Claw Clone

What This Skill Does

The Claw Clone skill serves as the primary utility for OpenClaw users to encapsulate, transport, and replicate their agent configurations. It acts as a comprehensive packaging engine, bundling vital agent components—such as identity, personality, core rules, and toolsets—into a singular, shareable data format. By utilizing this skill, you can effectively "fork" your agent, moving it across different environments or sharing your specialized agent setup with other community members. The skill manages the export of metadata and configuration files while strictly sanitizing sensitive credentials, and handles the automated reconstruction of agent instances during import, complete with automatic file backups to ensure system integrity.

Installation

To install Claw Clone, execute the following command within your OpenClaw terminal or integrated skill manager:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/anwhere/claw-clone

Ensure that your OpenClaw runtime environment is updated to the latest version to ensure compatibility with the packaging structure used by this skill.

Use Cases

• Agent Backup: Create snapshots of your current agent configuration to safeguard against accidental changes or configuration errors.
• Agent Sharing: Share your meticulously crafted personality and tool configuration with colleagues or the OpenClaw community by providing a simple package string.
• Multi-Environment Deployment: Clone your agent across multiple local or server-based OpenClaw installations without manually transferring individual files.
• Deployment Migration: Transfer your agent workspace from a development machine to a production environment quickly and reliably.

Example Prompts

• "Hey OpenClaw, I'm ready to move this agent to my new laptop. Please export my current configuration into a package."
• "Clone yourself: I want to share my current identity and rule set with a friend. Give me the export package."
• "Import this config: [Paste your serialized JSON package here] and update my agent settings to match."

Tips & Limitations

• Sensitive Information: While the skill automatically filters out known API keys and tokens, always verify the exported package contents before sharing it publicly to ensure no personally identifiable information (PII) is included.
• Configuration Overwrites: Importing an agent package will overwrite your current configuration files. The system creates a .bak backup, but manual verification of settings post-import is highly recommended.
• Restart Requirements: Changing core agent rules or tool configurations through an import may require a full restart of the OpenClaw agent process to ensure all changes take effect properly.
• Dependency Management: Some complex skills may require manual post-import authentication, as sensitive credentials (like OAuth tokens or API keys) are intentionally excluded from the export for security reasons.