Skill Index for Openclaw

An automated inventory management tool that scans, categorizes, and indexes your entire collection of Openclaw Skills.

kenwang-dev
v1.0.0
Apr 3, 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 skill-catalog

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 skill-catalog 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 Index?

The Skill Index is a core utility designed to solve the complexity of managing a large number of AI agent capabilities. By scanning the skills directory, it extracts metadata from SKILL.md files to create a centralized, searchable index. This ensures that both developers and AI agents can quickly locate and utilize the right Openclaw Skills without manual overhead or stale documentation.

This skill eliminates the friction of manual maintenance by providing a single source of truth for your agent's capabilities. It transforms a scattered directory of files into a structured catalog, making it easier for AI models to understand their available tools at startup.

Skill Index Use Cases

  • Maintaining a centralized catalog of Openclaw Skills for easy developer navigation.
  • Improving AI agent performance by providing a single INDEX.md file for rapid capability discovery.
  • Automating documentation updates in large repositories using git hooks to prevent stale links.
  • Organizing a growing library of skills into logical, searchable categories automatically.

How Skill Index Works

  1. Scan the repository to recursively identify all SKILL.md files within the workspace.
  2. Extract relevant metadata including name, description, and path from the YAML frontmatter of each file.
  3. Categorize each entry based on directory structure and keyword matching logic.
  4. Generate a formatted Markdown table in the INDEX.md file for high readability.
  5. Synchronize the index automatically during git operations like commit or pull to prevent documentation drift.

Skill Index Setup

To manually update your index of Openclaw Skills, run the following command:

bash skills/skill-index/register.sh

To enable automatic indexing on every commit or pull, install the provided git hooks:

bash skills/skill-index/install-hooks.sh

Skill Index Data Schema & Taxonomy

The Skill Index produces a structured INDEX.md file containing the following taxonomy:

Field Description
Skill The display name of the specific Openclaw Skills entry.
Path Relative file path to the skill directory for easy navigation.
Trigger A preview of the description or keyword triggers for the skill.

Skill Index Advanced Features

  • Integrated Git Hooks support for zero-maintenance automated indexing on every commit.
  • Customizable categorization logic via editable bash functions to match your specific organizational needs.
  • Exclusion lists to hide specific directories or private Openclaw Skills from the public inventory.
  • Smart matching algorithms that use directory structure and description keywords for automated organization.

SKILL.md


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