Skills
Add reusable workflows to your OpenClaw bot
Skills are reusable workflows for your OpenClaw bot.
A skill teaches your bot how to do a specific type of work, such as research, code review, scraping, reporting, support, or media generation.
Use a skill when you want the same workflow to work well again and again without writing a long prompt every time.
What a Skill Can Include
A skill can contain:
- instructions for the assistant
- workflow steps
- reference files
- templates
- tool guidance
- code or scripts when needed
Think of a skill like a reusable playbook. It tells your bot how to handle one job properly.
Why Use Skills?
Repeatable work
Turn a task you do often into a reusable workflow.
Better results
Give the bot clear steps instead of relying on a one-line prompt.
Tool-specific help
Teach the bot how to use a tool, API, website, or file format correctly.
Business processes
Build workflows for reports, research, support, content, operations, and more.
Where to Find Skills
Open Dashboard > Skills.
From there, you can:
- browse available skills
- search skills
- view installed skills
- open skill details
- install free skills
- purchase paid skills when available
- create or submit custom skills
How to Use a Skill
Find a skill
Open the Skills page and search for the workflow you need.
Check the details
Read what the skill does, what setup it needs, and whether it is free or paid.
Install it
Install the skill and complete any required setup, such as API keys or credentials.
Use it in chat
Open dashboard chat and ask your bot to use the skill for a real task.
Example prompts:
Use the GitHub skill to review this pull request.Use the research skill to compare these three tools and give me a short recommendation.Use the report skill to turn these notes into a weekly update.Installed skills may also appear in the chat composer when skill mentions are available.
Good First Skills
Start with skills that solve real repeated work.
Good examples:
- GitHub review workflow
- web research workflow
- customer support response workflow
- weekly report workflow
- browser automation workflow
- data cleanup workflow
Avoid installing many skills at once. Install one useful skill, test it, then add more.
Free, Paid, and Owned Skills
Ampere supports different skill states:
- Free — install and use when available
- Paid — purchase before use
If a skill needs external services, it may ask for setup before it can work.
When Setup Is Required
Some skills need extra values, such as:
- API keys
- environment variables
- service credentials
- account IDs
- project settings
This is normal. A skill that connects to another service needs permission and configuration before it can help.
Custom Skills
If the marketplace does not have the workflow you need, you can create a custom skill.
Custom skills are useful for:
- your company process
- your reporting format
- your research method
- your support style
- your internal tools
- your preferred templates
A good custom skill should be clear and narrow. “Create weekly client reports” is better than “help with marketing.”