The Odds API for Openclaw

A professional-grade integration that connects AI agents to real-time sports odds and betting market data from worldwide bookmakers.

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Install & Download

1. ClawHub CLI

The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.

npx clawhub@latest install the-odds-api

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 the-odds-api 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 The Odds API?

The Odds API integration for Openclaw Skills provides developers and businesses with a streamlined way to access sports betting information programmatically. By leveraging the power of Membrane, this skill eliminates the manual overhead of managing API keys, headers, and credential rotations. It allows agents to focus on high-level logic like market analysis and odds comparison while the infrastructure handles the technical complexity of data retrieval.

This integration is essential for building applications that require up-to-the-minute sports data, covering a wide array of sports, geographical regions, and specific betting markets. Using Openclaw Skills ensures that your data collection is secure, efficient, and easily scalable across different AI agent environments.

The Odds API Use Cases

  • Monitoring live betting lines and odds across multiple global bookmakers.
  • Automating sports data collection for predictive modeling and arbitrage analysis.
  • Developing sports-focused AI assistants that provide real-time game information to users.
  • Building custom alerts for specific market movements or regional odds changes.

How The Odds API Works

  1. Install the Membrane CLI to prepare the environment for Openclaw Skills communication.
  2. Authenticate the agent session to ensure secure access to external service providers.
  3. Establish a connection to The Odds API, which automatically handles the secure storage of API credentials.
  4. Utilize the action discovery feature to find specific data retrieval tools for sports, odds, or regions.
  5. Run pre-built actions or execute proxy requests to fetch the latest betting market data directly into your workflow.

The Odds API Setup

Follow these steps to configure the skill within your environment:

# Install the CLI
npm install -g @membranehq/cli@latest

# Log in and set your agent type
membrane login --tenant --clientName=openclaw

# Connect to The Odds API
membrane connection ensure "https://the-odds-api.com/" --json

Once the connection state is READY, you can begin querying sports data.

The Odds API Data Schema & Taxonomy

The skill organizes sports data into the following schema for clear extraction:

Entity Description
Sports Categorical data for various athletic leagues and events.
Odds Real-time pricing and line data from supported bookmakers.
Regions Geographic segments used to filter bookmakers (e.g., US, UK, EU, AU).
Markets Specific types of betting data available, such as head-to-head or spreads.

The Odds API Advanced Features

  • Transparent credential management that handles token refreshes without user intervention.
  • Intelligent request proxying for custom endpoint access while maintaining secure authentication.
  • Multi-region support allowing agents to aggregate betting data from specific global markets.
  • Intent-based action discovery to minimize token usage by finding the most efficient data path within Openclaw Skills.

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