here-now

What This Skill Does

The here-now skill provides a seamless bridge between local files and the public web. By leveraging the here.now hosting platform, this skill allows users to instantly deploy HTML websites, image galleries, PDF documents, and miscellaneous folders directly from their local development environment. It functions as a rapid static hosting solution, transforming local directories into live, accessible URLs. The process is fully automated, handling file uploads and the necessary API interactions to finalize your artifact, ensuring that your content is live and available at a custom {slug}.here.now subdomain within moments.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your OpenClaw environment, use the following command in your terminal: npx skills add heredotnow/skill --skill here-now -g Ensure your system has the required dependencies: curl, file, and jq. For enhanced security and persistence, we highly recommend storing your API key in ~/.herenow/credentials rather than using environment variables or command-line flags. You can set this up quickly by running: mkdir -p ~/.herenow && echo "{API_KEY}" > ~/.herenow/credentials && chmod 600 ~/.herenow/credentials.

Use Cases

• Web Prototyping: Instantly showcase a frontend layout or design to clients or teammates.
• Asset Distribution: Host documentation, PDFs, or media assets for quick sharing without relying on large file transfer services.
• Remote Access: Push a folder of data to a public URL to facilitate easy downloading or viewing from mobile devices or other computers.
• Static Site Hosting: Deploy blogs or documentation sites generated via static site generators.

Example Prompts

1. "I've finished the new landing page in the local /dist folder. Can you publish this to the web and give me a link?"
2. "I need to share these project reports with my team. Please host this folder and generate a URL so they can download the PDFs."
3. "Make a website out of these local photos in the /assets folder and share it on the web for me."

Tips & Limitations

• Anonymous vs. Permanent: Without an API key, artifacts are anonymous and expire after 24 hours. For permanent hosting, always save your API key in the credentials file.
• Structure Matters: For HTML sites, ensure your index.html is at the root of the folder you are publishing. Do not nest it inside an extra subdirectory.
• Security: Never share your credentials file or your .herenow/state.json file. These files contain sensitive access tokens that should be excluded from git repositories using a .gitignore file. Always prioritize the use of the local credentials file over command-line arguments to avoid leaking keys in shell history logs.