Skills (macOS)

Skills (macOS)

The macOS app surfaces OpenClaw skills via the gateway; it does not parse skills locally.

Data source

• skills.status (gateway) returns all skills plus eligibility and missing requirements (including allowlist blocks for bundled skills).
• Requirements are derived from metadata.openclaw.requires in each SKILL.md.

Install actions

• metadata.openclaw.install defines install options (brew/node/go/uv).
• The app calls skills.install to run installers on the gateway host.
• Built-in dangerous-code critical findings block skills.install by default; suspicious findings still warn only. The dangerous override exists on the gateway request, but the default app flow stays fail-closed.
• The gateway surfaces only one preferred installer when multiple are provided (brew when available, otherwise node manager from skills.install, default npm).

Env/API keys

• The app stores keys in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json under skills.entries.<skillKey>.
• skills.update patches enabled, apiKey, and env.

Remote mode

• Install + config updates happen on the gateway host (not the local Mac).