Skills
Skills are extensions that give your bot new capabilities. Instead of building everything from scratch, you can install pre-built skills that teach your bot how to handle specific tasks — from tracking finances and managing reminders to integrating with external services.
What Are Skills?
A skill is a self-contained package that adds a specific ability to your OpenClaw bot. When you install a skill, your bot immediately knows how to use it — no configuration needed.
For example, a skill might let your bot:
- Look up stock prices
- Scan files for malware
- Track your habits or reminders
- Interact with third-party APIs
- Generate and process documents
Skills run directly on your bot’s server and have access to OpenClaw’s tool system, so they can respond to your requests naturally in conversation.
ClawHub — The Skills Marketplace
Skills are distributed through ClawHub, a community-driven marketplace for OpenClaw skills. ClawHub is where developers publish, share, and discover skills.
On ClawHub you can:
- Browse the full catalog of available skills
- Search for skills by name or functionality
- View details about each skill — what it does, who published it, and how to use it
- Install skills directly into your bot from the UseOpenClaw platform
Community-Managed Skills
Skills on ClawHub are primarily community-managed — they’re built and maintained by independent developers and contributors from the OpenClaw ecosystem. This means the marketplace is constantly growing with new skills as the community builds and shares tools.
Security
ClawHub skills undergo security audits to help ensure they’re safe to install. OpenClaw has partnered with VirusTotal for automated security scanning — you can read more about this in the VirusTotal partnership announcement.
While skills are security-audited, they are community-managed software. Always review what a skill does before installing it, and exercise caution with skills that request access to sensitive data or external services.
Skill Categories
Your bot can have three types of skills:
| Category | Description | Managed By |
|---|---|---|
| Platform Managed | Skills you install from ClawHub via the dashboard | You |
| Bundled | Built-in skills that come with every OpenClaw instance | OpenClaw |
| User Created | Custom skills you create directly on your bot | You |
- Platform Managed skills are installed and removed through the UseOpenClaw dashboard. You have full control over these.
- Bundled skills are included with OpenClaw by default and are always available. They cover core functionality.
- User Created skills are custom skills you’ve built and added to your bot directly. These are visible in the dashboard but managed on the bot itself.
Where to Find Skills
From your bot’s page on the UseOpenClaw platform:
- Click the Skills button (Package icon) in the action bar
- The Skills drawer opens with the ClawHub marketplace embedded
- Browse, search, and install skills directly