FTP Client#

Full-featured FTP/FTPS client skill for OpenClaw. Connect to remote FTP servers and manage files directly.

Environment Variable#

Set FTP_CONNECTION in the OpenClaw skill management panel. Format (comma-separated, last 3 fields optional):

text

host:port,username,password,active/passive,ftp/ftps,explicit/implicit

Examples:

text

ftp.example.com:21,myuser,mypassword
ftp.example.com:21,myuser,mypassword,passive
ftp.example.com:990,myuser,mypassword,passive,ftps,implicit

Field definitions:

• Field 1 (required): host:port — FTP server address and port
• Field 2 (required): username — FTP login username
• Field 3 (required): password — FTP login password
• Field 4 (optional): active or passive — connection mode (default: passive)
• Field 5 (optional): ftp or ftps — protocol (default: ftp)
• Field 6 (optional): explicit or implicit — TLS mode for FTPS (default: not used; only meaningful when field 5 is ftps)

Note: If your password contains commas, replace them with %2C (URL-encoded). The parser will decode it.

List directory#

bash

node {baseDir}/scripts/list.mjs
node {baseDir}/scripts/list.mjs "/remote/path"
node {baseDir}/scripts/list.mjs "/" --long

Options:

• --long or -l: Show detailed file info (size, date, permissions)

Download file#

bash

node {baseDir}/scripts/download.mjs "/remote/file.txt"
node {baseDir}/scripts/download.mjs "/remote/file.txt" --out "/local/path/file.txt"
node {baseDir}/scripts/download.mjs "/remote/dir" --dir

Options:

• --out <path> or -o <path>: Local destination path (default: temp directory)
• --dir or -d: Download entire directory recursively

Upload file#

bash

node {baseDir}/scripts/upload.mjs "/local/file.txt"
node {baseDir}/scripts/upload.mjs "/local/file.txt" --to "/remote/path/file.txt"
node {baseDir}/scripts/upload.mjs "/local/dir" --dir --to "/remote/dir"

Options:

• --to <path> or -t <path>: Remote destination path (default: FTP root /)
• --dir or -d: Upload entire directory recursively

Delete file or directory#

bash

node {baseDir}/scripts/delete.mjs "/remote/file.txt"
node {baseDir}/scripts/delete.mjs "/remote/dir" --dir

Options:

• --dir or -d: Remove directory recursively (including all contents)

Move / Rename#

bash

node {baseDir}/scripts/move.mjs "/remote/old-name.txt" "/remote/new-name.txt"
node {baseDir}/scripts/move.mjs "/remote/file.txt" "/remote/subdir/file.txt"

Copy file#

bash

node {baseDir}/scripts/copy.mjs "/remote/source.txt" "/remote/dest.txt"

FTP protocol does not natively support copy. This downloads the file to a temp location and re-uploads it.

Create directory#

bash

node {baseDir}/scripts/mkdir.mjs "/remote/new-dir"
node {baseDir}/scripts/mkdir.mjs "/remote/path/to/deep/dir"

Creates the directory and all intermediate directories as needed.

Read file content#

bash

node {baseDir}/scripts/read.mjs "/remote/file.txt"
node {baseDir}/scripts/read.mjs "/remote/file.txt" --encoding utf8

Options:

• --encoding <enc>: File encoding (default: utf8). Supports: utf8, ascii, latin1, base64

File info (size, date)#

bash

node {baseDir}/scripts/info.mjs "/remote/file.txt"

Returns file size and last modification date.

Notes#

• Requires node and uses the basic-ftp npm package (auto-installed via package.json).
• Set FTP_CONNECTION env var before use.
• Passive mode is recommended for most NAT/firewall scenarios.
• For FTPS, the skill supports both explicit (port 21 typical) and implicit (port 990 typical) TLS.
• Large file transfers show progress output.