local-skill-manager

What This Skill Does

The local-skill-manager, often referred to as the "Skill Butler," acts as the centralized control center for managing your local OpenClaw AI agent extensions. Instead of manually navigating directories or risking file corruption by deleting folders, this utility provides a structured, safe interface for your development workflow. It handles the lifecycle of your skills—from creation with standard directory templates (including scripts, references, and assets) to validation, version tracking, and secure removal. By using this tool, you ensure that your skills/ directory remains consistent and free of structural errors.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your environment, use the OpenClaw hub command: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/chenchen913/local-skill-manager

Ensure your system meets the requirements by running: pip install -r requirements.txt This installs pyyaml, which allows the manager to parse metadata from SKILL.md files, ensuring compatibility with OpenClaw's standard agent architecture.

Use Cases

This skill is designed for AI developers and power users who actively extend OpenClaw with custom tools. It is ideal for:

• Developers building new tools who need a consistent file architecture for every new project.
• Users who maintain a large library of local skills and need a quick overview of what is currently installed and active.
• Teams managing versioning across multiple local projects to ensure they are using the latest tool capabilities.
• Clean-up tasks, ensuring that deprecated or problematic skills are removed safely without leaving orphaned files or broken symlinks.

Example Prompts

1. "I want to start a new project, please create a new skill named 'web-scraper'."
2. "Can you list all my currently installed skills and check if they are up to date?"
3. "I no longer use the 'demo-assistant' skill, please remove it safely."

Tips & Limitations

• Safety First: Always utilize the --dry-run flag when deleting skills. This performs a simulation, showing you exactly which files will be purged before any actual write operations occur.
• Pathing: If your environment stores skills in custom locations (like .trae/skills/), ensure you prepend the correct path to the python commands, as relative paths are strictly enforced by the scripts.
• Integrity: Never bypass the provided scripts to move or delete files manually. The scripts include logic for path traversal protection and protected-skill checks that standard shell commands lack.