Workspace Audit for Openclaw

A zero-dependency audit suite for OpenClaw workspaces that prevents file drift, secret leaks, and configuration mismatches.

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v1.1.0
Mar 7, 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 workspace-audit

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 workspace-audit 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 Workspace Audit?

Workspace Audit is an essential utility designed to maintain the integrity of your AI agent environment. As Openclaw Skills evolve, workspaces often suffer from drift—a state where file paths break, credentials become stale, and sensitive secrets accidentally leak into memory files. This skill provides a robust, zero-dependency suite of scripts built with Bash and Python to ensure your workspace remains clean, secure, and fully synchronized.

By validating everything from 1Password vault alignment to internal file structures, it ensures your AI agents operate on a reliable foundation without the overhead of complex dependencies. It is particularly effective for developers managing multiple Openclaw Skills who need to ensure that personality content, tool definitions, and path references remain accurate over time.

Workspace Audit Use Cases

  • After modifying core configuration files like TOOLS.md, AGENTS.md, or MEMORY.md to ensure no syntax or path errors.
  • When adding or removing items from a 1Password vault to keep documentation in sync with your actual credentials.
  • Following the installation of new Openclaw Skills to verify frontmatter and path integrity across your workspace.
  • As part of a weekly maintenance routine or nightly cron job to catch accidental secret leaks into non-secure files.
  • After renaming or relocating scripts and documentation to prevent broken references that might confuse your AI agent.

How Workspace Audit Works

  1. The user executes the audit script, which initializes environment variables for the workspace root and configuration paths.
  2. The system scans the workspace structure to validate file sizes, check for required frontmatter in Openclaw Skills, and identify potential secret leaks in memory files.
  3. It performs a cross-reference check between TOOLS.md and the 1Password vault to identify missing or documented-but-non-existent items.
  4. The duplication engine searches for overlapping personality content or redundant headers across the skill ecosystem to prevent agent confusion.
  5. A path validation step ensures every referenced file path (e.g., in scripts or docs) physically exists on the disk.
  6. The audit concludes by returning an exit code (0 for success, 1 for issues), allowing for automated alerting or CI integration.

Workspace Audit Setup

To begin using this tool with your Openclaw Skills, run the comprehensive audit script from your terminal:

bash skills/workspace-audit/scripts/audit-all.sh

For more granular control or to debug specific areas, you can run individual scripts:

# Audit structure and scan for secrets
bash skills/workspace-audit/scripts/audit-structure.sh

# Check 1Password alignment
export OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN="your_token"
bash skills/workspace-audit/scripts/audit-1password.sh

Optional: Create an audit.conf file in the skill directory to set custom line limits for specific workspace files to ensure they stay within your agent's context window limits.

Workspace Audit Data Schema & Taxonomy

Workspace Audit organizes its verification logic around the following data points and file roles:

Component Description
Workspace Root Defined by the WS variable, defaults to ~/.openclaw/workspace.
Tool Manifest The TOOLS.md file used to cross-reference 1Password vault items.
Audit Config audit.conf allows custom thresholds for file sizes (e.g., MEMORY_LIMIT=150).
Exit Codes Standardized codes (0: Pass, 1: Fail) for automated health checks of Openclaw Skills.

It also references a single-responsibility matrix to ensure content like personality traits or credentials stays in the correct designated file type.

Workspace Audit Advanced Features

  • Full 1Password CLI integration for automated vault-to-documentation reconciliation.
  • Custom file size thresholding via audit.conf to prevent context window bloat in AI models.
  • Zero-dependency architecture ensuring compatibility across macOS and Linux without needing pip or npm.
  • Verbose mode support for detailed auditing logs when troubleshooting complex Openclaw Skills configurations.
  • Automated secret scanning specifically tuned for AI agent memory files to prevent credential exposure.
  • Seamless integration with cron for scheduled health checks of your entire agent workspace.

SKILL.md


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