Hello World Skill for Openclaw

A foundational testing skill designed to demonstrate custom AI agent greeting protocols and basic skill integration.

dunzung
v1.0.2
Apr 6, 2026
0
710
0

Install & Download

1. ClawHub CLI

The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.

npx clawhub@latest install duanzj-hello-skill

2. Manual Installation

Copy the skill folder to one of these locations

Global
~/.openclaw/skills/
Workspace
<project>/skills/

Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled

3. Prompt Installation

Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.

Help me install duanzj-hello-skill 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 Hello World Skill?

The Hello World Skill serves as the primary entry point for developers exploring Openclaw Skills. It provides a simple, robust framework for testing an AI agent's ability to recognize intent and execute a defined response. This skill is essential for verifying that your environment is correctly configured and that your agent can process custom skill definitions effectively.

By implementing this skill, developers can understand the basic handshake between the user intent and the AI agent's response logic. It acts as a boilerplate template for more complex Openclaw Skills, ensuring that the core communication loop is functional before moving into advanced data processing or external API integrations.

Hello World Skill Use Cases

  • Verifying the successful installation of a new AI agent environment.
  • Testing intent recognition for simple conversational triggers.
  • Learning the syntax and structure required to build custom Openclaw Skills.
  • Debugging communication layers between the user interface and the backend agent logic.

How Hello World Skill Works

  1. The user inputs a greeting or a test command such as "Say hello" or "Run hello world."
  2. The AI agent scans its active Openclaw Skills to find a matching intent trigger.
  3. Once matched, the agent executes the logic defined in the hello_world 001 specification.
  4. The agent returns a pre-defined, friendly response to confirm the skill executed successfully.

Hello World Skill Setup

To integrate this skill into your local environment, ensure you have the Openclaw CLI installed, then add the skill slug to your configuration.

# Example of adding a skill via CLI
openclaw install duanzj-hello-skill

# Alternatively, manually link the SKILL.md in your skills directory
cp SKILL.md ./my-agent/skills/hello-world.md

Hello World Skill Data Schema & Taxonomy

The Hello World Skill uses a minimal metadata schema to ensure high performance and low latency during intent matching.

Attribute Value Description
Slug duanzj-hello-skill Unique identifier for the skill registry
Name hello_world 001 The display name used for internal tracking
Description greeting_test Categorizes the skill as a testing utility

Hello World Skill Advanced Features

  • Multi-phrase support: Recognizes various greeting formats including "Test skill" and "Give me a wave."
  • Response randomization: Can be configured to cycle through multiple friendly output strings.
  • Minimal footprint: Designed to work within the Openclaw Skills framework without requiring external dependencies or heavy computation.

SKILL.md


Loading

Related Openclaw Skills

METADATA

Github Stars: 0
forks: 0

Featured*