OpenClaw · per-key access

Give OpenClaw your OpenAI key, not your Stripe key

Most setups hand an agent every key in the file. MoltenRock lets you decide key by key, and shows you each time one is used.

The short answer

To limit what OpenClaw can use, grant it keys one at a time from a vault instead of giving it a file full of them. In MoltenRock, each key is granted to each agent separately: OpenClaw can resolve your OpenAI key without ever seeing your Stripe key. Every release is logged, you can remove one key from an agent, and unpairing revokes everything at once.

The problem

All-or-nothing access is the default

  • One file, every key
    Whatever is in the config is available to the agent.
  • One leak, every key
    If the agent is tricked into revealing its config, it reveals all of it.
  • No record
    Nothing shows which key the agent actually used.

How MoltenRock handles it

Key by key, agent by agent

  • Per-key grants
    Choose which keys OpenClaw may resolve. Everything else stays sealed.
  • Logged releases
    Each time OpenClaw resolves a key, the Activity log records it.
  • Revoke in one click
    Remove a single key, or unpair the agent to revoke everything.
  • Separate lanes
    Email tokens never grant API keys, and keys added for MoltenRock Connect are never shared with OpenClaw.

How it works

Set it up

  1. 01
    Pair OpenClaw
    OpenClaw → Add OpenClaw agent → Pair.
  2. 02
    Choose its keys
    Only the ones it needs, for example the model key.
  3. 03
    Watch the log
    See each release; remove what it never uses.

Straight answer

What OpenClaw gets

Stays on your Mac

  • Every key you didn’t grant
  • Your MoltenRock Connect keys and your mail, which are separate lanes
  • The log of every release

Leaves your Mac

  • The keys you granted, to OpenClaw, when it resolves them
  • The calls OpenClaw makes with them
  • Nothing to a MoltenRock server

Questions

What people ask first

Can OpenClaw ask for a key I didn’t grant?

It can ask; the request is denied and logged.

Do I need to restart OpenClaw after changes?

After migrating keys, run openclaw secrets reload so the gateway picks them up.

Does this work for Hermes too?

Yes. Hermes gets its own grants on the Hermes screen.

What does it cost?

Free with 3 keys and 1 agent; Pro is unlimited from $9.99 a month.

The right key for the right agent.

Free for Mac. No account, no cloud, no telemetry.