A terminal-first macOS inspection and optimization tool built for non-destructive system maintenance and diagnostic reporting.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install mac-maintenance
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 mac-maintenance 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 Mac Maintenance?
The Mac Maintenance skill is a comprehensive diagnostic and optimization module designed for Openclaw Skills to keep macOS systems running at peak performance. Utilizing a terminal-first philosophy, this skill prioritizes read-only inspections to safely audit system health without risking user data. It helps users systematically address system sluggishness, storage constraints, and background process anomalies by gathering real-time telemetry from the operating system.
By leveraging this capabilities-driven module within the Openclaw Skills ecosystem, developers and power users can automate routine system checks, surface deep-seated performance bottlenecks, and generate actionable maintenance checklists. The skill ensures high safety standards by categorizing all findings based on risk, separating completely safe, non-destructive read actions from operations that require explicit user confirmation.
Mac Maintenance Use Cases
- Diagnosing unexpected macOS slowdowns or high resource utilization.
- Inspecting local storage to find large files, runaway logs, or expanding cache folders.
- Reviewing background persistence items such as launch agents, daemons, and login items.
- Troubleshooting power management, unexpected battery drain, or sleep/wake behaviors using system logs.
- Verifying network interface configuration, DNS stability, and local connectivity alongside core environment health.
How Mac Maintenance Works
- Scope Clarification: The skill evaluates the incoming request to target specific subsystems like storage, background tasks, power management, or network interfaces.
- Non-Destructive Inspection: It executes safe, read-only terminal commands to inspect system state and collect live diagnostics.
- Risk Categorization: Findings are structured into distinct tiers, separating immediate reports, safe automated fixes, and high-risk changes.
- Execution and Safeguards: Safe operations run automatically, while any modifying actions (like deleting files or altering system configurations) trigger explicit confirmation prompts.
- Structured Reporting: The workflow concludes by generating a clean, four-part maintenance summary documenting checks, findings, recommendations, and next steps.
Mac Maintenance Setup
To enable the Mac Maintenance capability within your active ecosystem, register the module directly through the CLI tool:
openclaw skills add mac-maintenance
openclaw status
Ensure your terminal emulator has sufficient system permissions (such as Full Disk Access if inspecting restricted system directories) to allow the underlying read-only inspection commands to execute successfully.
Mac Maintenance Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill runs its workflows using a strict, low-risk data philosophy. It categorizes its operations and outputs into the following structured model:
| Data Element | Type | Description | Safety Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspection Logs | Read-Only | Temporary buffers capturing pmset, df, and process logs. |
Completely Safe |
| Maintenance Scripts | Workspace Files | Shell scripts generated inside the local workspace for review. | Completely Safe |
| System Modifications | System Changes | Alterations to launch agents, power settings, or file deletions. | Requires Confirmation |
All reporting structure follows a predefined taxonomy:
- What I checked: The specific subsystems targeted during the inspection.
- What I found: The raw, interpreted telemetry and discovered anomalies.
- Recommended actions: The suggested steps to mitigate discovered issues.
- What I can do next: Immediately available automated commands to resolve the problems.
Mac Maintenance Advanced Features
- Terminal-First Auditing: Uses low-level macOS binaries like
pmsetto read live assertions and sleep histories without overhead. - Isolated Workspace Staging: Generates diagnostic reports and remediation scripts directly in the workspace prior to system deployment.
- Ecosystem Health Integration: Built-in compatibility with Openclaw Skills infrastructure to verify gateway health, channel states, and update flags via
openclaw status. - Risk-Aware Change Policy: Hardcoded safeguards preventing accidental modifications to security-sensitive settings, firewalls, or SSH configurations without explicit authorization.
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