A lightweight system diagnostics tool for retrieving real-time disk usage, kernel versions, and system uptime on macOS and Linux hosts.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install sysinfo-demo
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 sysinfo-demo 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 sysinfo?
sysinfo is a robust, developer-centric diagnostic utility designed to retrieve host metrics directly within your AI agent workflows. Built as an integration for the Openclaw Skills ecosystem, sysinfo executes native system binaries to extract critical hardware and OS metrics. It provides quick answers to inquiries regarding disk space, memory, kernel configurations, and system load.
By leveraging low-overhead commands like df, uname, and uptime, this skill helps developers check the health of their runtimes, continuous integration pipelines, or remote servers. Instead of running heavy resource monitors, sysinfo is a lightweight choice to safely query system statistics when building with Openclaw Skills.
sysinfo Use Cases
- Host Resource Checking: Instantly check system load averages, active users, and uptime to evaluate if the host machine can run heavy processes.
- Disk Allocation Verification: Verify free space across different mount points using df -h prior to running data-intensive pipelines or downloading large assets.
- Host OS Identification: Safely extract the exact kernel release, architecture details, and hostname using uname -a to troubleshoot environment dependencies.
- Automated Environment Audits: Use sysinfo in automated agents to record the target system's specifications and report back logs before executing build tools.
How sysinfo Works
- User Request: The user queries the host machine's physical state (e.g., "how much disk space is left?" or "check system load").
- Command Selection: The system identifies the correct binary to call—df -h for disks, uname -a for system metadata, or uptime for system load.
- Safe Execution: Using the exec mechanism within Openclaw Skills, the tool invokes the chosen command in a safe, read-only process.
- Log Extraction: The system retrieves the exact console stdout or stderr from the shell execution.
- Brief Summary: The agent displays the raw command output followed by a simple, concise human summary, ensuring zero fabricated statistics.
sysinfo Setup
The sysinfo skill is pre-configured to utilize standard, low-overhead system commands already available on UNIX-based systems.
Prerequisites
Verify that the required native command binaries are installed and accessible in the system path of your macOS or Linux host environment:
which df uname uptime
Openclaw Skills Registration
Configure your skill manifest or configuration file to recognize and invoke sysinfo:
{
"skills": [
"sysinfo"
]
}
Ensure that execution permissions are configured correctly for non-privileged users, as this skill strictly refuses any sudo access.
sysinfo Data Schema & Taxonomy
The sysinfo skill operates statelessly and avoids writing files or altering the host filesystem. It parses standard outputs from system tools and formats them into transparent console readouts. Below is a taxonomy of system commands used and their returned data schemas:
| Command | Data Retreived | Typical Use Cases |
|---|---|---|
df -h |
Human-readable partition sizes, used capacity, mount directories, and volume percentages. | Checking for disk space saturation. |
uname -a |
Operating system distribution name, kernel release, network node hostname, and processor architecture. | Confirming OS compatibility. |
uptime |
Host runtime history, total user sessions, and 1, 5, and 15-minute load averages. | Checking host congestion and performance. |
sysinfo Advanced Features
- Preserved Output Transparency: Always dumps raw console logs exactly as they are returned by the OS before appending artificial language summaries.
- Strict Read-Only Guardrails: Prohibits any instructions requiring write accesses to the directory or execution under sudo privileges to prevent host compromises.
- Zero-Dependency Core Execution: Eliminates security risks from external packages by utilizing default binaries bundled in Linux and Darwin environments.
- Cross-Platform Integration: Functions natively on both Darwin and Linux operating systems with custom-tailored command configurations within Openclaw Skills.
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