Open Construction Estimate
v2.0.0Access and utilize open construction pricing databases. Match BIM elements to standardized work items, calculate costs using public unit price databases with 55,000+ work items.
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OpenClaw
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medium confidencePurpose & Capability
Name/description match the instructions: the skill is focused on matching BIM elements to standardized work items and calculating costs from open pricing databases (55k+ items). Declared permissions (network, filesystem) align with loading CSVs, exporting Excel, and calling APIs.
Instruction Scope
SKILL.md contains concrete Python examples that read a local CSV database, run TF-IDF and sentence-transformer embedding models, apply region factors, and export Excel. All actions are within the stated purpose, but the instructions assume access to datasets and may download models at runtime (sentence-transformers), which implies network usage and large downloads.
Install Mechanism
No install spec and no bundled code — instruction-only. This minimizes install-time risk. However, runtime will depend on Python packages (pandas, sklearn, sentence-transformers) which are not declared and would need to be installed in the host environment.
Credentials
The skill requests no environment variables or credentials, which is consistent. It does declare filesystem and network permissions in claw.json — appropriate for reading datasets/exporting results and accessing pricing APIs. Be aware it references RSMeans (a subscription service) without declared credential handling; it will likely require the user to supply credentials at runtime. Also, sentence-transformers will typically fetch model weights from external hosts (Hugging Face), so expect network downloads.
Persistence & Privilege
always:false and no actions that modify other skills or global agent settings. The skill does require ordinary runtime permissions but does not request permanent elevated presence.
Assessment
This skill appears to do what it says (semantic matching + cost calculation) and needs network/filesystem access to load databases, call pricing APIs, download ML model weights, and export Excel files. Before installing: 1) Confirm where the work-item CSV/database will come from and that it is from a trusted source; 2) Expect large model downloads (sentence-transformers) and ensure you allow or block network access accordingly; 3) If you plan to use RSMeans or other subscription APIs, be prepared to supply credentials securely — the skill does not declare them up front; 4) Consider privacy of BIM files you provide (they may be read and transmitted if network access is granted); 5) Because the skill's source and homepage are unknown, prefer running it in a controlled environment or sandbox and review any dataset files you load. If any of the above are unacceptable, do not enable the skill or restrict its network/filesystem permissions.Like a lobster shell, security has layers — review code before you run it.
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MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.