I run 13 AI agents on a Mac Mini. They handle my podcast, YouTube, newsletter, social media, and sponsor outreach. Skills are the reason that setup works. Here's every skill worth your time in 2026, organized so you can find exactly what you need without scrolling through a wall of text.
What's in this guide
Before You Install Anything
In February 2026, Koi Security audited 2,857 ClawHub skills and found 341 actively malicious ones. A coordinated campaign called "ClawHavoc" planted 335 of them. The payloads waited 24 to 48 hours before activating, so you'd never connect the install to the infection.
ClawHub removed 2,419 suspicious skills overnight and now partners with VirusTotal for scanning. The registry has grown back to 10,000+. It's better. But "better" is not "bulletproof."
My rules:
- Prefer bundled skills. The 53 that ship with OpenClaw have zero risk. Start here.
- Check the author. Skills by @steipete (OpenClaw's creator) are essentially first-party. Look for established publishers with multiple skills and version history.
- Read the SKILL.md. Takes 30 seconds. If it asks for permissions that don't match its description, skip it.
- Stars and downloads matter. A skill with 20K downloads and 200 stars has been battle-tested. A skill with 3 downloads from a week-old account is a red flag.
- Install Skill Vetter first. 3.5K downloads. It scans skills for red flags before and after installation.
Warning: Skills run on your machine with your permissions. A bad skill can access your files, API keys, and messages. Treat third-party skills like third-party code. Because that's exactly what they are.
For a deeper dive on skill security, I wrote a full guide on how ClawHub works and how to stay safe.
Top 10 Skills (Overall)
These are the skills I'd install on any fresh OpenClaw setup. They cover 80% of what most people need. Ranked by a combination of download count, community trust, and how often I actually use them.
gog Google Workspace
33.8K
Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Contacts in one skill. The single most powerful skill on the platform. "Send the Q3 report to Sarah and schedule a follow-up for Thursday at 2pm." One sentence. Two Google services. Done.
clawhub install gogself-improving-agent
32K ★338
Highest-starred skill on ClawHub. Logs errors, learnings, and preferences into structured memory files. Your agent actually gets smarter over time. Correct a mistake once, it remembers forever. 12 versions, actively maintained.
clawhub install self-improving-agenttavily-search Tavily Web Search
28K
AI-optimized web search that returns cleaner, more structured results than raw Google. Generous free tier. The community's go-to search skill for research, fact-checking, and pulling live data.
clawhub install tavily-searchontology Knowledge Graph
27.6K
Typed knowledge graph for structured memory. Where self-improving-agent stores text, Ontology stores relationships. "This contact works at that company which is a client on this project." The agent traverses those connections later.
clawhub install ontologysummarize
26.1K
Feed it a URL, PDF, audio file, or YouTube video. Get a clean summary back. I use this daily for podcast guest research. "Summarize this 45-minute YouTube video" saves you 44 minutes.
clawhub install summarizegithub
24.8K
Full GitHub CLI integration. Repos, issues, PRs, CI runs, code search. My ops agent watches all repos and alerts me when CI fails. If you work with code at all, this is foundational.
clawhub install githubweather
21.1K
No API key. No setup. Just works. Sounds basic, but combined with other skills for a morning briefing ("weather, calendar, urgent emails") it earns its place. I live in Bali. I check this every morning.
clawhub install weathernotion
13.9K
Full Notion API. Pages, databases, blocks. Every agent in my setup pushes deliverables to Notion: newsletter drafts, research briefs, content calendars. If Notion is your second brain, this connects it to your first.
clawhub install notionnano-banana-pro Image Gen
13.4K
Generate and edit images with Gemini 3 Pro. Text-to-image and image-to-image. Supports 1K, 2K, and 4K output. I use it for blog headers, thumbnail concepts, and social content mockups.
clawhub install nano-banana-proobsidian
12.4K
Local-first, plain Markdown, no cloud dependency. Searches your Obsidian vault, creates notes, links between them. The privacy-conscious alternative to Notion. If your notes never leave your machine, this is the one.
clawhub install obsidianBrowse by Category
Use the filter below to jump to the category you need. Every skill listed here passed the same bar: clear docs, proven stability, active maintenance, and reasonable permissions.
