The ClawHub registry has over 5,400 skills for OpenClaw agents. Most of them are personal projects with 12 downloads and no documentation. Finding the ones that actually work takes hours of Reddit threads and community posts.

This list is based on ClawHub's download and star data (updated April 2026), r/AgentsOfAI community recommendations, and real-world testing. These 15 skills represent the highest-value additions to any OpenClaw agent.

How to Install Skills

All skills below install from ClawHub via the CLI or the OpenClaw skills UI:

clawhub install [skill-name]

Or from the OpenClaw interface: Settings → Skills → Install from ClawHub.

Blink Claw users can install skills directly from the Blink dashboard without touching the CLI.

Tier 1: Essential — Install These First

1. Agent Browser (11,836 downloads, ★ 43)

clawhub install agent-browser

Gives your agent a real Chromium browser. It can navigate websites, fill forms, click buttons, and extract structured data from pages that don't have APIs. This is the difference between an agent that can read a static page and one that can interact with the web.

Best for: Price monitoring, web scraping, automated form submissions, logging into sites with no API.

What it does: Uses Playwright under the hood. Takes screenshots, returns clean text extraction, handles JavaScript-heavy sites that fetch_url can't reach.

2. GitHub (10,611 downloads, ★ 15)

clawhub install github

Complete GitHub integration: read and write files, open issues, create PRs, review code, manage repositories. The most-used skill among developer-focused agents.

Best for: Autonomous coding loops (fix bug → commit → open PR while you sleep), automated issue triage, release note generation.

What it does: Wraps the GitHub REST API with agent-friendly tools. Your agent can commit code, respond to issues, and merge branches.

3. Summarize (10,956 downloads, ★ 28)

clawhub install summarize

Condenses long documents, articles, PDFs, and YouTube transcripts into structured summaries. The #8 most downloaded skill on ClawHub and consistently rated among the most reliable.

Best for: Morning news briefings, research digests, meeting notes from transcripts, book summary extraction.

What it does: Handles token-length splitting automatically. Summaries come with key points, action items, and a TL;DR. Works on any text input.

4. Telegram (bundled in OpenClaw core, most agents use it)

clawhub install telegram-advanced

The core Telegram integration handles basic message sending. The telegram-advanced skill adds photo sending, voice message support, inline keyboards (buttons), and group message handling.

Best for: Morning briefings with embedded charts, voice responses, creating interactive multi-step Telegram bots.

What it does: Exposes the full Telegram Bot API to your agent. Buttons, menus, photo captions, polls — your agent can build interactive flows without a separate bot framework.

5. Weather (9,002 downloads, ★ 13)

clawhub install weather

Real-time weather data for any location via the OpenWeatherMap API. Required for any morning briefing, travel assistant, or location-aware automation.

Best for: Morning briefings, "should I carry an umbrella?" automation, weather-triggered actions ("if it's going to rain tomorrow, remind me to pack an umbrella tonight").

What it does: Current conditions, 5-day forecast, hourly breakdown. Handles timezone-aware scheduling. Free OpenWeatherMap API key required.

Tier 2: High Value — Install Based on Your Use Case

6. Obsidian (5,791 downloads, ★ 12)

clawhub install obsidian

Read from and write to Obsidian vaults synced to Google Drive, iCloud, or Obsidian Sync. The second brain skill. Your agent captures notes, structures them, links them to related notes, and builds your PKM automatically.

Best for: Second brain setups, automated meeting notes, research capture via Telegram, daily note generation.

7. Tavily Web Search (8,142 downloads, ★ 10)

clawhub install tavily-web-search

Real-time web search powered by Tavily — specifically designed for AI agents. Unlike generic search tools, it returns clean, citation-ready text without HTML noise. Required for any research-heavy agent.

Best for: News monitoring, competitive research, answering questions requiring current information, verifying facts.

What it does: Returns clean text snippets with source URLs. Handles pagination, multiple queries, and domain filtering. Tavily API key required (generous free tier).

8. Self-Improving Agent (15,962 downloads, ★ 132)

clawhub install self-improving-agent

The #4 most downloaded skill and the one with the most stars. Adds a meta-learning loop: your agent reviews its own performance, identifies patterns in what worked and what didn't, and updates its own SOUL.md with improvements.

