clawhub

What This Skill Does

The ClawHub CLI skill empowers users to manage agent skills directly from the command line, interacting with the clawhub.com registry. It provides a streamlined workflow for discovering, installing, updating, and publishing agent skills. Whether you need to quickly integrate a new skill into your OpenClaw environment, ensure your existing skills are up-to-date, or share your own creations with the community, this skill offers the necessary tools. It leverages the official clawhub npm package, ensuring robust and efficient operations for all skill management tasks.

Installation

To use the ClawHub CLI skill, you first need to install the clawhub npm package globally on your system. Open your terminal or command prompt and run:

npm i -g clawhub

For publishing skills, you'll need to authenticate with your ClawHub account. Use the following commands:

clawhub login
clawhub whoami

Use Cases

This skill is invaluable for a variety of scenarios:

• Discovering and Installing New Skills: Quickly find and add new agent capabilities to your OpenClaw setup. For instance, searching for "postgres backups" can reveal skills designed for database management.
• Keeping Skills Updated: Ensure your installed skills are running the latest versions to benefit from new features and bug fixes. The update --all command is particularly useful for maintaining your skill library.
• Version Pinning: Install or update to a specific version of a skill if compatibility or stability is a concern.
• Publishing Your Own Skills: Share your developed agent skills with the broader OpenClaw community by publishing them to ClawHub. This includes specifying metadata like name, version, and changelog.
• Local Development and Testing: While not explicitly detailed in the CLI, the workdir and install dir options suggest potential for managing skills in local development environments before publishing.

Example Prompts

1. "Search ClawHub for skills related to managing AWS S3 buckets."
2. "Install the latest version of the 'email-parser' skill from ClawHub."
3. "Update all installed skills on my ClawHub registry to their newest versions."

Tips & Limitations

• Registry Flexibility: While clawhub.com is the default, you can point to other registries using the CLAWHUB_REGISTRY environment variable or the --registry flag, offering flexibility for private or alternative skill repositories.
• Working Directory: Be mindful of the --workdir and --dir options. By default, the skill operates within the current directory or falls back to the OpenClaw workspace. Ensure you are in the correct directory when installing or publishing to avoid unexpected file placements.
• Update Logic: The update command performs a hash-based match to identify the installed version and then upgrades. If you need to force an update or bypass confirmation prompts, use --force and --no-input respectively.
• Authentication: Ensure you are logged in via clawhub login before attempting to publish any skills.
• Dependencies: The clawhub CLI itself is an npm package. Ensure Node.js and npm are installed and accessible in your PATH.