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.

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