Skill Design Guide for OpenClaw

What this skill does

Design better AI skills with proven architecture patterns. Helps you decide Workflow vs Agent, pick the right pattern (Prompt Chaining, Routing, Parallelization, Orchestrator-Workers, Evaluator-Optimizer), write clean SKILL.md files, and catch common mistakes with a governance-aware quality checklist. Based on design principles from Anthropic, OpenAI, and LangChain.

The Skill Design Guide 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 the Skill Design Guide

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 skill-design-guide-skill 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 the Skill Design Guide with a single command:

openclaw skills add skill-design-guide-skill

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

How to use the Skill Design Guide

Once installed, the Skill Design Guide 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 skill .zip button above to grab skill-design-guide-skill-1.7.1.zip directly from our S3 mirror.
2. Unzip into ~/.openclaw/skills/skill-design-guide-skill/ (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 Skill Design Guide?

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

Is the Skill Design Guide free?

Yes. It is free to download and run through ClawHub, with no account or payment required. Each skill is published by its own author under its own licence — see its ClawHub page for the licence and source.

What does Skill Design Guide do?

Design better AI skills with proven architecture patterns.

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