What this skill does
Manages client relationships end to end for freelancers, consultants, and agencies: qualifying leads, scoping, onboarding, scope creep, getting paid. Use when a prospect enquires and the call is whether to take them, when a proposal or SOW has to be scoped and priced, when onboarding needs access, stakeholders and approvals, when the client keeps adding "one small thing", when an invoice is late and the chase has to escalate, when a client goes quiet or the relationship is decaying, when rates have to go up on an existing client, when an engagement is renewing, expanding, or ending, and when a client has to be fired or a hard conversation drafted. Covers retainers versus project work, change orders, procurement, handover, and referrals. Not for drafting the contract itself (`contract`), issuing invoices (`invoice`), filing received invoices (`invoices`), a personal contact book (`people`), running an agency as a business (`agency`), or platform tactics on Upwork (`upwork`).
Clients is part of the Data & APIs category — data and API skills that fetch, query, and work with external data sources. You can install it on its own or alongside other data & apis skills from the OpenClaw catalog.
How to install Clients
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
clientsand 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 Clients with a single command:
openclaw skills add clients
This pulls clients from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/clients/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.
How to use Clients
Once installed, Clients 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.
Manual install (advanced)
If you prefer manual installation:
- Click the Download .zip button above to grab
clients-1.0.2.zipdirectly from our S3 mirror. - Unzip into
~/.openclaw/skills/clients/(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 Clients?
Install Clients in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for clients, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add clients. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/clients/.
Is Clients free?
Yes. Clients 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 Clients do?
Manages client relationships end to end for freelancers, consultants, and agencies: qualifying leads, scoping, onboarding, scope creep, getting paid.
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Free, open-source · Apache-2.0 · Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or local Ollama models