ClawHub CLI

Two command-line surfaces talk to ClawHub:

• openclaw skills / openclaw plugins - discover, install, and update packages for a local OpenClaw agent or Gateway.
• The standalone clawhub CLI - publisher workflows: login, publish, sync, and transfer.

Discover and install

openclaw skills search "calendar"
openclaw skills install @owner/<slug>
openclaw skills install @owner/<slug> --version <version> --global
openclaw skills update @owner/<slug>
openclaw skills update --all --acknowledge-clawhub-risk
openclaw skills verify @owner/<slug> --card

openclaw plugins search "calendar"
openclaw plugins install clawhub:<package>
openclaw plugins install clawhub:<package> --acknowledge-clawhub-risk
openclaw plugins update <id-or-npm-spec>
openclaw plugins update --all

Skill installs target the active workspace skills/ directory by default; add --global for the shared managed skills directory. Plugin installs need the explicit clawhub: prefix to force ClawHub resolution over npm, git, or a local path. Full flag reference: openclaw skills and openclaw plugins.

Release trust

OpenClaw checks a release's ClawHub trust state before downloading it, for both skills and plugins. Versioned releases use exact-release trust metadata; resolver-backed GitHub skills go through ClawHub's install resolver, which enforces scan and force-install policy before returning a pinned commit.

• Malicious or blocked releases are refused outright.
• Risky releases (non-clean scan, non-blocking moderation state) print a warning and require --acknowledge-clawhub-risk to continue non-interactively.
• Official ClawHub publishers/packages and bundled OpenClaw sources skip the trust prompt and security-verdict fetch entirely.

Publish and maintain

Install the standalone CLI once, then log in:

npm i -g clawhub
clawhub login

Publish a plugin package (folder path, GitHub repo owner/repo[@ref], or tarball URL) with clawhub package publish:

clawhub package publish ./my-plugin --dry-run
clawhub package publish ./my-plugin
clawhub package publish your-org/your-plugin@v1.0.0

Publish a skill folder with clawhub skill publish:

clawhub skill publish ./skills/review-helper
clawhub skill publish ./skills/review-helper --version 1.0.0 --owner your-org

Other maintenance commands:

clawhub sync --all                                          # scan local skills, publish new/updated ones
clawhub package transfer @old-owner/package --to new-owner   # move a plugin package to another publisher
clawhub skill rename old-slug new-slug                       # rename a published skill, redirect the old slug
clawhub explore --sort trending                              # browse the registry, sorted by trending

Related

• openclaw skills - local skill search, install, update, and verification
• openclaw plugins - plugin search, install, update, and inspection
• ClawHub publishing - owner scope, release validation, and review flow
• Creating skills - skill authoring and publish flow
• Building plugins - plugin package authoring

Source: docs/clawhub/cli.md