Find Skills Skill

Search and discover OpenClaw skills from various sources. Use when: user wants to find available skills, search for specific functionality, or discover new s...

fangkelvin

@fangkelvin

What This Skill Does

Searches and discovers OpenClaw skills from multiple sources including ClawHub, directories, GitHub, and community forums. Provides search strategies by functionality, provider, or popularity.

Replaces manually browsing multiple websites and forums to find OpenClaw skills by centralizing discovery through a single search interface.

When to Use It

  • Search for an OpenClaw skill that performs a specific task like web search or weather
  • Browse available skills by category to find new tools to install
  • Find the most popular or most installed OpenClaw skills
  • Discover skills from a specific provider like GitHub or Tavily
  • Check if a skill already exists before creating a new one from scratch

Install

$ openclaw skills install @fangkelvin/find-skills-skill

Find Skills Skill

Search and discover OpenClaw skills from various sources.

When to Use

USE this skill when:

  • "Find skills for [task]"
  • "Search for OpenClaw skills"
  • "What skills are available?"
  • "Discover new skills"
  • "Find skills by category"

When NOT to Use

DON'T use this skill when:

  • Installing skills → use clawhub install
  • Managing installed skills → use openclaw skills list
  • Creating new skills → use skill-creator skill

Sources for Finding Skills

1. ClawHub (Primary)

# Search skills
npx clawhub search "keyword"

# Browse categories
npx clawhub browse

2. OpenClaw Directory

3. LobeHub Skills Marketplace

4. GitHub

  • Search: openclaw skill or agent-skill
  • Look for repositories with SKILL.md files

5. Community Forums

Search Strategies

By Functionality

# Web search skills
npx clawhub search "web search"

# Weather skills
npx clawhub search "weather"

# Document skills
npx clawhub search "document"

By Provider

# Tavily skills
npx clawhub search "tavily"

# GitHub skills
npx clawhub search "github"

# Calendar skills
npx clawhub search "calendar"

By Popularity

# Most installed skills
npx clawhub search --sort installs

# Most starred skills
npx clawhub search --sort stars

Installation Tips

  1. Check requirements before installing
  2. Read SKILL.md for usage instructions
  3. Test in isolation before production use
  4. Check for updates regularly

Common Skill Categories

Core Skills

  • weather - Weather forecasts
  • skill-creator - Create new skills
  • healthcheck - Security audits

Integration Skills

  • github - GitHub operations
  • feishu - Feishu integration
  • notion - Notion API

Search Skills

  • tavily-search - Web search via Tavily
  • web-search-plus - Enhanced web search

Agent Skills

  • proactive-agent - Proactive automation
  • coding-agent - Code generation

Troubleshooting

Rate Limits

If you hit rate limits with clawhub:

  1. Wait 1 hour before retrying
  2. Use alternative sources (websites)
  3. Search manually on GitHub

Installation Issues

  1. Check skill requirements
  2. Verify network connectivity
  3. Check OpenClaw version compatibility

Best Practices

  1. Search before creating - Don't reinvent the wheel
  2. Read documentation - Understand skill capabilities
  3. Start simple - Install one skill at a time
  4. Test thoroughly - Verify skill works as expected
  5. Provide feedback - Help improve skills

Related Skills

  • clawhub - ClawHub CLI tool
  • skill-creator - Create new skills
  • healthcheck - System health checks

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