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What is a Skill in OpenClaw?
A Skill is OpenClaw's plugin mechanism, an extension that gives the agent a new capability, such as interacting with a specific external service, without modifying OpenClaw's own source code.
- Defined through a SKILL.md instruction file plus supporting scripts
- Can be installed from the public ClawHub registry, or added locally from a plugin directory
- Loaded into the agent's context so it can actually use that capability during a session
Because a skill is essentially instructions and code that the agent trusts and runs, an installed skill inherits whatever permissions the agent itself has, which is a central theme in most of OpenClaw's security guidance.
What does a Skill let an OpenClaw agent do?
What defines a Skill's instructions and declared permissions?
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