Modular Skill Groups

Organize and switch between named skill groups to keep context focused, list available groups, and manage skill assignments efficiently.

Manage skills as named groups — activate or deactivate entire groups at once to keep context clean.

Core Files

• ~/.openclaw/active_skill_group — stores the current active group name
• SKILL_GROUPS.md (references/) — full group definitions and skill map

Quick Commands

# Switch to a different group
echo "group-name" > ~/.openclaw/active_skill_group

# List all groups and which is active
cat ~/.openclaw/active_skill_group

# Add a skill to a group (append to the group's skill list in references/SKILL_GROUPS.md)

Available Groups

Group	Use when
agent-builder	M.ai.K.R dev, Stripe, DB, onboarding, agent ops
creative	Game AI, image/audio generation, multimedia
research	Deep research, competitive analysis, web intelligence
marketing	Outreach, email automation, lead generation
minimal	Tight context — CORE skills only

Always-Loaded CORE Skills

These load every session regardless of group: self-improving, proactivity, sub-agent-orchestrator, research-assistant, elite-longterm-memory, qdrant-memory

Adding a New Skill to a Group

1. Install the skill: clawhub install <skill-name>
2. Edit references/SKILL_GROUPS.md
3. Add the skill to the appropriate group's skill list

Creating a New Group

1. Add a new ## GROUP: name section to references/SKILL_GROUPS.md
2. List the skills (or empty for minimal)
3. Activate: echo "name" > ~/.openclaw/active_skill_group