Research Assistant

What this skill does

Organized research and knowledge management for agents. Use when you need to structure, store, retrieve, and export research notes across topics. Supports adding notes with tags, listing topics, searching across all notes, and exporting to markdown. Perfect for multi-session projects, tracking ideas, and maintaining structured knowledge.

Research Assistant 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 Research Assistant

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 research-assistant 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 Research Assistant with a single command:

openclaw skills add research-assistant

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

How to use Research Assistant

Once installed, Research Assistant 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 research-assistant-1.0.1.zip directly from our S3 mirror.
2. Unzip into ~/.openclaw/skills/research-assistant/ (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 Research Assistant?

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

Is Research Assistant free?

Yes. Research Assistant 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 Research Assistant do?

Organized research and knowledge management for agents.

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