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TLDR

A curated directory of 5,000+ community-built extensions (skills) for OpenClaw, a locally-running AI assistant, filtered from a larger registry to remove spam and low-quality entries.

Mindmap

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    What it does
      Filters OpenClaw skills
      Removes spam entries
      Organizes by category
    How to use
      Browse the list
      Install via CLI
      Review source code
    Skill categories
      Git and GitHub
      Coding agents
      Browser automation
      DevOps tools
      Image generation
      Marketing tools
    Why it exists
      Official registry too noisy
      13000 entries unfiltered
      Community curation needed

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Discover and install plugins to extend OpenClaw's capabilities without sorting through thousands of low-quality or spam entries.

USE CASE 2

Find pre-built skills for common tasks like GitHub automation, code generation, Slack messaging, or smart home control.

USE CASE 3

Get inspiration for building your own custom OpenClaw skills by browsing working examples organized by category.

USE CASE 4

Review source code on GitHub before installing a skill to verify it is safe and does what you need.

Tech stack

OpenClawClawHub

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
Use freely for any purpose including commercial, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

In plain English

Awesome OpenClaw Skills is a curated directory of over 5,000 community-built extensions for OpenClaw, a locally-running AI assistant. OpenClaw is an AI agent that operates directly on your machine, and skills are the plugins that expand what it can do, connecting it to external services, automating workflows, or performing specialized tasks like writing code, interacting with GitHub, sending Slack messages, or controlling a smart home. The repository exists because OpenClaw's official public registry, ClawHub, hosts over 13,000 skills but includes a lot of noise: spam submissions, duplicate entries, low-quality descriptions, and entries flagged by security researchers as malicious. This list acts as a filtered, organized subset, removing thousands of problematic entries and sorting the remaining ones into clear categories like Git and GitHub, Coding Agents, Browser Automation, DevOps, Image Generation, Marketing, Productivity, and many more. Each skill entry links to both the ClawHub page and the underlying GitHub source, so you can inspect the code before installing. Installing a skill is done either with a one-line command using the ClawHub CLI, or manually by copying a folder to a known directory on your machine. A workspace-level skill takes priority over a globally-installed one, which takes priority over built-in defaults. You would use this list when you want to extend OpenClaw's capabilities and need to discover what's available without wading through the full registry. It is also useful as an inspiration catalog for building your own skills. The repository contains no primary programming language, it is documentation and a structured list, not runnable code. A security notice makes clear that skills in the list are curated but not audited, and recommends reviewing source code before installing any skill.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
I want to automate my GitHub workflow with OpenClaw. What skills from this awesome list would help me commit, push, and create pull requests automatically?
Prompt 2
Show me how to install a skill from this list using the ClawHub CLI and then verify it works in my OpenClaw setup.
Prompt 3
I need OpenClaw to send Slack messages and generate images. Which skills from this curated directory should I install, and how do I check their source code first?
Prompt 4
Help me understand the difference between workspace-level, global, and built-in skills in OpenClaw, and how to manage them using this list.
Prompt 5
I want to build my own OpenClaw skill. What patterns and examples from this awesome list should I study to get started?
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