knhb-hockey

What This Skill Does

The knhb-hockey skill acts as a robust interface to the official KNHB Match Center API (hockeyweerelt.nl). It provides OpenClaw AI agents with the ability to retrieve real-time data regarding Dutch field hockey clubs, teams, and competitive schedules. By abstracting complex curl requests into high-level queries, the agent can look up specific club locations, list available team rosters, check upcoming match calendars, and review historical official scores. This skill is essential for any user needing up-to-date information on the Dutch field hockey landscape, covering everything from professional Senioren squads to youth categories like the MO/JO leagues.

Installation

To integrate this functionality into your environment, use the OpenClaw CLI tool. Execute the following command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/tader/knhb-hockey

Use Cases

This skill is perfect for various user personas:

1. Players and Parents: Quickly find the next match date, time, and location for a specific youth team (e.g., MO11-1).
2. Coaches and Club Staff: Monitor league progress and retrieve specific fixture details across various age groups.
3. Fans and Analysts: Aggregating match results or planning visits to local hockey clubs across the Netherlands.
4. Administrative Planning: Finding the official addresses and city locations of competing clubs to optimize travel logistics.

Example Prompts

1. "Find the upcoming matches for the HC Westland D1 team and let me know where they are playing this weekend."
2. "What are the match results for Delft HC in the last month?"
3. "List all teams under the club 'Amsterdam' and find which one has the earliest next match date."

Tips & Limitations

• Data Accuracy: The tool fetches data directly from the official KNHB public API. If the server at hockeyweerelt.nl experiences downtime, your queries will fail.
• Filtering: When searching for clubs by name, the skill utilizes case-insensitive pattern matching; be as specific as possible to avoid overly large return datasets.
• Date Formats: Be aware that all match times are provided in ISO 8601 UTC format. Ensure your agent is configured to parse these strings for your local timezone display.
• Team Types: Distinguish between 'Veld' (field) and 'Zaal' (indoor) hockey, as the API separates these into different team types.