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ros2-control-introspection

Execute ROS 2 Control read-only introspection commands (list, view) in a sandboxed environment. Supports parameter profiles.

skill-install — Terminal

Install via CLI (Recommended)

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/bigrobinson/ros2-control-introspection

Download Source Code (.zip)

ROS 2 Control Introspection (Sandboxed)

Setup & Installation

Before this skill can be used, the local environment must be configured.

Source your environment: You MUST source your ROS 2 environment first.

source /opt/ros/<distro>/setup.bash
source ~/my_ros_ws/install/setup.bash

Run setup:
```
./scripts/setup.sh
```

Overview

Use this skill to inspect the ros2_control graph. It is STRICTLY read-only. You cannot use this skill to load, switch, or modify controllers (use ros2-control-execution for that).

SECURITY CONSTRAINT: You must ALWAYS use the safe wrapper script located at ./scripts/safe_ros2_control_introspection.py. This script uses Python's subprocess (shell=False) to prevent command injection and validates the command against a strict allowlist.

Wrapper Path: Resolve ./scripts/safe_ros2_control_introspection.py against this SKILL.md directory.

Allowed Commands

Usage: ./scripts/safe_ros2_control_introspection.py <subcommand> [native_flags] [--profile <name> | --params-file <path>]

list_controllers
list_controller_types
list_hardware_components
list_hardware_interfaces
view_controller_chains

Examples:

Basic list: ./scripts/safe_ros2_control_introspection.py list_controllers
Targeting a specific controller manager: ./scripts/safe_ros2_control_introspection.py list_controllers -c /my_controller_manager
Using a parameter profile (for complex --ros-args): ./scripts/safe_ros2_control_introspection.py view_controller_chains -c /my_manager --profile my_tuning_file

Read Full Documentation on GitHub

Metadata

Author@bigrobinson

Stars4473

Updated2026-05-01

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Add to Configuration

Paste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.

{
  "plugins": {
    "official-bigrobinson-ros2-control-introspection": {
      "enabled": true,
      "auto_update": true
    }
  }
}

Safety NoteClawKit audits metadata but not runtime behavior. Use with caution.

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