What is ClawHub?

Last month, Little Bee needed to deploy an RSS subscription skill. Searched through 64 installed skills—nothing. Found it on ClawHub: rss-bridge, 45k+ downloads.

One command: clawhub install rss-bridge. Three minutes later, skill online.

In one sentence: ClawHub is OpenClaw's package manager + distribution platform. Think: npm for Node.js, pip for Python, ClawHub for OpenClaw skills.

As of April 2026, ClawHub has 33,000+ skills covering tools, data, creation, and integrations.

Installing Skills: Simpler than npm

Basic Installation

# Install by name
clawhub install edge-tts

Specific version
clawhub install edge-tts@1.2.0
From local folder
clawhub install ./my-custom-skill

Installation auto-completes: download skill package, resolve dependencies, register to OpenClaw, hot reload (no Gateway restart needed).

Batch Installation

clawhub install edge-tts humanizer self-improving-agent smart-web-scraper

View Installed Skills

clawhub list
clawhub show edge-tts
clawhub outdated

Publish Your Own Skills

Prepare skill directory: SKILL.md (required), scripts/, references/, README.md.

Write SKILL.md with Description, Usage, Parameters, Examples.

Publish: clawhub login then clawhub publish ./my-skill.

In Practice: Building AI Team with ClawHub

Our SFD Lab skill list (partial):

# Core collaboration skills
clawhub install multi-agent-cn self-improving-agent skill-creator

Content production skills
clawhub install edge-tts humanizer xiaohongshu-writing translate-cli
Data skills
clawhub install stock-watcher weather smart-web-scraper
Development skills
clawhub install coding security-audit browser-automation

Total 3 minutes, 15 skills ready.

Pitfall Records

Pit 1: Skill Conflicts

image-optimizer@2.0 conflicted with existing image@1.5. Both registered /api/image endpoint, Gateway crashed.

Solution: clawhub uninstall image-optimizer or use namespace isolation.

Pit 2: Missing Dependencies

video-gen skill depends on ffmpeg. Installed on new server, skill registered but execution failed: ffmpeg not found.

Solution: Install system dependency first brew install ffmpeg, then install skill.

SFD Editor's Note

ClawHub improved our team's productivity by at least 3x. Before: develop new feature, write code, configure environment, test interfaces. Now? Search ClawHub first, 80% of needs already have ready-made skills.

Remaining 20%? Use skill-creator for rapid development, publish back to ClawHub—positive cycle.

Tool value isn't about how advanced, but how many people use it and how many scenarios validated it.