alter-action-trigger

What This Skill Does

The alter-action-trigger skill is a powerful automation bridge that connects OpenClaw to the Alter macOS application. It leverages x-callback-urls to execute a wide variety of advanced AI-driven tasks directly from your terminal or the Clawdbot interface. With over 84 pre-configured actions, this skill acts as an orchestration layer, allowing you to trigger complex operations—such as summarizing documents, refactoring code, or correcting grammar—without ever leaving your current workflow context.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your environment, use the OpenClaw command-line interface. Run the following command in your terminal:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/olivieralter/alter-actions

Ensure that you have the Alter macOS application installed, as this skill serves as a controller for the local Alter utility, utilizing its deep integration with system-level services.

Use Cases

This skill is designed for power users looking to automate repetitive text and code-related tasks. Common use cases include:

• Writing & Editing: Quickly normalizing the tone of email drafts, summarizing lengthy technical reports, or batch-correcting grammatical errors in professional documents.
• Programming Assistance: Rapidly documenting code segments, debugging snippets by passing error messages to the Fix Code function, or transcoding logic between different programming languages.
• Research: Using the 'ask-anything' action to pull AI-driven insights directly into a CLI session.

Example Prompts

1. "Alter, rewrite this paragraph to sound more professional and concise."
2. "Find an action that can summarize a YouTube video and use it on the URL in my clipboard."
3. "List all available writing actions so I can improve the quality of my blog post draft."

Tips & Limitations

• Input Encoding: Because the skill communicates via x-callback-urls, ensure your inputs are properly formatted for URL parameters. The internal functions typically handle basic encoding, but complex characters may require manual escaping.
• Contextual Awareness: Some actions like 'fix-code' depend on the 'input' parameter representing specific error logs. Providing high-quality input will drastically improve the output reliability.
• Limitations: This skill requires the Alter app to be active on your macOS instance. If the app is not reachable via the x-callback-url protocol, the skill will fail to execute the requested action.