picoclaw/docs/user-guide/cli/skills.md
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Getting Started:
- Installation guide (binary, source, Docker, Termux)
- Quick start and configuration basics
- First chat tutorial

User Guide:
- Complete CLI reference (9 command docs)
- 11 channel setup guides (Telegram, Discord, Slack, etc.)
- 9 LLM provider guides (OpenRouter, Zhipu, Anthropic, etc.)
- 8 tool documentation files
- Skills system documentation
- Workspace customization guides
- Advanced features (multi-agent, routing, security, etc.)

Developer Guide:
- Architecture and data flow
- Building and testing
- Contributing guidelines
- Extension guides for tools, providers, channels, skills
- API reference for all interfaces

Deployment:
- Docker and systemd guides
- Termux for Android
- SBC guides (Raspberry Pi, LicheeRV Nano, MaixCAM)
- Production security checklist

Operations:
- Health endpoints and monitoring
- Logging and device monitoring
- Troubleshooting guide

Tutorials:
- Step-by-step guides for common use cases
- Hardware control tutorial

Community:
- Project roadmap
- Support channels
- Contributing roles

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picoclaw skills

Manage skills - specialized capabilities for the agent.

Usage

# List installed skills
picoclaw skills list

# Install from GitHub
picoclaw skills install <repo>

# Remove a skill
picoclaw skills remove <name>

# Install builtin skills
picoclaw skills install-builtin

# List builtin skills
picoclaw skills list-builtin

# Search for skills
picoclaw skills search

# Show skill details
picoclaw skills show <name>

Subcommands

skills list

List all installed skills.

picoclaw skills list

Output:

Installed Skills:
------------------
  ✓ weather (workspace)
    Get weather information for any location
  ✓ news (builtin)
    Fetch latest news headlines
  ✓ calculator (builtin)
    Perform calculations

skills install

Install a skill from GitHub.

picoclaw skills install sipeed/picoclaw-skills/weather

skills remove

Remove an installed skill.

picoclaw skills remove weather

skills install-builtin

Copy all builtin skills to your workspace.

picoclaw skills install-builtin

skills list-builtin

List available builtin skills.

picoclaw skills list-builtin

Output:

Available Builtin Skills:
-----------------------
  ✓  weather
     Get weather information
  ✓  news
     Get latest news headlines
  ✓  stock
     Check stock prices
  ✓  calculator
     Perform mathematical calculations

Search for available skills online.

picoclaw skills search

skills show

Show details of a specific skill.

picoclaw skills show weather

Skill Locations

Skills are loaded from (in order):

  1. ~/.picoclaw/workspace/skills/ - Workspace skills
  2. ~/.picoclaw/skills/ - Global skills
  3. ~/.picoclaw/picoclaw/skills/ - Builtin skills

Skill Structure

A skill is a directory containing SKILL.md:

weather/
├── SKILL.md      # Skill definition
└── (optional files)

Creating Skills

See Creating Skills for how to create custom skills.

Examples

# Install a skill
picoclaw skills install sipeed/picoclaw-skills/weather

# List what's installed
picoclaw skills list

# Install all builtin skills
picoclaw skills install-builtin

# Show skill content
picoclaw skills show weather

# Remove a skill
picoclaw skills remove weather

See Also