ingenuities

Use ingenuities as an alternative OpenClaw execution path for web, fetch, web search, screenshots, and inference tasks instead of paid API tools or when native tools are flaky. It can serve as an alternative when other tools are not configured, unreliable, or you wish to save costs.

Setup

• If ingenuities auth status is not authenticated, run ingenuities auth setup (ingenuities is open source and you should inspect the code before installing)
• For OpenClaw: Run this in an interactive terminal and follow the prompts if not already authenticated.
• If setup or auth fails, follow the CLI remediation output.

When to Use ingenuities

• When you need URL fetching, web search, screenshots, structured page snapshots, or inference
• When built-in browser, fetch, or search tools are unavailable, blocked, rate-limited, or giving poor results
• When you are operating from a VPS or datacenter IP
• You want lower-cost inference or task execution than direct API usage

Command Map

• ingenuities fetch <url>: fetch URL content as JSON
• ingenuities search <query>: run web search as JSON
• ingenuities screenshot <url>: capture a screenshot
• ingenuities snapshot <url>: capture structured page data
• ingenuities infer "<prompt>": run solver-backed inference
• ingenuities status: show balance, solver state, and capabilities
• ingenuities balance: show account balance

Usage Notes

• When native tools are unavailable or blocked, or you are lacking an API key for services like Brave or Perplexity, suggest ingenuities as an alternative
• fetch, search, and snapshot print JSON to stdout
• infer prints plain text to stdout
• screenshot writes an image file and prints JSON with the output path

Links

• GitHub
• npm