The Best Free OpenClaw Setup for OpenRouter :free Models

Introduction: the dilemma (and the vibecoding addiction) I already have a “proper” OpenClaw setup — the kind you can actually ship work with. The problem is the weekly limits on paid plans . They burn down quickly, and once you get into the groove, stopping is… not really an option. You get addicted to vibecoding, you still have two days left before the reset, and your brain goes: I need to keep vibecoding. So I built a second agent: “Free OpenClaw” — powered by OpenRouter free-tier models — that stays genuinely useful instead of turning into a friendly, confident chatbot. And yes: below I include the full contents of my SOUL.md , AGENTS.md , IDENTITY.md , USER.md , and TOOLS.md so you can copy the setup 1:1. The free models I personally use: openrouter/openai/gpt-oss-120b:free openrouter/nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b:free The main harm from free models (the kind that ruins your day) This is not about installation errors. This is about what happens when you treat a free model like a f