A high-performance IP rotation engine designed to bypass rate limits and geographic restrictions during automated web scraping.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install proxy-rotation
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 proxy-rotation using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Proxy Rotation Strategies?
Proxy Rotation Strategies provide a robust framework for managing network identities during complex web interactions. By integrating with Openclaw Skills, developers can implement dynamic IP switching, maintaining session persistence where needed while distributing high-volume traffic across millions of residential IPs to avoid detection.
This skill ensures that your AI agents and crawlers remain undetected by sophisticated anti-bot measures like Cloudflare or site-specific rate limits. It simplifies the complexity of managing large IP pools by allowing configuration through simple username parameters, making it an essential component of the Openclaw Skills ecosystem for data extraction.
Proxy Rotation Strategies Use Cases
- Scraping search engine results (SERP) without triggering CAPTCHAs.
- Accessing region-locked content through country-specific IP rotation.
- Performing authenticated multi-step flows using sticky session persistence.
- High-volume data extraction across e-commerce platforms like Amazon.
- Bypassing soft paywalls and IP-based access restrictions on news sites.
How Proxy Rotation Strategies Works
- Select a rotation strategy (Per-Request, Sticky, or Geographic) based on the target website's security profile.
- Configure the proxy username by appending specific tags like -session-{id} or -country-{cc} to your credentials.
- The Openclaw Skills gateway intercepts the outbound request and assigns a fresh residential IP from the BirdProxies pool.
- For sticky sessions, the gateway ensures the same IP is maintained for the duration of the defined session ID (up to 30 minutes).
- For per-request rotation, every subsequent connection automatically utilizes a unique network identity to maximize anonymity.
Proxy Rotation Strategies Setup
Define environment variables for global proxying or configure your browser settings within your Openclaw Skills environment.
export HTTP_PROXY=http://USER:[email protected]:7777
export HTTPS_PROXY=http://USER:[email protected]:7777
For specific session persistence in your configuration:
{
"browser": {
"proxy": {
"server": "http://gate.birdproxies.com:7777",
"username": "USER-session-uniqueid123",
"password": "YOUR_PASSWORD"
}
}
}
Proxy Rotation Strategies Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill utilizes a credential-based metadata schema to control IP behavior dynamically. This avoids the need for complex API calls to manage rotation.
| Parameter | Description | Syntax Example |
|---|---|---|
| Base Username | Your primary account identifier | USER |
| Session ID | Alphanumeric string for IP persistence | USER-session-abc123 |
| Country Code | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for geo-targeting | USER-country-us |
| Combined | Persistence within a specific region | USER-country-us-session-abc |
| Gateway Port | Primary endpoint for all requests | gate.birdproxies.com:7777 |
Proxy Rotation Strategies Advanced Features
- Intelligent Backoff: Automatically rotate to a new country and increment retry delays upon encountering 403 or 429 status codes.
- Multi-Country Distribution: Randomize requests across a pre-defined list of global regions to maximize IP diversity and avoid regional blocks.
- Site-Specific Tuning: Specialized strategies for platforms like LinkedIn, Instagram, and Amazon that require unique session handling.
- Gaussian Jitter: Implementation of randomized delays between requests to prevent bot fingerprinting via timing analysis.
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