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Import Any ClawHub Skill in One Step

Sidekick v1.0.21 — ClawHub Skill Import & Parser

Starting today, every skill in ClawHub's catalogue of 13,000+ community-built skills is available inside Sidekick — importable by slug or URL, no setup required.

What's new

v1.0.21 ships a full skill import pipeline:

  • Import by slug or URL. Paste in summarize-email or https://clawhub.io/skills/summarize-email and Sidekick takes it from there.
  • SKILL.md parser. Sidekick reads the same SKILL.md format that OpenClaw uses: YAML frontmatter for metadata and requirements, followed by a markdown instruction body.
  • Automatic requirement extraction. The importer reads every env and binary requirement declared in the skill and resolves them against your account automatically.
  • Binary-to-cloud translation. Skills written for self-hosted OpenClaw agents sometimes declare binary dependencies like ffmpeg or chromium. On Sidekick, those are silently mapped to hosted cloud services — you never install anything locally.
  • Pre-install compatibility validation. If a required environment variable is missing or a dependency can't be resolved, Sidekick tells you exactly what's needed before touching your account.

How it works

1. You provide a ClawHub slug or URL
2. Sidekick fetches and parses the SKILL.md
3. Requirements are extracted (env vars + binaries)
4. Binaries are translated to Sidekick cloud services
5. Compatibility is validated against your account
6. Skill is installed and ready to use

Why this matters

OpenClaw is the most popular self-hosted AI agent framework, and ClawHub is where its community publishes reusable skills. Until now, using those skills on a hosted platform meant manually porting them. With v1.0.21, the entire ClawHub catalogue works on Sidekick out of the box — same SKILL.md files, same skill behaviour, none of the local infrastructure.

Full documentation

See the ClawHub Skill Import feature guide for the complete reference, including the SKILL.md format, requirement extraction details, and validation rules.