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Data processing pipelines for OpenClaw. Deploy skills from the Expanso marketplace to transform, analyze, and process data locally.

Expanso Skills for OpenClaw

Deploy data processing pipelines to your local Expanso Edge. Skills run locally, keeping credentials secure and enabling offline operation.

What is Expanso?

• Expanso Edge — Local runtime that executes pipelines on your machine
• Expanso Cloud — Orchestrates and deploys pipelines to your Edge nodes
• Expanso Skills — Pre-built pipelines for common data tasks

Setup

1. Create an Expanso Cloud account

1. Go to cloud.expanso.io and sign up
2. Create a new organization (or use an existing one)
3. Note your Cloud Endpoint URL (e.g., https://abc123.us1.cloud.expanso.io)

2. Install the tools

# Install Expanso Edge (local runtime)
curl -fsSL https://get.expanso.io/edge/install.sh | bash

# Install Expanso CLI (deploy to cloud)
curl -fsSL https://get.expanso.io/cli/install.sh | sh

3. Get a Bootstrap Token

1. In Expanso Cloud, go to Settings → Edge Nodes
2. Click "Add Edge Node"
3. Copy the Bootstrap URL and Bootstrap Token

4. Connect your Edge to the Cloud

# Set the bootstrap URL and token from Expanso Cloud
export EXPANSO_EDGE_BOOTSTRAP_URL="https://start.cloud.expanso.io"
export EXPANSO_EDGE_BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN="your-token-from-cloud"

# Start Edge (it will register automatically)
expanso-edge

This connects your local Edge node to your Expanso Cloud organization. Your Edge will now receive pipeline deployments from the cloud.

5. Deploy a skill

# Browse skills at https://skills.expanso.io
# Then deploy one:
expanso-cli job deploy https://skills.expanso.io/text-summarize/pipeline-cli.yaml

The pipeline will be deployed through Expanso Cloud to your local Edge node.

Available Skills

Browse 172+ skills at skills.expanso.io:

Category	Examples
AI	text-summarize, image-describe, audio-transcribe
Security	pii-redact, secrets-scan, hash-digest
Transforms	json-pretty, csv-to-json, array-filter
Utilities	uuid-generate, email-validate, mime-type

Example: PII Redaction

Ask OpenClaw to redact sensitive data:

"Redact the PII from this customer feedback"

OpenClaw will use the pii-redact skill running on your local Expanso Edge to process the data — your API keys and data never leave your machine.

How It Works

┌─────────────┐     ┌───────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐
│  OpenClaw   │────▶│ Expanso Edge  │────▶│ Your Data    │
│  (asks)     │     │ (processes)   │     │ (stays local)│
└─────────────┘     └───────────────┘     └──────────────┘
                           │
                    ┌──────┴──────┐
                    │Expanso Cloud│
                    │(orchestrates)│
                    └─────────────┘

Resources

• Skills Marketplace — Browse and deploy skills
• Expanso Cloud — Manage your Edge nodes
• Documentation — Full guides and API reference
• GitHub — Skill source code