skill-deps
Track and manage dependencies between OpenClaw skills. Scan skills for dependencies, visualize skill trees, detect circular dependencies, and manage skill versioning. Use when analyzing skill relationships, checking which skills depend on others, or managing skill installations.
Why use this skill?
Learn to manage OpenClaw agent skills, resolve dependency conflicts, and maintain your agent's environment with the skill-deps tool. Keep your workflows reliable and secure.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/myrodar/skill-depsWhat This Skill Does
The skill-deps agent skill functions as a sophisticated dependency manager and analyzer for the OpenClaw ecosystem, similar to how npm manages Node.js packages. It provides a robust framework to define, visualize, and validate the relationships between various AI agent skills. By centralizing dependency logic, the skill ensures that complex workflows remain stable, preventing version mismatches and circular dependency conflicts that can break an agent's functionality. Whether you are building internal toolsets or integrating third-party components, this skill acts as the bedrock for maintaining a healthy and modular agent environment.
Installation
To integrate skill-deps into your OpenClaw environment, execute the following command in your terminal:
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/myrodar/skill-deps
Once installed, the tool will automatically index your local workspace directories—including /usr/lib/node_modules/openclaw/skills/, ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/, and ./skills/—to begin monitoring your current skill stack.
Use Cases
- Dependency Auditing: Regularly run scans to ensure all your installed skills are compatible with one another, especially after updating a core skill.
- Version Conflict Resolution: When two skills require different versions of a shared utility,
skill-depsidentifies the collision, preventing runtime errors. - Modular Development: Developers creating new skills can utilize the
skill.jsonformat to declare requirements, ensuring users have the necessary environment context for their skill to function optimally. - Dependency Tree Visualization: Use the tree command to gain clarity on why a specific skill was pulled into your environment, helping to prune unused or bloat-heavy dependencies.
Example Prompts
- "Analyze my current skills for any missing dependencies or outdated versions that need to be addressed."
- "Show me the full dependency tree for the 'travel-planner' skill so I can understand what it installs on my system."
- "Check if there are any conflicting dependencies between my existing research-assistant tool and the new weather-monitoring skill I just downloaded."
Tips & Limitations
- Proactive Checking: Always run
./scripts/check-deps.shbefore installing new tools from external registries to avoid breaking existing configurations. - Semantic Versioning: Adhere strictly to semver standards in your
SKILL.mdfiles to allow the auto-resolver to function at maximum efficiency. - Limitations: The skill operates primarily on manifests provided in the
skill.jsonorSKILL.mdfiles. It cannot inspect the internal binary code of a skill for hidden, undocumented dependencies. Ensure all skills follow the OpenClaw naming and declaration standards for complete coverage.
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{
"plugins": {
"official-myrodar-skill-deps": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags(AI)
Flags: file-read, file-write