tinker-command-center

# Tinker 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 monit...