🔍 Search & Research
tavily-search
28K
AI-optimized search. Cleaner, more relevant results than raw Google for agent use cases. Generous free tier. The community standard for research tasks.
clawhub install tavily-searchbrave-search
10.4K
Privacy-focused search. If you already use Brave, the API key comes with your account. No tracking, no profiling. Solid alternative to Tavily.
clawhub install brave-searchexa-search
7.2K
Developer-focused search index. Pulls from actual docs, GitHub repos, and coding forums. Better than general search when your agent needs technical answers.
clawhub install exa-searchmulti-search-engine
4.5K
17 search engines, zero API keys. The "I don't want to sign up for anything" option. Works out of the box.
clawhub install multi-search-engine⚡ Productivity
gog Google Workspace
33.8K
Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Contacts. One skill, six Google services. The most downloaded skill on ClawHub for a reason.
clawhub install gognotion
13.9K
Full Notion API. Create pages, update databases, manage blocks. Every deliverable in my system goes to Notion. This is the bridge.
clawhub install notionlinear
8.1K
GraphQL-powered Linear integration. Issues, projects, cycles. Your agent creates tasks where your team already works instead of keeping them trapped in chat.
clawhub install linearweather
21.1K
Zero config. No API key. Ask about weather anywhere and it just works. Part of every morning briefing I run.
clawhub install weathermonday
5.8K
Monday.com boards and task management. If your team lives in Monday instead of Linear, this is the equivalent integration.
clawhub install monday💬 Communication
himalaya Email (Any Provider)
9.2K
IMAP/SMTP email for any provider. Outlook, ProtonMail, custom domains. If you're not on Gmail, this is your email skill.
clawhub install himalayaslack
8.8K
"What did the team discuss about the launch yesterday?" Pull relevant Slack messages without scrolling 200 unreads.
clawhub install slackwacli WhatsApp
7.6K
WhatsApp messaging and history search. Not for regular chats where OpenClaw already runs on WhatsApp. This is for reaching third parties and searching your chat history.
clawhub install waclidiscord
6.6K
Servers, channels, messages. Manage community interactions, pull discussions, post updates.
clawhub install discordsignal
5.7K
Secure messaging that runs locally. Zero cloud dependency. If you care about privacy enough to use Signal, this keeps your messages off third-party APIs.
clawhub install signalimsg iMessage
3.5K
iMessage and SMS from your Mac. List chats, search history, send messages. macOS only.
clawhub install imsg🛠 Developer Tools
github
24.8K
The full GitHub CLI wrapped as a skill. Issues, PRs, CI runs, code search, repo management. Essential for any dev workflow.
clawhub install githubvercel
9.3K
Plain English commands that map to Vercel CLI actions. Deploy, rollback, check logs, manage environment variables. No terminal needed.
clawhub install verceln8n-workflow-automation
6.8K
Chat-driven control over your local n8n instance. Trigger workflows, manage automations. No subscription, no dashboard clicking. Just talk to your agent.
clawhub install n8n-workflow-automationclawddocs Docs Expert
9.9K ★94
Decision-tree documentation navigator. Instead of Googling "openclaw how to configure X," just ask your agent. 5 versions, actively maintained.
clawhub install clawddocscomposio
11.2K
One integration that connects 860+ external tools. GitHub, Slack, Gmail, Stripe, and more. Handles all auth pipelines so you don't have to.
clawhub install composio🎬 Media & Content Creation
nano-banana-pro Image Gen
13.4K
Image generation and editing via Gemini 3 Pro. Text-to-image, image-to-image, up to 4K output. Blog headers, thumbnails, social graphics.
clawhub install nano-banana-proopenai-whisper Transcription
11.5K
Fast, accurate speech-to-text via OpenAI Whisper API. Point it at a meeting recording, podcast episode, or voice memo. Your audio stays private.
clawhub install openai-whisperyoutube-watcher
9.1K
YouTube transcript fetching and search. Combine with Summarize and you can digest a 2-hour conference talk in 30 seconds. Essential for research.
clawhub install youtube-watcherelevenlabs-skill TTS
8.4K
Text-to-speech, sound effects, music generation, and voice management via ElevenLabs API. Give your agent a real voice. Use as a failsafe: if email fails, it calls someone.
clawhub install elevenlabs-skillffmpeg-video-editor
6.7K
Natural language video editing via FFmpeg. "Trim the first 30 seconds and compress to 720p." No need to memorize FFmpeg syntax.
clawhub install ffmpeg-video-editorfal-ai Multimodal Gen
7.9K
Images, videos, and audio via fal.ai API. FLUX, SDXL, Whisper, and more models in one skill. The Swiss army knife for AI-generated media.
