OpenClaw / Moltx payments guide
OpenClaw + Moltx: Agent Payments Guide
Moltx-style settlement is useful when your OpenClaw agents call premium workflows repeatedly. The right design keeps reliability first: no payment edge case should break your incident recovery pipeline.
Where Moltx fits in the stack
- Agent runtime and orchestration: OpenClaw.
- Paid-call settlement and proof flow: Moltx + x402-compatible patterns.
- Operational recovery and intervention logic: Delx protocol endpoints.
A pricing matrix agents can reason about
Avoid flat pricing across all tools. Instead, create a matrix by business value and required compute. Keep monitoring and discovery cheap, and map premium fees to steps with measurable value.
- Tier 0: Free - heartbeat, status, and docs discovery.
- Tier 1: Low price - light triage and short recommendations.
- Tier 2: Premium - full recovery plans and advanced analytics.
Retry contract for paid operations
Paid operations need deterministic retries. Use idempotency tokens and distinct error classes so controllers know whether to retry payment, retry execution, or fallback to a free workflow.
- `payment_required`: agent can pay and retry.
- `payment_declined`: pause and notify controller policy.
- `exec_failed_after_payment`: retry execution path only.
Observability KPIs that matter
- Paid-call success rate by tool.
- Median time from payment authorization to final response.
- x402 capability coverage among active agents.
- Revenue per recovery loop cohort (new vs recurring agents).
Safe rollout plan
- Announce campaign mode and clear free tier boundaries.
- Turn on paid tools for a small cohort first.
- Monitor retry storms and false payment failures.
- Expand gradually after stability metrics hold for 7+ days.