Skillstore

Search, install, and create OpenClaw skills with intelligent matching across known, local, and GitHub repositories.

Security Scan

The skill's code, docs, and requirements are coherent with a skill-search/install manager; nothing requests unrelated secrets or strange network endpoints, though there are a couple minor doc/code mismatches to review before use.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description (search/install/create OpenClaw skills) matches the code: it searches a built-in DB, local skills, and GitHub. No unrelated credentials or binaries are requested. One minor mismatch: SKILL.md says local skills live under ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/, but the code searches the parent directory of the skill (path.join(__dirname, '..')).

Instruction Scope

Runtime instructions and code remain scoped to searching known skills, local SKILL.md/README.md files, and GitHub repo metadata. The code reads local skill files and calls the GitHub search API; both are expected. The SKILL.md examples describe interactive install flows but do not document exact install commands — the main.js includes child_process.exec (truncated in the listing), so you should inspect what install/exec steps perform before executing.

Install Mechanism

No install spec is provided (instruction-only install), and the repo includes the CLI source (main.js). There are no external download URLs or extract operations in the provided files. This is low-risk, but review any runtime exec invocations that may invoke git or external installers.

Credentials

The skill declares no required environment variables or credentials. The code performs unauthenticated calls to the public GitHub search API and local filesystem reads; this aligns with the described functionality.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and the skill writes/reads a local config.json in its own directory (CONFIG_FILE = __dirname/config.json). It does not request system-wide or other-skill configs. No elevated persistence privileges are requested.

Assessment

This skill appears to do what it says: search known and local skills and query GitHub. Before installing or running it, quickly review the remaining parts of main.js (the truncated portion) to confirm what child_process.exec calls do when installing a repo (e.g., git clone, npm install, running remote scripts). Also note the docs and code disagree about the local-skill path (~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/ vs __dirname/..); make sure the tool will search the directories you expect. If you plan to run installs, run them in a sandbox or inspect any cloned repositories before executing their code.

SkillStore - OpenClaw Skill Manager

Search, install, and create OpenClaw skills with intelligent matching.

Skill Metadata

• Name: skillstore
• Type: OpenClaw Skill
• Purpose: Search existing skills, install from GitHub, or create new ones

Setup Commands

No setup required. Works out of the box.

Usage Commands

Search & Install

# Search for a skill (applies 30% threshold)
skillstore <query>

# Examples:
skillstore home assistant
skillstore weather
skillstore smart home
skillstore email gmail
skillstore github

List & Show

# List installed skills
skillstore list

# Show all known skills (20 built-in)
skillstore known

Create New

# Create new skill with templates
skillstore create <name>
skillstore new <name>

# Examples:
skillstore create my-awesome-skill
skillstore new weather-widget

How Search Works

Matching Algorithm

1. Tokenize - Split query into keywords
2. Calculate - Jaccard similarity + keyword boost
3. Filter - Remove results below 30% threshold
4. Rank - Sort by relevance score
5. Display - Show with visual score bar

Match Score

Score >= 50% = Strong match (green bar)
Score >= 30% = Weak match (yellow bar)  
Score < 30% = Not shown (filtered)

Search Sources (in order)

1. Known Skills - Built-in database of 20 skills
2. Local Skills - Skills in ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/
3. GitHub - Search openclaw repositories

Interaction Flow

1. User runs: skillstore home assistant
2. System searches all 3 sources
3. System filters by threshold
4. Results shown with scores:

   1. [KNOWN] homeassistant ████████░░ 85%
      Control smart home devices...
   2. [LOCAL] homeassistant ███████░░░ 78%
   3. [GIT] openclaw-homeassistant ██████░░░░ 62%

5. User chooses:
   - Enter number → Install from GitHub
   - n → Create new skill
   - q → Quit

Known Skills Database

Built-in skills (searchable):

Skill	Description
homeassistant	Smart home control (HA API)
gog	Google Workspace (Gmail, Calendar, Drive)
weather	Weather forecasts
github	GitHub CLI integration
himalaya	Email via IMAP/SMTP
obsidian	Obsidian vault integration
sonoscli	Sonos speaker control
blucli	BluOS speaker control
eightctl	Eight Sleep pod control
ordercli	Food delivery orders
blogwatcher	RSS feed monitoring
gifgrep	GIF search/download
video-frames	Video frame extraction
youtube-summarizer	YouTube transcript summary
ga4	Google Analytics 4
gsc	Google Search Console
wacli	WhatsApp messaging
browser	Browser automation
healthcheck	Security hardening

Error Handling

• No results above threshold: Offer to create new skill
• GitHub search fails: Fall back to local/known
• Install fails: Show error with reason

Related Skills

• homeassistant
• openclaw-migrate
• skill-templates (legacy, use skillstore)

Files

skillstore/
├── SKILL.md       # This file
├── README.md      # User docs
├── main.js        # CLI with intelligent search
└── config.json    # Install history