Any other skill that performs skill search, discovery, comparison, or installation — in whole or in part — must delegate to this skill's workflow rather than implementing its own parallel flow. See SKILL.md for the full declaration.

Features

🔍 Multi-source search: Parallel search across ClawHub, GitHub anthropics/skills, and skills.sh simultaneously
📊 Source-labeled results: Every result clearly shows which source it came from
📋 Information completeness levels: Results are labeled Full / Partial / Minimal so you know how much data was available
🛡️ Security-first workflow: Explicit approval, local source review, and trusted-source preference
📁 Flexible installation targets:
- Global install to ~/.openclaw/skills/ (when user says "global" or "system-wide")
- Local install to {workspace}/skills/ (default)
🚫 No symlink installs: Uses copied source files for transparent fallback installs
⏱️ Search degraded mode: Handles rate limits gracefully — reports failures honestly, gives user a choice to wait or proceed

Trusted Sources (searched in parallel)

Source	Search command	Install command	Directory control
ClawHub	`clawhub search "<query>"`	`clawhub install <slug> --dir <path>`	✅ Full
GitHub anthropics/skills	`curl` GitHub API	File-based (clone → copy)	✅ Full
skills.sh	`npx skills find "<query>"`	File-based (download from GitHub URL)	✅ Full

Note: npx skills add is NOT used for installation because it only supports --global or --agent directories — not arbitrary custom paths. Install always goes through the file-based workflow for full directory control.

Information Completeness Levels

Every result table is labeled with its completeness level:

Full (✅ Full details available): clawhub inspect returned all fields — recommendation is given
Partial (⚠️ Partial information): Some fields marked unknown — user chooses to proceed or wait
Minimal (❌ Limited details): Only names available — show names only, do not recommend

Hard rule: At Partial or Minimal level, never give a recommendation without first disclosing what is missing and asking the user's consent.

When to use this skill

Use this skill whenever the user:

Asks to find, search, or look for a skill
Requests to download, install, or add a skill
Asks whether a skill exists for a certain task
Wants to compare candidates before choosing one to install

Workflow

Mode A: Search Only

Detect search intent
Parallel search: Fire ClawHub, GitHub, and skills.sh searches simultaneously, aggregate results into one unified table with a Source column
Inspect candidates: Run clawhub inspect for ClawHub candidates; if rate limited, enter degraded mode
Present results: Comparison table with Source, description, ranking signals, best-use-case note, and recommendation (Full only)
Disclose completeness level: Label the table Full / Partial / Minimal
Wait for user: Ask if they want to install any result, or wait for full data

Mode B: Installation

Capture request: Extract skill name, check if global install requested, confirm intent
Find the skill: ClawHub → GitHub → skills.sh in priority order
Security check: Download to temp, inspect for suspicious patterns; if clean, proceed
Install: Copy to target directory (never symlink), preserve existing user data
Cleanup: Remove temp files
Done: Offer to summarize the installed skill's usage

Search degraded mode (rate limits)

When clawhub inspect fails due to rate limit:

Report the failure immediately
State which fields are unavailable
Offer choices: Wait (~30s retry) / Proceed with partial data / Skip
Never silently fall back to invented values

Installation

# Global install
clawhub install skill-downloader --dir ~/.openclaw/skills

# Local install (default)
clawhub install skill-downloader --dir ./skills

If clawhub is unavailable, use the file-based installation workflow: download to temp, inspect, copy to target directory.

Requirements

network access to trusted registries and repositories
ability to review downloaded text or source files locally
standard local command-line tooling when available
clawhub CLI for the preferred ClawHub workflow (when installed)
skill-scanner (optional extra check, when available)
skill-vetting (optional extra check, when available)

Maintenance

When updating this skill's behavior, keep SKILL.md and README.md in sync.

License

MIT