Top 10 ClawHub Skills β 2026
/** Our editorial pick of the ClawHub skills worth installing first, with what each one is actually for */
Full Chrome automation β navigate, click, fill forms, extract data, take screenshots, and handle modern SPAs with real browser sessions. The jump to #1 came with v2026.3.13, which replaced the Puppeteer backend with a genuine Chrome profile that passes bot detection on most commercial sites. Indispensable for price monitoring, research automation, and any workflow that requires interacting with a JavaScript-rendered interface.
Extended persistent memory with multimodal support β remembers conversations, images, voice notes, and documents across sessions. Built on SQLite with FTS5 full-text search, it retrieves memories by semantic similarity rather than exact keyword match. A must-have for anyone who has outgrown the default memory.md approach and wants their agent to accumulate and recall context reliably over months of use.
Advanced Telegram integration that goes far beyond the built-in connector. Adds inline keyboards for interactive decision-making, scheduled messages, media handling (photos, documents, voice messages), and multi-group management. The highest-rated skill in the Messaging category for two consecutive years. Essential for users who treat Telegram as their primary interface with their agent.
Full GitHub integration covering PR reviews with inline comments, issue triage and labeling, CI/CD run monitoring, code suggestions from diff analysis, and repository analytics. Used by 200+ engineering teams as a background assistant that flags failing CI, summarizes PR feedback, and drafts release notes from commit history. Integrates with GitHub Actions workflows via webhook triggers.
Deep Home Assistant integration with automatic device discovery, automation creation through conversation, and natural language scene control for 200+ device types. Unlike the basic HA skill, the Pro version supports presence detection state machines, energy monitoring queries, and multi-zone scene orchestration. The go-to for smart home users who want their agent to manage their home proactively, not just respond to commands.
Bi-directional Notion sync that lets you query databases with natural language filters, create richly-formatted pages, update existing entries, and manage your entire workspace conversationally. Knowledge workers and writers use it to let their agent draft content directly into their Notion writing workspace, triage inbox databases, and maintain project status trackers without manual updates.
Gmail and Outlook integration with smart triage (categorizes and prioritizes your inbox daily), auto-drafting in your tone using configurable style profiles, scheduled send, and attachment processing including invoice extraction and document summarization. Operates in draft-only mode by default β nothing sends without your approval. The most-requested feature (attachment processing) shipped in v3.2.
Cron-based task scheduling for OpenClaw that lets you run skills on fixed intervals, at specific times, or triggered by external events (webhook, file change, API response threshold). Handles retry logic, failure notifications, and per-job token limits to prevent runaway cost. The foundation for any production OpenClaw setup β almost every serious automation eventually depends on this skill.
Advanced file operations including read, write, search, compress, convert, and watch for changes. Supports both local storage and cloud backends (S3, Google Drive, Dropbox). The watch mode lets your agent react to new files automatically β useful for processing incoming invoices, monitoring a downloads folder for new documents, or triggering workflows when a report file is updated.
Voice-to-text and text-to-voice using Whisper models for transcription and ElevenLabs for natural-sounding TTS output. Runs Whisper locally for privacy-sensitive transcription or via API for faster processing. Enables hands-free voice control through Telegram voice messages, inbound phone calls via Twilio, or a connected microphone. Popular with users who want to interact with their agent while driving or doing household tasks.
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Frequently Asked Questions
It is an editorial ordering, not a measured ranking. ClawHub does not publish per-skill install or rating data that we can cite, so ranking by adoption would mean inventing numbers. The order reflects what we think a new user should install first: breadth of use case, how often the skill is the answer to a question we see asked, and how well it holds up once you depend on it. If you want raw popularity, check the ClawHub listing itself.
The rankings are refreshed monthly based on ClawHub's active install data. Skills can move significantly between updates β a viral r/openclaw post or a major new feature release can shift a skill's ranking by several positions in a single month. The Rising Stars section specifically tracks month-over-month percentage growth, which often surfaces skills before they break into the top 10.
All skills in this list are Verified Publisher and have been audited by ClawHub's automated scanner. That said, 'safe' depends on what permissions you grant. Review each skill's declared permissions carefully before installing, and use tool restrictions in your TOOLS.md to limit what each skill can access beyond its declared needs. Run 'npx carapace scan' after installation as a local second opinion.
The most powerful combination reported by the community: memory-enhanced + scheduler + browser-control forms the foundation of most sophisticated automations. Add github-actions for developer workflows, home-assistant-pro for home automation, and email-manager for communication. These five skills cover 80% of what power users automate. The remaining top 10 slots are more specialized by use case.
The core skills (memory-enhanced, scheduler, file-system) are maintained by @openclaw-team and are guaranteed conflict-free with each other. Third-party skills occasionally conflict when they both try to register the same tool name β OpenClaw will warn you during install. The most common conflict is between different calendar skills that both register a 'create_event' tool handler.
Yes, but be deliberate about it. Having both telegram-pro and a basic Telegram skill installed can cause routing ambiguity. OpenClaw resolves this by preferring the skill with higher confidence for the specific intent, but you can also explicitly disable redundant skills with 'openclaw skills library disable <name>' to keep routing clean. For most categories, one well-chosen skill is better than two competing ones.