Zhihu

What This Skill Does

The Zhihu AI Bot skill is a powerful automation tool designed for users who want to programmatically interact with Zhihu Rings (知乎圈子). It allows the OpenClaw AI agent to serve as a bridge between your automated workflows and the Zhihu ecosystem. By leveraging API credentials, the skill enables reading ring content, publishing new thoughts (pins) with optional media attachments, managing interactions such as liking or unliking content, and handling comment threads. It is an essential tool for community managers, content creators, and developers seeking to automate their social presence on one of China's largest knowledge-sharing platforms.

Installation

To begin, ensure you have the OpenClaw framework installed. You can add this skill to your workspace by executing the command: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/keepwonder/zhihu. Once the files are local, navigate to your configuration file (typically ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json) and populate the env section with your ZHIHU_APP_KEY and ZHIHU_APP_SECRET. These credentials are mandatory for the agent to authenticate with Zhihu's servers. If you prefer, you can set these as environment variables in your terminal session before launching the agent.

Use Cases

• Automated Content Distribution: Automatically syndicate summaries or insights from your technical documentation directly into specific Zhihu Rings.
• Community Engagement: Configure your AI agent to automatically 'like' relevant community posts or respond to user comments to maintain high engagement levels without constant manual oversight.
• Content Monitoring: Use the ring detail command to periodically poll specific circles, gathering data on trending topics or user feedback for analytical processing.
• Reply Management: Implement a customer support or FAQ bot that replies to comments under your pins using predefined knowledge bases.

Example Prompts

1. "Check the current content in Zhihu Ring 2001009660925334090 and tell me what the latest three posts are about."
2. "Publish a new pin to the community ring 2001009660925334090 with the title 'OpenClaw Updates' and content 'We have just released version 2.0 with improved agent performance.'"
3. "Find the comment with ID 11407772941 under my latest pin and add a 'like' reaction to it."

Tips & Limitations

• Rate Limiting: Please be mindful of Zhihu's API rate limits. Excessive requests in a short timeframe may lead to temporary account suspension or API throttling.
• Permissions: Ensure the API keys provided have the necessary permissions for the 'Ring' scope, as read-only keys will fail to execute publish or reaction commands.
• Error Handling: When publishing with images, ensure the URLs are public and accessible to prevent the server from returning 400 errors. Always verify the ring_id before executing bulk operations to avoid posting to unintended communities.