clawhub install fal-ai🧠 Knowledge & Memory
self-improving-agent
32K ★338
The highest-starred skill on ClawHub. Tracks errors, learnings, and preferences across sessions. Your agent gets better at YOUR specific workflows over time.
clawhub install self-improving-agentontology
27.6K
Structured knowledge graph with typed relationships. Entities, connections, traversals. The structured memory that makes agents genuinely useful for complex research.
clawhub install ontologysummarize
26.1K
URLs, PDFs, audio, YouTube videos. Any content format in, clean summary out. The daily driver for knowledge work.
clawhub install summarizeobsidian
12.4K
Local-first knowledge base via your Obsidian vault. Create, search, and link notes. All Markdown, all on your machine.
clawhub install obsidian🍎 macOS Native
These only work on Macs. And they're some of the best skills on the platform. Zero API keys. Zero OAuth flows. Just install and go.
apple-notes
6.5K
Full Apple Notes integration. Create, search, edit, organize. Syncs to your iPhone via iCloud automatically.
clawhub install apple-notesthings-mac Things 3
6.2K
Things 3 task manager. Add todos, manage projects, search tasks. Popular among Mac power users who prefer Things over Reminders.
clawhub install things-macapple-shortcuts
5.9K
Run any Apple Shortcut from your agent. The sleeper pick of this whole list. If you've built Shortcuts automations, OpenClaw now has access to all of them.
clawhub install apple-shortcutsapple-reminders
5.8K
"Remind me to call the dentist tomorrow at 9am." Done. Syncs to your iPhone. The simplest task capture you'll ever set up.
clawhub install apple-remindersapple-calendar
4.4K
Native Calendar app. Read events, check availability. Pairs with gog for dual-calendar setups (Google + Apple).
clawhub install apple-calendarspotify
6.2K
Control Spotify playback. "Play lo-fi while I work." Minor, but it makes the agent feel like an actual assistant. Uses spogo CLI.
clawhub install spotify🏠 Home & IoT
home-assistant
4.8K
Natural language smart home control. "Turn off the living room lights and set the thermostat to 22." Fully local, zero cloud dependency. Requires Home Assistant running on your network.
clawhub install home-assistantsonos
3.1K
Control Sonos speakers from your agent. Play, pause, volume, grouping. "Play jazz in the kitchen at 40% volume."
clawhub install sonos🔒 Security
skill-vetter
3.5K
Scans other skills for red flags before and after installation. The security guard you install before anything else from ClawHub. Non-negotiable if you install community skills.
clawhub install skill-vetter1password
4.2K
1Password CLI integration. Read secrets, inject credentials, run commands with secrets. Keep API keys out of plain text files.
clawhub install 1passwordMy Actual Stack (13 Agents)
I run 13 AI agents on a single Mac Mini. Each agent has its own workspace with specialized skills. Here's the reality of what powers a multi-agent content operation:
- gog for all email and calendar operations across every agent
- notion as the delivery layer. Every agent pushes deliverables to Notion. Newsletter drafts, research briefs, content calendars, sponsor targets. If it doesn't end up in Notion, it didn't happen.
- summarize for guest research. Every potential podcast guest gets their YouTube channel and content summarized before outreach.
- github for my ops agent to monitor all repos, CI status, and deployments.
- weather in morning briefings. I live in Bali. Rain at 2pm changes my whole day.
- nano-banana-pro for thumbnail concepts and blog graphics.
- apple-reminders as a quick-capture layer. Text my agent on Telegram, it creates a reminder that hits my phone.
- Custom skills for everything else. Content repurposing, sponsor prospecting, SEO article generation, newsletter templates. These are skills I built for my specific workflows.
I teach how to build all of this inside OpenClaw Lab. The exact SKILL.md files, the agent SOPs, the cron schedules. Everything.
How to Install Skills
Three steps. Takes under a minute.
- Install the ClawHub CLI (one time):
npm i -g clawhub- Install any skill:
clawhub install gog
clawhub install summarize
clawhub install github- Restart your OpenClaw session. New skills load on session start.
To update everything at once:
clawhub update --allTip: Skills install to ./skills by default. For shared skills across multiple agents, install to ~/.openclaw/skills instead.
For the full walkthrough on finding, evaluating, and installing skills safely, read my OpenClaw Skills Marketplace guide.
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