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Best OpenClaw Skills to Install in 2026

OpenClaw's public skill registry — ClawHub — hosts over 5,700 community-built skills as of February 2026. Most of them are useful. A few are essential. This list covers the ones worth installing first, organized by what you actually do with them.

Install any skill with:

clawhub install <skill-name>

Coding & Development

  • github — Repos, issues, pull requests, and code search. Foundational for any dev workflow. Set narrow OAuth scopes per org.
  • git-essentials — Core git commands (status, pull, push, branch, log) as a skill. Good complement to the GitHub skill.
  • conventional-commits — Formats commit messages to the Conventional Commits spec. Eliminates inconsistent commit history across a team.
  • commit-analyzer — Analyzes commit patterns to monitor autonomous agent activity over time.
  • agentlens — Navigate and understand codebases using hierarchical summaries. Useful for large repos you didn't write.
  • backend-patterns — Backend architecture patterns and API design guidance injected into context.
  • apple-hig — Apple Human Interface Guidelines for iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS in agent context.
  • deploy-agent — Multi-step deployment skill for full-stack apps.
  • deepwiki — Query GitHub repository documentation and wikis via DeepWiki.
  • emergency-rescue — Recover from developer disasters: bad merges, broken environments, lost work.

Browser & Automation

  • agent-browser — Fast headless browser automation CLI built in Rust.
  • browser-use — Spin up cloud browsers via Browser Use API. Good for avoiding local browser setup.
  • anycrawl — Scrape, crawl, and search the web via AnyCrawl API. Handles JS-heavy sites.
  • automation-workflows — Design multi-step automation flows across tools. Pair with other skills for chaining.
  • airtable-automation — Automate Airtable tasks via Composio.
  • 2captcha — Solve CAPTCHAs when automating sites that use them.
  • android-adb — Control Android devices over ADB with UI layout analysis.
  • bookmark-intelligence — Turn X/Twitter bookmarks into actionable insights.

Search & Research

  • exa-web-search-free — Structured web and code search via Exa. Free tier available.
  • bing-search — Bing search for all users, no extra API setup.
  • agent-deep-research — Autonomous deep research powered by Google Gemini.
  • arxiv-watcher — Search and summarize arXiv papers. Good for staying on top of ML literature.
  • agentic-paper-digest — Fetches and summarizes recent arXiv and Hugging Face papers.
  • academic-deep-research — Transparent, rigorous research with citations. Better than a plain web search for serious work.
  • attio-crm — Manage Attio CRM records (companies, people, deals, tasks, notes).
  • aisa-multi-source-search — Intelligent multi-source search across the web.

Productivity & Tasks

  • clickup — Full project management from your agent. Handles nested subtasks, priorities, and lists.
  • todoist-rs — Rust-based Todoist integration. Fast, full API coverage, natural date parsing.
  • jira — Jira Cloud: create issues, transition statuses, JQL search, sprint data.
  • asana — Asana integration via REST API.
  • cal-com — Scheduling via Cal.com. Check availability, create booking links, manage event types.
  • flowmind — Build personal workflows by chaining skills. YAML-defined flows you trigger with one command.
  • mission-control — Morning briefing: tasks, calendar, notifications, action items — all in one message.
  • meeting-notes — Transcribe meetings and extract action items with owners and deadlines.
  • async-task — Run long-running tasks without HTTP timeout limits.

Notes & Knowledge Management

  • apple-notes — Manage Apple Notes via the memo CLI on macOS.
  • bear-notes — Create, search, and manage Bear notes via grizzly.
  • better-notion — Full CRUD for Notion pages and databases.
  • obsidian-direct — Tie Obsidian notes into OpenClaw context. Read, write, and search your vault.
  • agent-memory — Persistent memory system for AI agents across sessions.
  • agent-memory-ultimate — Production-ready memory with daily logs, sleep consolidation, SQLite + FTS5.
  • elite-longterm-memory — Long-term memory system with structured recall.
  • blogwatcher — Monitor blogs and RSS feeds for updates.
  • context-anchor — Recover from context compaction by scanning memory files. Prevents agents from "forgetting" mid-session.

Communication

  • agent-mail — Managed email inboxes for agents. Sign up for services, handle verification emails, receive notifications.
  • clawemail — Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides via Google Workspace API.
  • custom-smtp-sender — Send emails with Markdown/HTML support over any SMTP server.
  • bird — X/Twitter CLI: read, search, and post via cookies or API.
  • bluesky — Full Bluesky CLI: post, reply, like, repost, follow, search, block.
  • calendly — Calendly scheduling integration.
  • composio-integration — Access 600+ apps and services through Composio.

DevOps & Cloud

  • aws-infra — Chat-based AWS infrastructure via CLI and console.
  • aws-ecs-monitor — AWS ECS production health monitoring with CloudWatch.
  • aws-security-scanner — Scan AWS accounts for security misconfigurations.
  • Azure CLI — Azure Cloud Platform management via command-line.
  • ansible-skill — Infrastructure automation with Ansible.
  • appdeploy — Deploy web apps with backend APIs and databases.
  • agentmemory — End-to-end encrypted cloud memory for AI agents.

Marketing & Sales

  • cold-email — Generate hyper-personalized cold email sequences.
  • apollo — Apollo.io REST API: people/org enrichment, search, and lists.
  • blog-writer — Write blog posts and articles directly from your agent.
  • brand-guidelines — Apply brand colors and typography to generated content.
  • brevo — Brevo/Sendinblue email marketing: contacts, lists, campaigns.
  • ad-ready — Generate advertising images from product URLs.
  • citedy-seo-agent — Connect your agent to Citedy's SEO content platform.
  • listing-swarm — Submit AI products to 70+ directories automatically.

AI & Orchestration

  • agent-orchestrator — Meta-agent skill for orchestrating complex multi-step tasks across other agents.
  • agent-autonomy-kit — Keep agents working without waiting for prompts. Proactive task execution.
  • adaptive-suite — A continuously adaptive skill suite that learns and adjusts over time.
  • cc-godmode — Self-orchestrating multi-agent development workflows.
  • agent-sentinel — Operational circuit breaker for agents — halts runaway behavior.
  • danube — 100+ API tools (Gmail, GitHub, Notion, etc.) through a single MCP skill.

How to Browse More

The full curated list lives at VoltAgent/awesome-openclaw-skills — 2,868 hand-picked skills across 30+ categories.

The full ClawHub registry is at clawhub.com.

Before installing any third-party skill, read its SKILL.md to check what tools and permissions it requests. OpenClaw has a VirusTotal partnership for security scanning — check the report on ClawHub before enabling anything that touches the filesystem, shell, or network.


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