OpenClaw

OpenClaw is a native SKILL.md runtime with a filesystem watcher. Skillet syncs skills to ~/.openclaw/skills/, and OpenClaw watches for changes and reloads them live. No restart needed.

Note Support status: Supported. Last verified June 13, 2026.

Where skills live

Skillet writes to the global skills folder:

~/.openclaw/skills/

Each skill is its own folder named for the author and skill, containing a SKILL.md:

~/.openclaw/skills/
  @taylor--festival-ops/
    SKILL.md
    ...supporting files

OpenClaw also reads skills from higher-precedence locations. If one of them holds a skill with the same name, that copy loads instead of the one Skillet synced. If you synced a skill but don't see it, check the locations below. Another one may be shadowing it.

When you run skillet sync, Skillet checks these locations and prints a warning to the terminal if one shadows the synced skill.

Connect Skillet

Install the app if you're new to Skillet: it detects OpenClaw for you. To set up from the terminal instead:

npx skilletmd
# or: npm install -g skilletmd && skillet

On first run, Skillet detects ~/.openclaw/ and offers to import the skills already there. You can skip this and add skills later with skillet add. After skillet add or skillet sync, OpenClaw picks up the change live.

Common commands

skillet add @author/skill     # Add a skill to your kit and write it here
skillet list                  # List your kit's skills, grouped by kit
skillet sync                  # Write your kit into OpenClaw and every detected runtime
skillet scan                  # Show the scan state of your kit's skills

Updates from other people are scanned, not certified, and a human approves each one before it lands.

Primary runtime docs

docs.openclaw.ai/tools/skills-config

Note Live operational signal: Runtime status →.