Someone had to curate 13,729 OpenClaw skills so you don't have to

What it does

OpenClaw is a locally-run AI assistant that uses “skills” to talk to external APIs and automate tasks. This repository is an awesome list that catalogs roughly 5,200 of those skills pulled from the official ClawHub registry. The maintainers sorted them into dozens of categories—from Git & GitHub to Smart Home & IoT—so you can find a useful integration without drowning in the raw feed.

The interesting bit

The curation is aggressive and refreshingly transparent. The maintainers publish exactly what they excluded from the full registry of 13,729 skills: over 4,000 probable spam accounts, more than 1,000 duplicates, nearly 900 crypto and finance entries, and 373 flagged as malicious by security researchers. They even admit the resulting list is “curated, not audited,” which is a polite way of saying you still shouldn’t blindly install a skill that can read your email.

Key highlights

• Massive scope, heavy filtering: The list covers 5,211 skills (at last count) after cutting roughly 7,200 entries for spam, duplication, low quality, crypto/finance content, or security flags.
• Well-organized categories: Heavy hitters include Coding Agents & IDEs (1,184 skills), Web & Frontend Development (919), and DevOps & Cloud (393), alongside smaller niches like Smart Home & IoT and Moltbook.
• Security honesty: The README explicitly warns that skills can carry prompt injections, tool poisoning, or hidden malware, and points users to VirusTotal scans and third-party scanners like Snyk before installing anything.
• Ecosystem billboard: The repo doubles as a promotional space for related tools—managed hosts, OAuth providers, and model services—positioning itself as the top community destination after the official OpenClaw docs.

Caveats

• The skill counts in the README don’t quite line up: the header claims 5,300+, the body says 5,211, and the badge reads 5,198. None of these are catastrophic, but it suggests the list is a moving target.
• The list is curated by maintainers, not formally audited, so a skill’s presence here is a signal of quality, not a guarantee of safety.

Verdict

If you run OpenClaw locally and need a skill for GitHub, Stripe, or your smart lights, this is the obvious first stop. If you don’t use OpenClaw—or you treat every community plugin as a supply-chain attack waiting to happen—there’s nothing here for you.