A powerful meta-skill designed to guide developers through the creation, formatting, and validation of standardized SKILL.md files for AI agents.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install shadows-skill-factory
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 shadows-skill-factory 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 Skill Factory?
Skill Factory is an essential meta-tool for developers who want to extend agent capabilities through structured documentation. By standardizing the creation of Openclaw Skills, it ensures that every new capability includes critical components like trigger phrases, security protocols, and prioritized rules. This tool simplifies the process of turning complex manual workflows into reusable, machine-readable skills that can be easily shared or published.
Whether you are building internal tools or contributing to a public registry, Skill Factory provides the framework needed to maintain high quality across your library of Openclaw Skills. It handles the heavy lifting of generating YAML frontmatter and single-line JSON metadata, allowing you to focus on the logic and safety of your agent's tasks.
Skill Factory Use Cases
- Creating a new structured skill from a vague idea or a recurring manual workflow.
- Formalizing agent instructions to ensure high reliability and consistent performance.
- Preparing custom Openclaw Skills for publication on ClawHub or other skill registries.
- Scaling developer operations by standardizing how team members document agent capabilities.
How Skill Factory Works
- The skill initiates a 5-question interview to define the purpose, triggers, process, required tools, and constraints of the new skill.
- It generates a compliant YAML frontmatter block, including the specific single-line JSON metadata required for Openclaw Skills.
- The body of the SKILL.md file is constructed using a predefined anatomy that covers triggers, prerequisites, and security considerations.
- A validation step checks the generated content for YAML syntax, description length, and the presence of all mandatory sections.
- The final output is provided as a complete Markdown file ready to be saved into a dedicated directory for testing.
Skill Factory Setup
Skill Factory does not require any external binaries or dependencies as it produces pure text output. To prepare your workspace for new Openclaw Skills, you can use the following command:
mkdir -p skills/your-new-skill-name
Once the directory is ready, you can save the generated SKILL.md content directly into that folder.
Skill Factory Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill produces a structured Markdown document with specific data points to ensure compatibility with agent parsers. The schema follows this taxonomy:
| Section | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Frontmatter | Contains the skill name, description, and metadata JSON for Openclaw Skills. |
| Triggers | Explicitly defines WHEN TO TRIGGER and WHEN NOT TO TRIGGER to prevent false positives. |
| Security | Details command execution, data access levels, and network requirements. |
| Rules | A prioritized, numbered list of constraints the agent must follow. |
| Process | A step-by-step lifecycle explaining the logical workflow. |
Skill Factory Advanced Features
- Multi-tier quality assessment to classify skills from Draft to High Trust levels.
- Integration of Common Patterns such as Gate-based sequential checks and Interview-then-Execute workflows.
- Automated metadata validation to ensure seamless integration with the ecosystem of Openclaw Skills.
- Template-based generation for specialized techniques like multi-round iterative refinement.
SKILL.md
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