A system for defining reusable task templates with dynamic placeholder substitution for standardized AI agent workflows.
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What is Pilot Task Template?
The Pilot Task Template skill is designed to bring consistency and efficiency to AI agent operations by enabling the creation of parameterized task definitions. Instead of manually writing repetitive task descriptions, developers can use this Openclaw Skills component to define templates with curly-brace placeholders that are injected with real-time data at execution. This approach is particularly valuable for organizations looking to standardize their agent interactions and maintain a central library of vetted task patterns.
Pilot Task Template Use Cases
- Defining standard ML inference patterns with configurable temperature and model parameters.
- Creating image generation templates that ensure consistent sizing and style constraints.
- Managing high-volume task submissions across multi-agent environments with variable injection.
- Building a shared library of organizational task prompts to reduce manual errors.
How Pilot Task Template Works
- Create a template file using a specific syntax like {{VARIABLE_NAME}} to mark dynamic fields.
- Organize these templates within a centralized directory such as ~/.pilot/templates for easy discovery.
- Use a substitution script to map environment variables or CLI inputs to the template placeholders.
- Process the template through a substitution engine like sed to generate a final, flat-text task description.
- Execute the task by sending the processed description to an agent address using the pilotctl CLI tool as part of your Openclaw Skills workflow.
Pilot Task Template Setup
To get started with this skill, ensure you have the pilot-protocol active and the pilotctl binary available in your PATH. Follow these steps to initialize your template library:
# Start the pilot daemon
pilotctl daemon start
# Create the template directory
mkdir -p ~/.pilot/templates
# Define a sample template
cat > ~/.pilot/templates/inference.txt <<'EOF'
Run inference on model {{MODEL}} with input: {{INPUT}}
EOF
Pilot Task Template Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill manages task structures through a simple filesystem and variable mapping schema:
| Component | Specification | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Storage Path | ~/.pilot/templates/ |
The default location for storing .txt template files. |
| Placeholder Format | {{KEY}} |
Double curly braces are used to denote substitution keys. |
| Output Format | JSON | All task submissions via pilotctl return structured JSON including task_id. |
| Dependencies | Bash/sed | Uses standard Unix utilities for placeholder replacement. |
Pilot Task Template Advanced Features
- Dynamic placeholder discovery using grep and regex to identify required variables before execution.
- Implementation of shell-level default values to provide fallback parameters when variables are missing.
- Advanced character escaping to ensure complex prompts containing slashes or quotes don't break the substitution logic.
- Integration with jq to automate the parsing and chaining of task results in complex Openclaw Skills pipelines.
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