happenstance

What This Skill Does

The Happenstance AI skill empowers OpenClaw users to tap into their professional network and research individuals with precision. By leveraging the Happenstance API, this agent can execute complex, natural-language searches across your connections, friends-of-connections, and curated professional groups. Whether you are looking for specific technical expertise, identifying potential collaborators for AI infrastructure, or seeking background insights on a specific person, this skill performs the heavy lifting by pulling data, synthesizing professional traits, and mapping mutual connections to facilitate warm introductions.

Installation

To integrate this skill, run the following command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/dgoss28/happenstance Ensure you have a valid Happenstance API key, which must be exported as an environment variable named HAPPENSTANCE_API_KEY in your environment. You can purchase credits or check your usage at happenstance.ai/settings/api.

Use Cases

• Talent Acquisition: Find engineers or specialists in your network who have experience in niche fields like AI infrastructure or distributed systems.
• Business Development: Research prospects within your extended network to discover mutual connections, increasing the likelihood of a successful warm outreach.
• Professional Networking: Map the professional traits and backgrounds of potential mentors or partners before engaging them.
• Team Building: Identify people with complementary skill sets within your existing professional circle to form project-specific squads.

Example Prompts

• "Search my network for software engineers who have published research on large language models and identify if I have any mutuals with them."
• "Find people in my connections who worked at OpenAI between 2020 and 2022, and research their current professional profiles."
• "Who in my professional circle has the highest trait score for 'AI Infrastructure' expertise? Provide a summary of their career background."

Tips & Limitations

• Billing: Searches cost 2 credits, and detailed research reports cost 1 credit. Keep an eye on your balance via GET /v1/usage to avoid service interruptions.
• Asynchronous Processing: Searches are asynchronous. Use the polling mechanism described in the documentation to check for completion if results aren't returned immediately.
• Scope: Ensure you are correctly defining your search parameters—either by using group IDs or toggling connection flags—to avoid excessive credit usage on overly broad searches.
• Accuracy: The quality of the research depends on the public data available in the Happenstance ecosystem. If a profile is incomplete, the research summary may be limited.