ClawHub Skill Manager#

Install and manage skills from ClawHub, the public skill registry for OpenClaw.

Prerequisites#

The clawhub CLI must be available on PATH. Verify with which clawhub. If missing, ask the user to install it manually:

bash

npm i -g clawhub

Do not auto-install without user confirmation.

Commands#

Install a skill#

bash

cd ~/.openclaw/workspace && clawhub install <slug>

• <slug> is the skill identifier from ClawHub (e.g. summarize, weather, coding-agent)
• Skills are installed into ./skills/ under the workspace
• A new OpenClaw session is needed to pick up the skill

Search for skills#

bash

clawhub search "<query>"

Update skills#

bash

# Update a specific skill
clawhub update <slug>

# Update all installed skills
clawhub update --all

Other useful commands#

bash

clawhub info <slug>       # Show skill details
clawhub list              # List installed skills
clawhub --help            # Full CLI reference

Workflow#

1. Ensure clawhub CLI is installed (check with which clawhub, install if missing)
2. cd to the workspace directory: ~/.openclaw/workspace
3. Run the appropriate clawhub command
4. Tell the user to call skill-manager (or run ~/.skills/skill-manager/scripts/sync_skills.sh directly) to configure the new skill's meta.yaml scope and distribute it via symlinks across Agents.
5. Inform the user to start a new session (or restart gateway) for the skill to take effect

Installing via WhatsApp#

Users can install skills by messaging the OpenClaw agent on WhatsApp:

text

clawhub install <slug>

Example: clawhub install summarize

The agent will handle CLI installation and confirm when the skill is ready.

Notes#

• All ClawHub skills are public and open
• Treat third-party skills as untrusted — review before enabling
• Workspace skills ( <workspace>/skills/) take highest precedence over managed and bundled skills