#Running OpenClaw on VPS (Ubuntu) with claude-bridge/claude-sonnet-latest via openclaw-claude-bridge

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Goal: Use Claude Code CLI (Max subscription) as a backend for OpenClaw without hitting extra billing / usage limits.

What happened: Max subscription limits burn extremely fast ā€” suspected cause is high token usage per request due to large system prompts injected by OpenClaw.

What we ran:

ā€¢ OpenClaw on Ubuntu VPS
ā€¢ openclaw-claude-bridge (github.com/shinglokto/openclaw-claude-bridge) as proxy between OpenClaw and Claude Code CLI
ā€¢ Claude authenticated via claude auth status ā†’ subscriptionType: max, apiProvider: firstParty
ā€¢ Bridge spawns: claude --print --dangerously-skip-permissions --output-format stream-json --verbose --model claude-sonnet-latest

Environment:

ā€¢ OS: Ubuntu (x64)
ā€¢ Claude Code CLI: v2.1.92
ā€¢ OpenClaw: latest
ā€¢ Auth method: claude.ai (not API key)

Logs (bridge):
[claude.js] Spawning: claude --print --dangerously-skip-permissions ... thinking=on resume=true
[done] 10724ms chunks=1 āœ…
Question:
Is there an official/recommended way to use Claude Code CLI with Max subscription as OpenClaw backend without burning through limits? What's the current best practice for this setup?