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openclaw/taskflow

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Use when work should span one or more detached tasks but still behave like one job with a single owner context. TaskFlow is the durable flow substrate under authoring layers like Lobster, ACPX, plugins, or plain code. Keep conditional logic in the caller; use TaskFlow for flow identity, child-task linkage, waiting state, revision-checked mutations, and user-facing emergence.

steipete/extensions/lobster

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# Lobster Lobster executes multi-step workflows with approval checkpoints. Use it when: - User wants a repeatable automation (triage, monitor, sync) - Actions need human approval before executing (send, post, delete) - Multiple tool calls should run as one deterministic operation ## When to use Lobster | User intent | Use Lobster? | | ------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------

steipete/acp-router

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Route plain-language requests for Pi, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, OpenClaw ACP, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Qwen, Kiro, Kimi, iFlow, Factory Droid, Kilocode, or ACP harness work into either OpenClaw ACP runtime sessions or direct acpx-driven sessions ("telephone game" flow). For coding-agent thread requests, read this skill first, then use only `sessions_spawn` for thread creation.

steipete/xurl

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A CLI tool for making authenticated requests to the X (Twitter) API. Use this skill when you need to post tweets, reply, quote, search, read posts, manage followers, send DMs, upload media, or interact with any X API v2 endpoint.

steipete/sonoscli

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Control Sonos speakers (discover/status/play/volume/group).

steipete/clawhub

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Use the ClawHub CLI to search, install, update, and publish agent skills from clawhub.com. Use when you need to fetch new skills on the fly, sync installed skills to latest or a specific version, or publish new/updated skill folders with the npm-installed clawhub CLI.

steipete/things-mac

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Manage Things 3 via the `things` CLI on macOS (add/update projects+todos via URL scheme; read/search/list from the local Things database). Use when a user asks OpenClaw to add a task to Things, list inbox/today/upcoming, search tasks, or inspect projects/areas/tags.

steipete/wacli

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Send WhatsApp messages to other people or search/sync WhatsApp history via the wacli CLI (not for normal user chats).

steipete/obsidian-vault-maintainer

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Maintain an Obsidian-friendly memory wiki vault with wikilinks, frontmatter, and official Obsidian CLI awareness.

steipete/peekaboo

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Capture and automate macOS UI with the Peekaboo CLI.

steipete/taskflow

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Use when work should span one or more detached tasks but still behave like one job with a single owner context. TaskFlow is the durable flow substrate under authoring layers like Lobster, ACPX, plugins, or plain code. Keep conditional logic in the caller; use TaskFlow for flow identity, child-task linkage, waiting state, revision-checked mutations, and user-facing emergence.

steipete/blogwatcher

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Monitor blogs and RSS/Atom feeds for updates using the blogwatcher CLI.

steipete/imsg

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iMessage/SMS CLI for listing chats, history, and sending messages via Messages.app.

steipete/apple-notes

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Manage Apple Notes via the `memo` CLI on macOS (create, view, edit, delete, search, move, and export notes). Use when a user asks OpenClaw to add a note, list notes, search notes, or manage note folders.

steipete/openai-whisper

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Local speech-to-text with the Whisper CLI (no API key).

steipete/oracle

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Best practices for using the oracle CLI (prompt + file bundling, engines, sessions, and file attachment patterns).

steipete/skills/canvas

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# Canvas Skill Display HTML content on connected OpenClaw nodes (Mac app, iOS, Android). ## Overview The canvas tool lets you present web content on any connected node's canvas view. Great for: - Displaying games, visualizations, dashboards - Showing generated HTML content - Interactive demos ## How It Works ### Architecture ``` ┌─────────────────┐ ┌──────────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐ │ Canvas Host │────▶│ Node Bridge │────▶│ Node App │ │ (HTTP Server) │ │ (TCP

steipete/nano-pdf

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Edit PDFs with natural-language instructions using the nano-pdf CLI.

steipete/gog

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Google Workspace CLI for Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Contacts, Sheets, and Docs.