ClawdBot Skills System

🎯 What are Skills?

Skills are modular extensions that give ClawdBot new capabilities. Think of them as plugins or tools the AI can use.

Skill Types

• Tools: Functions AI can call (web search, calculations, etc.)
• Integrations: Connect to external services (GitHub, Jira, etc.)
• Workflows: Multi-step automation sequences
• Prompts: Specialized system prompts for specific tasks

Skill Architecture

~/.clawdbot/skills/
├── web-search/
│   ├── SKILL.md          # Skill documentation
│   ├── skill.yaml        # Configuration
│   └── index.js          # Implementation
├── github-integration/
└── custom-skill/

📥 Installing Skills

Method 1: From Skill Registry

# List available skills
clawdbot skills list

# Install a skill
clawdbot skills install web-search

# Install multiple skills
clawdbot skills install web-search github-integration calendar

Method 2: From GitHub

# Install from GitHub repo
clawdbot skills install https://github.com/user/clawdbot-skill-name

# Install specific version
clawdbot skills install web-search@1.2.0

Method 3: Local Installation

# Install from local directory
clawdbot skills install ./my-custom-skill

# Link for development
clawdbot skills link ./my-skill-dev

Managing Skills

# List installed skills
clawdbot skills list --installed

# Update skill
clawdbot skills update web-search

# Update all skills
clawdbot skills update --all

# Uninstall skill
clawdbot skills uninstall web-search

# Enable/disable skill
clawdbot skills enable web-search
clawdbot skills disable web-search

🔧 Built-in Skills

ClawdBot comes with several pre-installed skills:

1. Web Search

You: Search for latest AI news
Bot: [Uses web-search skill to find current information]

2. File Operations

You: Read the file config.yaml
Bot: [Reads and displays file content]

You: Create a new file hello.py with a print statement
Bot: [Creates file with code]

3. Code Execution

You: Run this Python code: print(2+2)
Bot: [Executes code safely]
Output: 4

4. Browser Automation

You: Go to example.com and screenshot it
Bot: [Opens browser, takes screenshot]

See: Browser Automation Guide

5. Terminal Commands

You: List files in current directory
Bot: [Runs ls command]

🌟 Popular Community Skills

Productivity Skills

Developer Skills

Data & Research Skills

• arxiv - Search academic papers
• wikipedia - Wikipedia integration
• wolfram - Wolfram Alpha queries
• weather - Weather information

🛠️ Creating Custom Skills

Skill Structure

my-skill/
├── SKILL.md              # Documentation (required)
├── skill.yaml            # Configuration (required)
├── index.js              # Main implementation
├── package.json          # Dependencies
└── examples/             # Usage examples

SKILL.md Example

---
name: weather-checker
description: Get weather information for any location
version: 1.0.0
author: Your Name
---

# Weather Checker Skill

This skill allows ClawdBot to fetch weather information.

## Usage

```
You: What's the weather in Tokyo?
Bot: [Uses weather-checker skill]
```

## Configuration

Add your API key to config.yaml:

```yaml
skills:
  weather-checker:
    apiKey: "your-api-key"
```

skill.yaml Example

name: weather-checker
version: 1.0.0
description: Get weather information

# Tool definition
tools:
  - name: get_weather
    description: Get current weather for a location
    parameters:
      type: object
      properties:
        location:
          type: string
          description: City name or coordinates
        units:
          type: string
          enum: [celsius, fahrenheit]
          default: celsius
      required: [location]

# Configuration schema
config:
  apiKey:
    type: string
    required: true
    description: Weather API key

# Dependencies
dependencies:
  - axios

# Permissions
permissions:
  - network
  - config

index.js Example

// index.js
const axios = require('axios');

module.exports = {
  name: 'weather-checker',
  
  async get_weather({ location, units = 'celsius' }) {
    const apiKey = this.config.apiKey;
    const url = `https://api.weather.com/v1/current?location=${location}&units=${units}&key=${apiKey}`;
    
    try {
      const response = await axios.get(url);
      return {
        temperature: response.data.temp,
        conditions: response.data.conditions,
        humidity: response.data.humidity
      };
    } catch (error) {
      throw new Error(`Failed to fetch weather: ${error.message}`);
    }
  }
};

Testing Your Skill

# Link skill for development
cd my-skill
clawdbot skills link .

# Test skill
clawdbot test-skill weather-checker

# Use in conversation
clawdbot chat "What's the weather in Paris?"

💡 Skill Examples

Simple Calculator Skill

// calculator-skill/index.js
module.exports = {
  name: 'calculator',
  
  tools: {
    calculate: {
      description: 'Perform mathematical calculations',
      parameters: {
        expression: { type: 'string', description: 'Math expression' }
      },
      handler: async ({ expression }) => {
        // Safe eval using math.js or similar
        const result = eval(expression); // Use proper library in production!
        return { result };
      }
    }
  }
};

GitHub Issue Creator

// github-skill/index.js
const { Octokit } = require('@octokit/rest');

module.exports = {
  name: 'github',
  
  async create_issue({ repo, title, body }) {
    const octokit = new Octokit({ auth: this.config.githubToken });
    
    const [owner, repoName] = repo.split('/');
    
    const issue = await octokit.issues.create({
      owner,
      repo: repoName,
      title,
      body
    });
    
    return {
      url: issue.data.html_url,
      number: issue.data.number
    };
  }
};

❓ Skills FAQ