MoltenView

Push persistent visual views (charts, metrics, lists, progress bars) to MoltenView Mac app. Use when agent output benefits from visual display that persists...

Security Scan

The skill's behavior and instructions are consistent with its stated purpose: it sends JSON to a local MoltenView Unix socket to create persistent visual views and does not request unrelated credentials or installs.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description (push persistent visual views to MoltenView) match the runtime instructions: they show how to send JSON to a MoltenView Unix domain socket. The skill does not request unrelated binaries, credentials, or config paths.

Instruction Scope

Instructions are narrowly scoped to constructing JSON payloads and sending them to a MoltenView socket (nc -U). They reference a socket path under the app's container and an optional MOLTENVIEW_SOCKET env var. They do allow sending arbitrary JSON content to the app, so the agent could display any data you give it — ensure you trust the agent and the data it will send.

Install Mechanism

No install spec or code files are present; this is instruction-only, so nothing is written to disk by the skill itself.

Credentials

The skill requires no secrets or external credentials. It suggests an environment variable (MOLTENVIEW_SOCKET) for convenience; this is proportional to the local IPC-based integration.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false (good). The skill can be invoked autonomously by the agent (disable-model-invocation is false) — which is platform default — meaning an agent could push persistent views without further user prompts. That is expected for this kind of integration but is a behavior you should consider before enabling autonomous agents.

Assessment

This skill simply documents how to send JSON to a MoltenView Unix socket to create persistent UI elements in the MoltenView Mac app. It doesn't ask for secrets or install code. Before installing, confirm you (or your agent) actually use MoltenView on macOS and trust the agent to create UI: the agent can push arbitrary content (text, links, images, charts) which will persist in the app and could be used to display sensitive data or misleading UI. If you allow autonomous agent invocation, restrict what data the agent may send and verify the socket path in MoltenView settings. If you don't use MoltenView, there's no benefit to installing this skill.

MoltenView Skill

Push structured data to MoltenView — a persistent visual canvas for AI agents.

When to Use

✅ USE this skill when:

• Displaying charts, metrics, or dashboards
• Data that should persist (not scroll away)
• Live-updating information
• Visual summaries the user will reference

❌ DON'T use when:

• Simple text responses suffice
• One-time data that doesn't need persistence

Socket Path

export MOLTENVIEW_SOCKET="/Users/$USER/Library/Containers/com.goldcote.MoltenView/Data/.moltenview/view.sock"

Push a View

echo '{"action":"push","data":{"title":"Dashboard","source":"openclaw","sections":[{"id":"s1","header":"Metrics","items":[{"id":"i1","title":"Sales","subtitle":"$12,450"}]}]}}' | nc -U "$MOLTENVIEW_SOCKET"

Required Fields

• data.source — Agent name (string)
• sections[].id — Unique section ID
• sections[].items[].id — Unique item ID
• sections[].items[].title — Item title

Supported Item Types

Set type on each item (omit or "text" for default):

Type	Key Fields
text	title, subtitle, detail, badge
chart	chart.chartType (bar/line/pie/area), chart.dataPoints [{label, value, color}]
gauge	gauge.value, gauge.min, gauge.max, gauge.label, gauge.color
progress	progress (0.0-1.0), subtitle
metric	title (label), subtitle (big value), detail (change), metricColor
link	url (https/mailto), title, subtitle, icon
image	imageBase64, icon (SF Symbol), title

Example: Push a Chart

echo '{"action":"push","data":{"title":"Sales","source":"openclaw","sections":[{"id":"s1","header":"Revenue","items":[{"id":"c1","type":"chart","title":"Monthly","chart":{"chartType":"bar","dataPoints":[{"label":"Jan","value":100},{"label":"Feb","value":150},{"label":"Mar","value":200}]}}]}]}}' | nc -U "$MOLTENVIEW_SOCKET"

Example: Push Metrics

echo '{"action":"push","data":{"title":"KPIs","source":"openclaw","sections":[{"id":"s1","header":"Today","items":[{"id":"m1","type":"metric","title":"Revenue","subtitle":"$12,450","detail":"+12%","metricColor":"#00FF00"},{"id":"m2","type":"progress","title":"Goal","progress":0.73}]}]}}' | nc -U "$MOLTENVIEW_SOCKET"

Actions

Action	Purpose	Data Required
push	Display new view	Yes
update	Update existing view	Yes
clear	Clear current view	No
status	Check connection	No

Status Check

echo '{"action":"status"}' | nc -U "$MOLTENVIEW_SOCKET"
# Returns: {"status":"ok"}

Notes

• MoltenView must be running (free on Mac App Store)
• Views persist until cleared or replaced
• Get socket path from MoltenView → Settings → Connection
• Download: https://apps.apple.com/app/molten-view/id6742515562