spool

What This Skill Does

The spool skill is a powerful automation module for OpenClaw that enables seamless integration with Meta's Threads platform. It leverages the browser tool to mimic human interaction, allowing you to read your timeline, search for trending topics, view specific user profiles, compose original posts, and reply to existing discussions. By wrapping complex browser interactions into manageable CLI tasks, spool transforms a standard headless browser environment into a dedicated social media assistant.

Installation

To integrate spool into your OpenClaw environment, execute the following command via your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/zizi-cat/spool. If you are running on a headless server, ensure you have configured Xvfb as a virtual display buffer and updated your openclaw-gateway systemd service with the correct DISPLAY environment variable to allow the browser to render correctly.

Use Cases

• Social Monitoring: Automatically scrape your timeline to track specific keywords or industry news updates without opening a browser yourself.
• Content Automation: Batch post content or reply to user mentions using programmatic logic.
• Profile Research: Automate the gathering of public data from specific user profiles for competitive analysis or engagement tracking.
• Unified Social Management: Integrate Threads into your broader automated workflows for cross-platform communication.

Example Prompts

1. "OpenClaw, please open my Threads timeline, summarize the most recent post by [User], and reply to it saying 'That is a great insight!'"
2. "Search for threads related to 'AI Agents' and provide me with a list of the top 3 posts found."
3. "Compose a new thread post that says 'Hello world, testing my new OpenClaw automated agent!' and hit publish."

Tips & Limitations

• Dynamic Elements: Always use snapshot with compact=true before performing an action (act). The ref identifiers for buttons and text fields are dynamically generated and change every time the page reloads.
• Reliability: Since Threads uses modern web technologies, ensure your browser profile is correctly authenticated. If a click fails, perform a new snapshot to refresh the element references.
• User Oversight: Always review the generated content before finalizing a post to maintain your social presence quality. We highly recommend keeping the compact=true flag active to minimize API token usage during the snapshot process.