A curated bundle of 50 foundational Skills for OpenClaw agents, packaged so the agent can clone the repo and load every skill in one shot.
A bare LLM is a "brain in a jar" — it can read and reason, but it cannot click buttons, touch your filesystem, or follow a multi-step workflow without you re-pasting instructions every time. Skills are the hands and toolbox.
Without skills, you keep paying the prompt-engineering tax: long context-stuffed prompts that bloat your token budget, are hard to reuse, and rot the moment the task shifts. With skills, OpenClaw loads only the relevant "playbook" on demand. The conversation stays light, the behavior stays auditable, and the same workflow runs the same way every time.
This bundle gives an OpenClaw agent six layers of capability:
| Layer | What it adds | Skill count |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation | Hands, navigation, bridges, subagent delegation | 6 |
| Strategy & Creation | Brainstorm, plan, write, edit, distribute | 10 |
| Engineering | Production-grade React/Next/Supabase/test/code-review workflows | 11 |
| Design | Grids, color systems, UX, image generation | 8 |
| Growth | SEO, CRO, marketing psychology, pricing | 8 |
| Document | PDF / PPT / Word / Excel / format conversion | 7 |
| Total | 50 |
Each skill lives in its own folder under skills/, with a SKILL.md describing what it does and when to trigger it:
openClaw-BaseSkill/
├── README.md
└── skills/
├── find-skills/SKILL.md
├── skill-creator/SKILL.md
├── mcp-builder/SKILL.md
├── ...
└── format-pro/SKILL.md
SKILL.md files use YAML frontmatter (name, description) followed by a Markdown body describing triggers, when-to-use rules, workflow, and examples. This is the same shape used by Anthropic / Claude Code skills, so any OpenClaw-compatible loader can pick them up directly.
git clone https://github.com/<your-fork>/openClaw-BaseSkill.git
cd openClaw-BaseSkill
# Adjust the target path to wherever OpenClaw discovers skills
for d in skills/*/; do
ln -sfn "$(pwd)/$d" "$HOME/.openclaw/skills/$(basename "$d")"
donecp -R skills/* "$HOME/.openclaw/skills/"Tell your OpenClaw agent (or any Claude Skills-compatible loader) to scan ./skills/ and register every subfolder that contains a SKILL.md. Names and descriptions in the frontmatter are what the loader uses to decide which skill to trigger.
Safety reminder: Before running any third-party skill that executes code or makes network calls, audit the
SKILL.mdand any accompanying scripts. The article that inspired this bundle calls this SkillGuard discipline — verify the source before installation, treat skills like dependencies, and prefer skills that operate read-only when you only need analysis.
| Skill | One-liner |
|---|---|
| find-skills | Discover and rank skills from the marketplace by task description. |
| skill-creator | Package your own workflows into reusable skills. |
| mcp-builder | Wire the agent to private data and tools via the Model Context Protocol. |
| using-superpowers | Force the agent to enumerate and pick the right advanced capability. |
| subagent-driven-development | Split big tasks into subagent assignments with review. |
| agent-tools | A digital Swiss-army knife of everyday utilities. |
| Skill | One-liner |
|---|---|
| brainstorming | Open up multiple angles and "what-if" scenarios. |
| copywriting | Generate copy with structure, rhythm, and tone. |
| systematic-debugging | Reusable framework for diagnosing code, plans, or incidents. |
| writing-plans | Outline first, draft second — kill rambling long-form. |
| content-strategy | Topic selection and editorial calendar. |
| executing-plans | Decompose a plan into ordered, executable steps. |
| marketing-ideas | Generate campaign concepts from proven marketing frameworks. |
| copy-editing | Polish grammar, voice, and logic while preserving the author. |
| social-content | Re-skin one core message for X, TikTok, LinkedIn, etc. |
| reflection | Add self-review and course-correction inside any workflow. |
| Skill | One-liner |
|---|---|
| vercel-react-best-practices | React conventions inside the Vercel ecosystem. |
| vercel-composition-patterns | Component composition patterns that hold up at scale. |
| remotion-best-practices | Programmatic video and motion graphics via Remotion. |
| agent-browser | Give the agent eyes and hands inside a real browser. |
| browser-use | Lower-level browser automation primitives. |
| vercel-react-native-skills | React Native best practices for cross-platform mobile. |
| supabase-postgres-best-practices | Schema and Postgres patterns on Supabase. |
| next-best-practices | Modern Next.js routing, caching, and server components. |
| webapp-testing | Automated end-to-end testing for web apps. |
| test-driven-development | Red → Green → Refactor as a default working mode. |
| requesting-code-review | Make the agent self-review before it ships. |
| Skill | One-liner |
|---|---|
| web-design-guidelines | Grid, type, color principles for web UI. |
| frontend-design | Translate design principles into front-end implementation. |
| ui-ux-pro-max | UX heuristics and accessibility across stacks. |
| canvas-design | Generate PNG / PDF visual assets from ideas. |
| tailwind-design-system | Build a reusable Tailwind token-based UI kit. |
| content-visualizer | Recommend layouts and visuals for written content. |
| infographic-pro | Produce shareable infographics from data or copy. |
| ai-image-generation | Unified prompt API across DALL·E / Imagen / Gemini. |
| Skill | One-liner |
|---|---|
| Larry | Image + viral hook automation for TikTok-style content. |
| audit-website | Holistic website health scan. |
| seo-audit | SEO gap analysis and prioritized fixes. |
| marketing-psychology | Apply social proof, scarcity, anchoring to hooks and copy. |
| programmatic-seo | Generate large numbers of SEO-friendly pages systematically. |
| product-marketing-context | Build positioning, ICP, and message context for a product. |
| pricing-strategy | Decide and validate pricing tiers and packaging. |
| page-cro | Conversion-rate optimization for landing pages. |
| Skill | One-liner |
|---|---|
| pdf-pro | Read, merge, split, fill, and produce PDFs. |
| pptx | Create and edit PowerPoint decks. |
| docx | Create and edit Word documents. |
| xlsx | Create and edit Excel spreadsheets with formulas and charts. |
| url-to-markdown | Convert any web page into clean Markdown. |
| markdown-to-html | Render Markdown into styled, publish-ready HTML. |
| format-pro | Enforce consistent document formatting and brand styles. |
MIT — use, fork, and remix freely.