JavaScript Style Guide for Openclaw

A comprehensive standard for writing modern, maintainable JavaScript code using ES6+ best practices.

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Mar 19, 2026
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Install & Download

1. ClawHub CLI

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

npx clawhub@latest install javascript-skills

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 javascript-skills 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 JavaScript Style Guide?

The JavaScript Style Guide is a specialized extension for Openclaw Skills designed to enforce consistency and high-quality standards across your codebase. It provides an exhaustive set of rules covering everything from variable declarations with const and let to advanced asynchronous patterns using async/await. By utilizing this skill, developers ensure that their AI-generated code is not only functional but also adheres to professional industry standards.

This skill acts as a real-time linter and architect, guiding the AI to prefer modern syntax like template literals, destructuring, and arrow functions over legacy patterns. It is an essential tool for teams looking to reduce technical debt and improve code readability within the Openclaw Skills ecosystem.

JavaScript Style Guide Use Cases

  • Enforcing consistent naming conventions like camelCase for functions and PascalCase for classes.
  • Refactoring legacy JavaScript code to use modern ES6+ features such as spread operators and modules.
  • Automatically generating boilerplate code for classes, objects, and arrays that follow strict formatting rules.
  • Streamlining code reviews by providing technical explanations for specific JavaScript best practices.

How JavaScript Style Guide Works

  1. The skill is triggered automatically when the user mentions JavaScript or requests code generation in a JavaScript context.
  2. It analyzes the user's request to determine which architectural rules apply, such as module exports or error handling.
  3. The AI applies the relevant style constraints, ensuring that references use block-scoping and functions use named expressions.
  4. It generates the code output, incorporating modern features like optional chaining and nullish coalescing where appropriate.
  5. The skill accompanies the code with brief explanations to educate the user on why specific conventions were chosen.

JavaScript Style Guide Setup

To integrate this skill into your environment, ensure your AI agent has access to the skill definition file. Because this is a prompt-based skill within the Openclaw Skills framework, no complex installation is required.

# Ensure the skill file is in your agent's active path
cp SKILL.md ~/.config/openclaw/skills/javascript.md

JavaScript Style Guide Data Schema & Taxonomy

The skill organizes its logic based on a hierarchy of coding domains. Below is a summary of how data and code structures are handled:

Domain Specification Requirement
Variables const/let preference No use of var
Functions Arrow functions for callbacks Parentheses around arguments
Modules ES Modules (ESM) Single export per file preferred
Errors Error Object subclasses Always use try...catch in async
Formatting 2-space soft tabs Mandatory semicolons

JavaScript Style Guide Advanced Features

  • Intelligent conversion of array-like objects using spread syntax or Array.from.
  • Automated handling of complex asynchronous operations using Promise.all and Promise.allSettled.
  • Support for method chaining in class-based architectures by returning this.
  • Contextual application of optional chaining (?.) and nullish coalescing (??) for safer property access.
  • Deep integration with modern standard library methods like Number.isNaN and Number.isFinite.

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