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There’s been some discussion around using a ChatGPT subscription inside OpenClaw, especially after the recent posts about signing in with your ChatGPT account and using Codex through OpenClaw.

The simple version:

If OpenClaw supports signing in through your ChatGPT/OpenAI account, that can make setup easier because you may not need to manage a separate API key for that flow.

But it is still worth understanding the difference between:

• using ChatGPT directly
• using OpenClaw as the agent/workspace
• using models through OAuth, API keys, OpenRouter, or another provider
• what your subscription actually covers

For people new to this, the main question is not just “can I sign in?” but also:

Does my ChatGPT plan cover this usage?
Are there limits?
Is it using Codex specifically?
Do I still need a fallback model or API setup?
How stable is this for everyday use?

Would be useful to hear from anyone who has already tried this setup.

Are you using ChatGPT/Codex inside OpenClaw now, or are you still using API keys/OpenRouter/Claude/etc.?

Been seeing this conflated a lot lately and figured it was worth an actual thread.

Claude is on-demand. You open it, you use it, session ends. It's genuinely great for what it is but it's reactive by design. You're always the one initiating.

OpenClaw sits closer to the agent category. Persistent memory, continuous runtime, connects to external tools and can execute workflows without you being in the loop. It's less "ask and receive" and more "set it up and let it run."

The way I think about it: if your workflow requires a human to keep opening a chat window, that's Claude territory. If you need something running ops in the background while you're doing other things, that's a different category of tool entirely.

Curious where people here have actually drawn that line. Are you running real automations with something like OpenClaw or do you find Claude plus a bit of scripting covers most of what you need? Specifically interested in people who've tested both in production, not just read the landing pages.