smallnest/goclaw/find-skills

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Helps users discover, install, and manage goclaw skills. Use when users ask "how do I do X", "find a skill for X", "is there a skill that can...", or express interest in extending capabilities. Provides guidance for finding skills in the goclaw ecosystem and the broader open agent skills community.

Install

npx vskill@latest install smallnest/goclaw/find-skills

SKILL.md

Find Skills

Helps discover and install skills for goclaw.

Triggers

Discovery requests:

  • "find a skill for X", "is there a skill for X"
  • "how do I do X" where X might have an existing skill
  • "can you do X" for specialized capabilities
  • "I need help with X"

Extension interest:

  • "I wish I had X capability"
  • "Is there a tool for X?"
  • "extend agent capabilities"
  • "add new functionality"

Management:

  • "list skills", "show installed skills"
  • "update skills", "remove skill"
  • "install skill", "add skill"

Quick Start

List Installed Skills
bash
goclaw skills list
goclaw skills list --verbose  # Show detailed info including content
Install from URL
bash
# From Git repository
goclaw skills install https://github.com/user/skill-repo
 
# From local path
goclaw skills install ./path/to/skill
Validate Skills
bash
# Check if skill dependencies are satisfied
goclaw skills validate skill-name
Test Skills
bash
# Test a skill with a prompt
goclaw skills test skill-name --prompt "your test prompt here"

Skill Locations

Skills are stored in a unified location:

LocationDescription
~/.goclaw/skillsAll skills (user-installed and built-in)

Built-in skills are automatically copied to this directory on first run.

Installing Skills

From Git Repository
bash
# Basic installation
goclaw skills install https://github.com/user/repo
 
# The skill will be installed to ~/.goclaw/skills/<repo-name>
From Local Path
bash
# From a directory containing SKILL.md
goclaw skills install /path/to/skill
Updating Skills
bash
# Update a specific skill (must be a Git repo)
goclaw skills update skill-name
Uninstalling Skills
bash
# Remove a skill
goclaw skills uninstall skill-name

Finding Relevant Skills

1. Search Built-in Skills

Use goclaw skills list to see what's available:

bash
goclaw skills list --verbose
2. Browse External Sources

Official goclaw skills: Check the project repository for bundled skills.

Community sources:

  • GitHub: Search for goclaw skill or agent skill
  • Skills compatible with OpenClaw/Agent Skills format can often be adapted
3. Check Skill Metadata

Each skill has a description field in its YAML frontmatter that indicates when it should be used:

yaml
---
name: crawl4ai
description: This skill should be used when users need to scrape websites,
extract structured data, handle JavaScript-heavy pages, or build automated
web data pipelines.
---

Creating Custom Skills

If no existing skill meets your needs, create one:

Initialize New Skill
bash
cd ~/.goclaw/skills
mkdir my-skill
cd my-skill
 
# Create SKILL.md with proper frontmatter
SKILL.md Template
markdown
---
name: my-skill
description: Brief description of what this skill does and when to use it.
version: 1.0.0
author: Your Name
metadata:
  openclaw:
    emoji: 🎯
    always: false
    requires:
      bins: []        # Required binaries
      anyBins: []     # At least one of these must exist
      env: []         # Required environment variables
      config: []      # Required config keys
      os: [darwin, linux, windows]
---
 
# My Skill
 
## Overview
 
Brief description of what this skill does.
 
## Triggers
 
When this skill should activate.
 
## Quick Start
 
Basic usage examples.
 
## Reference
 
Detailed documentation.

Best Practices

  1. Search first - Check if a skill already exists before creating
  2. Validate before use - Run goclaw skills validate <name> to check dependencies
  3. Test skills - Use goclaw skills test <name> to verify behavior
  4. Keep skills lean - Skills should be concise and focused
  5. Use references - Move detailed docs to references/ directory

Troubleshooting

Skill not found
bash
# Check skill is in correct location
ls -la ~/.goclaw/skills/
 
# Verify skill has SKILL.md
ls ~/.goclaw/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md
Dependencies not satisfied
bash
# Validate to see what's missing
goclaw skills validate <skill-name>
 
# Install missing binaries or set environment variables
Skill not loading
bash
# Check skill format is valid
cat ~/.goclaw/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md
 
# YAML frontmatter must start with `---`
# and have a name and description field

Security

  • Security scanPassed, 95 of 100Pattern checks on the skill's files.
  • Model reviewPassed

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Quality evaluation

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Source

Popularity

Repository stars
599
Repository forks
119
7-day trend score
32

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