export-skills

What This Skill Does

The export-skills skill is a powerful transformation utility for OpenClaw AI agents. It acts as a bridge between the native SpecWeave internal format and the Agent Skills open standard (agentskills.io). By running this skill, you can package your agent's capabilities into portable SKILL.md files. These files become immediately compatible with major development ecosystems, including GitHub Copilot, VS Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and Claude Code. It automates the complex mapping of YAML frontmatter, truncation of descriptions, and conversion of tool-delimited strings to ensure your agent skills are ready for cross-platform deployment without manual refactoring.

Installation

To integrate this utility into your OpenClaw environment, execute the following command in your terminal:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/anton-abyzov/sw-export-skills

Once installed, you can immediately access the /sw:export-skills command within your agent interface.

Use Cases

This skill is essential for developers maintaining agent logic in multiple environments. If you develop a custom capability in SpecWeave but want to utilize the same logic within the GitHub Copilot ecosystem or your local Cursor workflow, this skill bridges the gap. It is also ideal for standardizing project documentation and preparing agent skills for public sharing on platforms that support the Agent Skills open specification.

Example Prompts

1. "Export all my current agent skills to the local .agent-skills directory to prepare for a Cursor migration."
2. "Perform a dry run of the export process for my 'architect' plugin to verify the metadata structure."
3. "Export all skills and validate the output against the official Agent Skills spec before I push these to my public repository."

Tips & Limitations

• Safety First: Always use the --dry-run flag the first time you execute the command on a new project to inspect the directory structure before files are written.
• Description Constraints: The Agent Skills standard requires descriptions to be under 1024 characters. This tool automatically handles truncation, but you should review long descriptions manually to ensure critical information remains.
• Naming Conventions: Ensure your skill names use only lowercase alphanumeric characters and hyphens to avoid validation errors. The tool will reject names that start or end with a hyphen or contain double hyphens.