What this skill does
Designs, debugs, evaluates, and hardens AI agents — the loop, tools, memory, context budget, cost, and escalation — independent of any framework. Use when an agent loops forever, repeats a tool call, drifts from its instructions after many turns, invents tool arguments, stops mid-task, or swallows a tool error silently; when deciding single agent versus several, or which framework to build on; when token cost per task or p95 latency has to come down; when designing tool schemas, retries, timeouts, checkpoints, or human approval; when writing an eval set or a regression suite for agent behavior; when prompt injection, tool abuse, or an over-permissioned action is the risk; and when specifying an agent's purpose, escalation rules, and cost ceiling for a team. Covers memory design, multi-agent handoffs, tracing, and rollout. Not for LangChain APIs (`langchain`), retrieval pipelines (`rag`), prompt craft alone (`prompting`), or agent persona and voice (`agent`).
Agents is part of the Developer Tools category — developer tools that help your agent write, review, debug, and ship code. You can install it on its own or alongside other developer tools skills from the OpenClaw catalog.
How to install Agents
The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:
- Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
- Open the in-app Skills panel.
- Search for
agentsand click Install. - The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.
Install from the command line
If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add Agents with a single command:
openclaw skills add agents
This pulls agents from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/agents/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.
How to use Agents
Once installed, Agents activates on its own: when an incoming message on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Feishu or Line matches the skill's description, your OpenClaw agent loads it and runs the workflow. You can also trigger it explicitly by describing the task in chat. No extra configuration is required after install.
Putting audio in front of an audience
Agents works with audio. Getting from there to something postable is a separate job: ViralMint — an open-source video pipeline — pairs audio with footage or generated visuals, burns synced captions, and exports a finished short.
It runs as an MCP server, so an OpenClaw agent can drive it from the same chat you already use: ask for a short, and the render comes back finished. See how to connect a video pipeline to your agent.
Manual install (advanced)
If you prefer manual installation:
- Click the Download .zip button above to grab
agents-1.0.2.zipdirectly from our S3 mirror. - Unzip into
~/.openclaw/skills/agents/(create the directory if it does not exist). - Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.
Frequently asked questions
How do I install Agents?
Install Agents in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for agents, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add agents. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/agents/.
Is Agents free?
Yes. Agents is free and open-source, distributed under the Apache-2.0 license through ClawHub. No account or payment is required to download or run it.
What does Agents do?
Designs, debugs, evaluates, and hardens AI agents — the loop, tools, memory, context budget, cost, and escalation — independent of any framework.
Related: more developer tools skills
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Free, open-source · Apache-2.0 · Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or local Ollama models