> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs2.openclaw.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Skills # `openclaw skills` Inspect local skills, search ClawHub, install skills from ClawHub/Git/local directories, verify ClawHub skills, and update ClawHub-tracked installs. Related: * Skills system: [Skills](/tools/skills) * Skill Workshop: [Skill Workshop](/tools/skill-workshop) * Skills config: [Skills config](/tools/skills-config) * ClawHub installs: [ClawHub](/clawhub/cli) ## Commands ```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"min-light","dark":"min-dark"}} openclaw skills search "calendar" openclaw skills search --limit 20 --json openclaw skills install @owner/ openclaw skills install @owner/ --version openclaw skills install git:owner/repo openclaw skills install git:owner/repo@main openclaw skills install ./path/to/skill --as custom-name openclaw skills install @owner/ --force openclaw skills install @owner/ --force-install openclaw skills install @owner/ --acknowledge-clawhub-risk openclaw skills install @owner/ --agent openclaw skills install @owner/ --global openclaw skills update @owner/ openclaw skills update @owner/ --force-install openclaw skills update @owner/ --acknowledge-clawhub-risk openclaw skills update @owner/ --global openclaw skills update --all openclaw skills update --all --agent openclaw skills update --all --global openclaw skills verify @owner/ openclaw skills verify @owner/ --version openclaw skills verify @owner/ --tag openclaw skills verify @owner/ --card openclaw skills verify @owner/ --global openclaw skills list openclaw skills list --eligible openclaw skills list --json openclaw skills list --verbose openclaw skills list --agent openclaw skills info openclaw skills info --json openclaw skills info --agent openclaw skills check openclaw skills check --agent openclaw skills check --json openclaw skills workshop propose-create --name "qa-check" --description "QA checklist" --proposal ./PROPOSAL.md openclaw skills workshop propose-update qa-check --proposal ./PROPOSAL.md openclaw skills workshop list openclaw skills workshop inspect openclaw skills workshop revise --proposal ./PROPOSAL.md openclaw skills workshop apply openclaw skills workshop reject --reason "Not reusable" openclaw skills workshop quarantine --reason "Needs security review" ``` `search`, `update`, and `verify` use ClawHub directly. `install @owner/` installs a ClawHub skill, `install git:owner/repo[@ref]` clones a Git skill, and `install ./path` copies a local skill directory. By default, `install`, `update`, and `verify` target the active workspace `skills/` directory; with `--global`, they target the shared managed skills directory. `list`/`info`/`check` still inspect the local skills visible to the current workspace and config. Workspace-backed commands resolve the target workspace from `--agent `, then the current working directory when it is inside a configured agent workspace, then the default agent. Git and local directory installs expect `SKILL.md` at the source root. The install slug comes from `SKILL.md` frontmatter `name` when it is valid, then the source directory or repository name; use `--as ` to override it. `--version` is ClawHub-only. Skill installs do not support npm package specs or zip/archive paths, and `openclaw skills update` updates ClawHub-tracked installs only. Gateway-backed skill dependency installs triggered from onboarding or Skills settings use the separate `skills.install` request path instead. Notes: | Flag/behavior | Description | | -------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `search [query...]` | Optional query; omit it to browse the default ClawHub search feed. | | `search --limit ` | Caps returned results. | | `install git:owner/repo[@ref]` | Installs a Git skill. Branch refs may contain slashes, such as `git:owner/repo@feature/foo`. | | `install ./path/to/skill` | Installs a local directory whose root contains `SKILL.md`. | | `install --as ` | Overrides the inferred slug for Git and local directory installs. | | `install --version ` | Applies only to ClawHub skill refs. | | `install --force` | Overwrites an existing workspace skill folder for the same slug. | | `install/update --force-install` | Installs a pending GitHub-backed ClawHub skill before ClawHub's scan completes. | | `--global` | Targets the shared managed skills directory; cannot combine with `--agent `. | | `--agent ` | Targets one configured agent workspace; overrides current working directory inference. | | `update @owner/` | Updates a single tracked skill. Add `--global` to target the shared managed skills directory instead of the workspace. | | `update --all` | Updates tracked ClawHub installs in the selected workspace, or the shared managed skills directory with `--global`. | | `verify @owner/` | Prints ClawHub's `clawhub.skill.verify.v1` JSON envelope by default. There is no `--json` flag because JSON is already the default. Bare slugs are accepted for compatibility when the skill is already installed or unambiguous; owner-qualified refs avoid publisher ambiguity. | | `verify` provenance | When ClawHub returns server-resolved source provenance, verify JSON also includes a commit-pinned `openclaw.verifiedSourceUrl`. Unavailable or self-declared source URLs stay only in the raw provenance envelope and are not promoted. | | `verify` version selector | `verify` uses `.clawhub/origin.json` for installed ClawHub skills, so it verifies the installed version against the registry it came from. `--version` and `--tag` override the version selector but keep that installed registry when origin metadata exists. | | `verify --card` | Prints the generated Skill Card Markdown instead of JSON. Exits non-zero when ClawHub returns `ok: false` or `decision: "fail"`; unsigned signatures are informational unless ClawHub policy changes. | | Skill Card fingerprint | Installed ClawHub bundles can include a generated `skill-card.md`. OpenClaw treats verification as a ClawHub server decision and does not reject an installed skill just because that generated card changes the bundle fingerprint. | | `check --agent ` | Checks the selected agent's workspace and reports which ready skills are actually visible to that agent's prompt or command surface. | | `list` | Default action when no subcommand is provided. | | `list`/`info`/`check` output | Rendered output goes to stdout. With `--json`, the machine-readable payload stays on stdout for pipes and scripts. | Community ClawHub skill installs and updates check trust before downloading. Versioned community archive releases use exact-release trust metadata. Resolver-backed GitHub skills rely on ClawHub's install resolver to enforce scan and force-install policy before it returns a pinned commit; use `--force-install` to install a pending GitHub-backed skill before that scan completes. Malicious or blocked community releases are refused. Risky community releases require review and `--acknowledge-clawhub-risk` when a non-interactive command should continue after that review. Official ClawHub skill publishers and bundled OpenClaw skill sources bypass this release-trust prompt. ## Skill Workshop `openclaw skills workshop` manages pending skill proposals in the selected workspace. Proposals are not active skills until applied. For proposal storage, support-file safeguards, Gateway methods, and approval policy, see [Skill Workshop](/tools/skill-workshop). ```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"min-light","dark":"min-dark"}} openclaw skills workshop propose-create \ --name "qa-check" \ --description "Repeatable QA checklist" \ --proposal ./PROPOSAL.md openclaw skills workshop propose-create \ --name "qa-check" \ --description "Repeatable QA checklist" \ --proposal-dir ./qa-check-proposal openclaw skills workshop propose-update qa-check --proposal ./PROPOSAL.md openclaw skills workshop list openclaw skills workshop inspect openclaw skills workshop revise --proposal ./PROPOSAL.md openclaw skills workshop apply openclaw skills workshop reject --reason "Duplicate" openclaw skills workshop quarantine --reason "Needs security review" ``` `propose-create`, `propose-update`, and `revise` also accept `--goal ` and `--evidence ` to record the proposal's motivation and supporting notes alongside the `--proposal`/`--proposal-dir` content. ## Related * [CLI reference](/cli) * [Skills](/tools/skills)