clawhub-install_skill

Overview

This skill installs ClawHub skills by downloading release packages directly and extracting them into your OpenClaw workspace. It bypasses official CLI rate limits and supports batch installs, retries, and basic error reporting. Use it when the standard clawhub install flow is failing or too slow.

How this skill works

The installer reads the OpenClaw workspace path from configuration, fetches skill ZIPs from ClawHub download URLs using curl, and extracts each package into <workspace>/skills/<skill_name>. It validates required tools (curl, unzip, openclaw), removes any existing skill directory before extracting, and summarizes successes and failures at the end.

When to use it

• When clawhub install is rate-limited or returns errors
• When you need to install several ClawHub skills in a single batch
• When you prefer direct downloads over the official CLI
• When automating restores from a ClawHub archive or backup
• When installing a specific archived version directly by slug

Best practices

• Ensure openclaw, curl, and unzip are installed and on PATH before running
• Run from a user account with write access to the OpenClaw workspace
• Back up any modified skill directories before overwriting
• Use batch mode for multiple skills to reduce manual steps
• Check network access to the ClawHub download endpoint before starting

Example use cases

• Install a single skill quickly when clawhub install fails: bash scripts/install.sh finnhub
• Provision a fresh agent workspace with multiple skills in one command
• Restore archived versions of skills from the ClawHub archive during incident recovery
• Script repeated deployments in CI by invoking the installer with a list of slugs
• Bypass temporary CLI rate limits during a large-scale skill rollout