Best for: Agents running complex recurring tasks where performance improves with time. Marketing agents, research agents, writing assistants.

Caution: Review the changes your agent makes to SOUL.md regularly. Powerful but can drift in unexpected ways without oversight.

9. Proactive Agent (7,010 downloads, ★ 49)

clawhub install proactive-agent

Adds autonomous initiative: your agent monitors conditions and takes actions without being asked. Checks your calendar and prepares relevant research before meetings. Monitors news for topics in your SOUL.md and sends digests. Tracks project deadlines and sends reminders.

Best for: Hands-off personal assistant setups, business operations monitoring, multi-step research workflows.

10. Wacli (16,415 downloads, ★ 37)

clawhub install wacli

The #2 most downloaded skill. A versatile CLI utility that gives your agent access to shell commands, file system operations, and local process management. Essential for developer-focused agents.

Best for: Running shell scripts, managing local files, triggering local applications, interacting with local development environments.

Caution: This skill gives your agent significant system access. Only install on agents you control and trust. Run in a sandboxed environment if possible.

Tier 3: Specialized — Install for Specific Use Cases

11. Google Calendar (via core integration + calendar skill)

clawhub install google-calendar

Full Google Calendar integration: read events, create events, update events, check availability, set reminders. Required for morning briefings and scheduling assistants.

Best for: Meeting scheduling automation, calendar-aware reminders, travel prep ("3 days before my flight, remind me to check in").

12. Gmail (via core integration + gmail skill)

clawhub install gmail

Read, compose, send, and label emails. The email management skill for inbox zero setups and automated email workflows.

Best for: Email digest in morning briefings, auto-labeling and archiving newsletters, drafting responses to common inquiry types.

13. Humanize AI Text (8,771 downloads, ★ 20)

clawhub install humanize-ai-text

Makes AI-generated text sound more natural. Run any agent output through this skill to reduce the detectable AI writing patterns. Useful for agents that draft emails, posts, or reports that humans will sign their name to.

Best for: Email drafting agents, social media content agents, report writing automation.

14. Find Skills (7,077 downloads, ★ 15)

clawhub install find-skills

A meta-skill: your agent can search ClawHub for skills that would help with a task and install them autonomously. When your agent hits a capability gap, it searches for the right skill and installs it.

Best for: Agents running diverse tasks where capability needs aren't fully known upfront.

15. Auto-Updater Skill (6,601 downloads, ★ 31)

clawhub install auto-updater-skill

Keeps all installed skills updated automatically. Checks for new versions weekly and applies them. Essential for any production agent where you care about bug fixes and security patches.

Best for: Any agent you're running without daily monitoring. Set it and forget it.

The Best Starter Pack

For a general-purpose personal assistant agent, install these 6 first:

clawhub install agent-browser
clawhub install github       # if you're a developer
clawhub install weather
clawhub install summarize
clawhub install telegram-advanced
clawhub install auto-updater-skill

This gives you a browsing-capable, weather-aware agent that can summarize content and send you interactive Telegram messages, with its skills kept current automatically.

Skills to Avoid

Not every popular skill is safe or reliable:

  • Free Ride (7,927 downloads) — claims to provide "unlimited free AI." Does not. Bypasses API limits in ways that violate terms of service. The r/cybersecurity community documented it harvesting API keys in early 2026. Avoid.
  • Any skill with < 5 stars and no documentation — ClawHub has no formal security review. Undocumented skills with low community engagement are high risk.
  • Capability Evolver (35,581 downloads) — The most downloaded skill makes automated changes to your agent's core settings. Powerful but unstable; community reports of agents drifting dramatically from intended behavior. Advanced users only.

Summary of Skills

  • Essential Skills: Agent Browser, GitHub, Summarize, Telegram, Weather.
  • High Value: Obsidian, Tavily Web Search, Self-Improving Agent, Proactive Agent, Wacli.
  • Specialized: Google Calendar, Gmail, Humanize AI Text, Find Skills, Auto-Updater Skill.
  • Skills to Avoid: Free Ride, low-rated and undocumented skills, Capability Evolver.