Skills Guide

OpenClaw skills — install, configure, and build your own

Skills are what make OpenClaw useful. This guide covers the 53 bundled skills, the ClawHub marketplace with 3,000+ community skills, and how to write custom ones.

Bundled skills (53 total)

These come pre-installed with every OpenClaw instance. No ClawHub download required.

Communication

email-send
email-read
sms-send
notification-push
calendar-create

Web & Search

web-search
web-scrape
url-summarize
news-fetch
rss-reader

Files & Storage

file-read
file-write
csv-parse
pdf-extract
image-describe

Code & Dev

code-execute
git-commit
api-call
json-transform
regex-match

AI & Analysis

text-summarize
sentiment-analyze
translate
image-generate
voice-transcribe

Automation

cron-schedule
webhook-listen
condition-check
loop-iterate
chain-skills

Working with skills

Installing skills

Install from ClawHub with a single command. Skills are version-locked by default to prevent breaking changes on update.

openclaw skills install web-search
openclaw skills install email-send@2.1.0

Configuring skills

Most skills need configuration — API keys, target URLs, or behavior flags. Config lives in each skill's config.json file.

openclaw skills config web-search
# Opens config.json in your editor

Writing custom skills

Skills are TypeScript modules with a standard interface. The scaffold command generates the boilerplate for you.

openclaw skills create my-custom-skill
# Creates skills/my-custom-skill/ with template files

Need a custom skill built?

Milan builds custom skills to your spec — tested, documented, and installed.

Custom skill development