Redis

What this skill does

Designs, tunes, and debugs Redis: data structures, memory limits, persistence, Streams and queues, locks, replication, and cluster. Use when writing Redis commands or Lua, choosing between a hash, a sorted set and a stream, setting expirations on cache keys, building a queue, distributed lock, rate limiter, leaderboard, session store or counter, or when Redis answers OOM, MISCONF, CROSSSLOT, MOVED, BUSY, LOADING or WRONGTYPE, latency spikes, memory keeps growing, keys vanish early or never expire, a replica lags or a failover loses writes, KEYS or a big DEL freezes the server, connections are refused, or a cluster reshard, a Valkey / ElastiCache / MemoryDB / Upstash move, or a persistence and backup plan is on the table. Covers redis-cli forensics, pipelining, eviction policies, keyspace notifications, ACLs and exposed-instance hardening, and the JSON, Search and TimeSeries modules. Not for store-agnostic cache hierarchy strategy (caching) or picking a rate-limit algorithm (rate-limiting).

Redis 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 Redis

The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:

1. Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
2. Open the in-app Skills panel.
3. Search for redis-store and click Install.
4. The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.

Install from the command line

If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add Redis with a single command:

openclaw skills add redis-store

This pulls redis-store from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/redis-store/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.

How to use Redis

Once installed, Redis 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:

1. Click the Download .zip button above to grab redis-store-1.0.1.zip directly from our S3 mirror.
2. Unzip into ~/.openclaw/skills/redis-store/ (create the directory if it does not exist).
3. Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.

Frequently asked questions

How do I install Redis?

Install Redis in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for redis-store, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add redis-store. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/redis-store/.

Is Redis free?

Yes. Redis 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 Redis do?

Designs, tunes, and debugs Redis: data structures, memory limits, persistence, Streams and queues, locks, replication, and cluster.

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