paw.skill for Openclaw

A soul preservation skill designed to distill and archive the unique personality, habits, and memories of your pets through local, private data storage.

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v1.0.0
Apr 10, 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 paw

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 paw 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 paw.skill?

paw.skill is a specialized utility within the Openclaw Skills ecosystem dedicated to the emotional preservation of a pet's essence. Unlike standard health trackers or veterinary tools, this skill focuses on the subjective experience of pet ownership—the "weird little things" that define a pet's soul. By capturing descriptions of behaviors, communication styles, and daily rhythms, it builds a living portrait that evolves as you share more memories.

Designed with deep empathy, paw.skill is fully grief-aware, providing a supportive space for owners of pets who have crossed the rainbow bridge. It operates with a strict privacy-first approach, storing all personality profiles and memory logs locally on your device to ensure that the intimate bond between you and your animal companions remains entirely private and secure.

paw.skill Use Cases

  • Creating a permanent digital archive of a pet's unique personality and quirks.
  • Mapping a pet's specific communication sounds and body language to better understand their needs.
  • Documenting daily routines and special life milestones for long-term reflection.
  • Navigating pet loss through a dedicated Rainbow Bridge Mode that preserves memories without rushing grief.
  • Simulating "What would they do?" scenarios based on established behavioral data points.

How paw.skill Works

  1. The user provides natural language descriptions of their pet's personality, habits, and specific behaviors.
  2. paw.skill analyzes these inputs to generate a structured Personality Portrait, identifying species-specific traits and individual quirks.
  3. A communication dictionary is established, linking specific sounds (barks, purrs, chirps) to their documented meanings.
  4. Daily rhythms and bond-mapping data are compiled to create a comprehensive life-cycle map of the pet.
  5. All information is timestamped and appended to local Markdown and JSONL files, ensuring a persistent and ever-deepening profile.

paw.skill Setup

To integrate paw.skill into your environment, ensure you have the Openclaw Skills infrastructure active and run the following commands:

# Create the local storage directory
mkdir -p ~/.paw-skill/pets/

# Initialize the skill within your agent environment
openclaw install paw-skill

No external API keys or cloud configurations are required, as the skill functions entirely offline.

paw.skill Data Schema & Taxonomy

The skill maintains a human-readable local filesystem structure for every pet. Data is organized as follows:

File Description Format
PROFILE.md The core personality portrait, species data, and signature behaviors. Markdown
memories.jsonl A chronological log of every memory shared, allowing for easy data extraction. JSONL
moments.md A curated collection of special milestones and significant life events. Markdown

All files are stored in ~/.paw-skill/pets/[pet-name]/.

paw.skill Advanced Features

  • Rainbow Bridge Mode: Specialized interaction logic for deceased pets that prioritizes memory retrieval and grief support.
  • Multi-Pet Orchestration: Support for multiple concurrent profiles with distinct personality isolation to prevent data mixing.
  • "What Would They Do?" Inference: A simulation engine that predicts pet reactions to new situations based on historical behavioral data.
  • Cross-Session Persistence: Automatic loading of the pet's profile at the start of every interaction to maintain contextual continuity.

SKILL.md


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