, complexity score) is persisted to the database.
• Sandboxed storage: SQLite database defaults to ~/.openclaw/tally/tally.db. A custom path can be provided for testing.
• Runtime: Requires Node.js 22 or newer and better-sqlite3 13.x (native Node.js addon). Installation may download a signed prebuild or run a local native build.
• Permissions: No network access. No exec permissions. Filesystem limited to ~/.openclaw/tally/.

What It Does

• Detects tasks from message streams supplied by an explicit integration (Layer 1: Task Detector)
• Attributes costs across sessions, sub-agents, and cron triggers (Layer 2: Task Ledger)
• Computes TES (Task Efficiency Score) per task, model, and cron (Layer 3: Analytics Engine)

Setup and verification

bash

cd "{baseDir}"
npm install
npm test

The package currently exports library modules from src/index.js. Add slash commands and event hooks only through an OpenClaw plugin or another explicit runtime integration.

Complexity Levels

• L1 (Reflex): Single-turn, text-only, no tools
• L2 (Routine): Multi-turn or 1–3 tool calls
• L3 (Mission): Multiple tools + file I/O + external APIs
• L4 (Campaign): Sub-agents + cron + cross-session

TES (Task Efficiency Score)

text

TES = quality_score / (normalized_cost × complexity_weight)

• > 2.0 🟢 Excellent
• 1.0–2.0 🟡 Good
• 0.5–1.0 🟠 Below average
• < 0.5 🔴 Poor
• 0.0 ⚫ Failed

Usage

When explicitly integrated, store analytics locally in ~/.openclaw/tally/tally.db or a test-specific path.

See {baseDir}/PRD.md for the product specification.