Triage / Task Prioritization

What this skill does

Prioritizes competing tasks into P0-P3 by cost of delay and decides what to do first, what waits, and when to interrupt current work. Use when tasks pile up or everything feels urgent, when a request arrives mid-task, when triaging bugs, tickets, alerts, or a backlog after time away, when deadlines conflict or slack runs out, or when the user says urgent, ASAP, EOD, drop everything, or no rush. Learns the user's real priority rules from their corrections and reorders. Not for effort estimation or roadmap planning.

Triage / Task Prioritization 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 Triage / Task Prioritization

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 triage 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 Triage / Task Prioritization with a single command:

openclaw skills add triage

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

How to use Triage / Task Prioritization

Once installed, Triage / Task Prioritization 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 triage-1.0.3.zip directly from our S3 mirror.
2. Unzip into ~/.openclaw/skills/triage/ (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 Triage / Task Prioritization?

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

Is Triage / Task Prioritization free?

Yes. Triage / Task Prioritization 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 Triage / Task Prioritization do?

Prioritizes competing tasks into P0-P3 by cost of delay and decides what to do first, what waits, and when to interrupt current work.

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