How to Install Skills in OpenClaw

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Install skills from ClawHub with one command: clawhub install skill-name. Skills add capabilities like calendar, email, home automation, and more.

What Are Skills?

Skills are plugins that extend OpenClaw's capabilities. A skill is just a folder with a SKILL.md file that tells the AI how to use new tools. There are 1000+ community skills on ClawHub.

Installing Skills

  1. Search for skills: clawhub search "calendar"
  2. Install: clawhub install skill-name
  3. The skill is immediately available to your agent

Popular Skills

  • Calendar integration
  • Email management
  • Home automation (Home Assistant)
  • Weather forecasts
  • News aggregation
  • Task management

Creating Your Own Skills

Create a folder with a SKILL.md file describing the skill's purpose and tools. Publish to ClawHub to share with the community.

# Search for skills
clawhub search "calendar"
clawhub search "home assistant"

# Install a skill
clawhub install calendar-pro

# List installed skills
clawhub list

# Update all skills
clawhub update

# Publish your own skill
clawhub publish ./my-skill

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