A comprehensive automation skill for managing the Dokku PaaS, enabling AI agents to deploy apps, manage containers, and handle server configurations.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install dokku
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install dokku using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Dokku AI Agent Skill?
The Dokku skill transforms your AI agent into a powerful DevOps assistant capable of managing a full Platform-as-a-Service environment. By integrating this capability through Openclaw Skills, developers can automate the entire application lifecycle—from initial server bootstrapping and app creation to complex deployments via Git or Docker images. It provides a structured interface for the agent to interact with the Dokku host, ensuring that even complex infrastructure tasks like SSL management and Nginx configuration are handled with precision.
This skill is particularly valuable for teams looking to reduce the manual overhead of self-hosted infrastructure. It allows the agent to execute local or SSH-based commands, manage environment variables, and monitor logs autonomously. By leveraging the background execution capabilities inherent in Openclaw Skills, long-running processes like builds and deployments are handled efficiently without blocking the agent's workflow.
Dokku AI Agent Skill Use Cases
- Automating the deployment of web applications from Git repositories or pre-built Docker images.
- Managing application scaling by adjusting process counts for web and worker nodes.
- Periodic maintenance tasks including container pruning, builder cleanup, and system-wide Dokku upgrades.
- Provisioning and attaching persistent storage volumes to running containers.
- Configuring custom domains and automated SSL certificate generation via Let's Encrypt plugins.
How Dokku AI Agent Skill Works
- The AI agent detects a deployment or management request and invokes the Dokku module within Openclaw Skills.
- The skill confirms the availability of the Dokku binary and necessary system permissions on the host.
- For long-running operations like app deployments, the skill triggers background execution to prevent timeout issues.
- The agent interacts with specific sub-modules—such as apps, config, or domains—to execute the required lifecycle commands.
- Post-execution, the agent verifies the status of the operation by checking container logs or process reports to ensure the application is healthy.
Dokku AI Agent Skill Setup
To utilize this skill, ensure that Dokku is installed on your host machine. The Openclaw Skills runner must have permission to execute the dokku binary.
# Standard Dokku installation on supported Linux distributions
wget -nv -O - https://packagecloud.io/dokku/dokku/gpgkey | sudo apt-key add -
export SOURCE_LIST=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/dokku.list
echo "deb https://packagecloud.io/dokku/dokku/ubuntu/ focal main" | sudo tee $SOURCE_LIST
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dokku
sudo dokku plugin:install-dependencies --core
Dokku AI Agent Skill Data Schema & Taxonomy
The Dokku skill organizes its functionality into domain-specific modules to ensure high reliability within Openclaw Skills.
| Module | Description | Key Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Apps | App lifecycle | create, destroy, list, rename |
| Config | Environment management | get, set, unset, export |
| Network | Traffic routing | report, bind-all-interfaces, nginx:set |
| Storage | Volume management | mount, list, report |
| Process | Scaling and health | scale, rebuild, restart, stop |
Dokku AI Agent Skill Advanced Features
- Background execution support for non-blocking deployments using Openclaw Skills advanced task management.
- Comprehensive plugin management for extending Dokku with databases like PostgreSQL, Redis, and MySQL.
- Sophisticated container cleanup and pruning logic to maintain host disk space and performance.
- Support for git-based workflows including branch-specific deployments and remote repository management.
- Detailed logging and failure analysis through specialized log retrieval commands.
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