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Using ClawHub to Install Skills

How to discover, install, and use skills from ClawHub to extend your OpenClaw agent capabilities.

ClawHub is the marketplace for OpenClaw skills. It lets you extend your agent capabilities by installing reusable skill packages with a single command.

What Is ClawHub?

ClawHub is a registry of community-built skills for OpenClaw. Think of it like npm for AI agents - you can discover, install, and manage skills that add new capabilities to your agent.

Visit the ClawHub registry at clawhub.ai to browse available skills.

Installing a Skill

Once you have identified a skill you want to use, install it with:

clawhub install skill-name

For example, install the Academic Deep Research skill from clawhub.ai/kesslerio/academic-deep-research:

clawhub install kesslerio/academic-deep-research

This downloads the skill and makes it available to your agent.

Running the Skill

After installation, your agent can use the skill. You can invoke it directly in conversation:

Can you summarize recent research on test-time compute for reasoning models?

Or via the skill specific command structure if it has one.

Beneficial Skills to Try

Here are some popular skills to get started:

  • weather - Get current weather and forecasts
  • spotify-player - Control Spotify playback
  • academic-deep-research - Research complex topics and generate deep-dive summaries

Example Skills

Weather Check

# Install the weather skill
clawhub install weather

# Then ask your agent
What is the weather in Tokyo?

Music Control

# Install the Spotify Player skill
clawhub install spotify-player

# Then ask your agent
Play my focus playlist on Spotify

Research Workflow

# Install the research skill
clawhub install kesslerio/academic-deep-research

# Then ask your agent
Create a research brief on the most effective habits for better sleep, based on recent studies

Keeping Skills Updated

Skills are updated regularly. To update all installed skills:

clawhub update

Check the ClawHub registry periodically for new skill releases.

Note: Some skills require API keys or configuration. Check each skill documentation for setup requirements.