Agent skill

Clawdbot Release Check

by jdrhyne in jdrhyne/agent-skills

Check for new OpenClaw releases and notify once per new version.

MITAuto-check passed

Install Clawdbot Release Check

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jdrhyne/agent-skills --skill clawdbot-release-check -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jdrhyne/agent-skills clawdbot-release-check --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jdrhyne/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/clawdbot/clawdbot-release-check .claude/skills/clawdbot-release-check && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
clawdbot-release-check
GitHub stars
240
Token cost
~322 tokens
SKILL.md length
47 words
Files
3 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
20
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Check for new OpenClaw releases and notify once per new version.

  • SKILL.md covers Installation, Quick Setup (cron), Manual Usage and Files, plus 1 more section
  • Runs Shell scripts from its folder

What it does

Clawdbot Release Check is an agent skill from jdrhyne/agent-skills. Check for new OpenClaw releases and notify once per new version.

Its SKILL.md is about 320 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including scripts (for example `scripts/check.sh` and `scripts/setup.sh`).

The repository describes itself as: A collection of AI agent skills for Clawdbot, Claude Code, Codex. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/clawdbot-release-check”

Requirements

  • A Bash shell

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 439cd3a. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Shell), which the agent can run.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Clawdbot Release Check loads about 322 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 22 tokens; SKILL.md has 47 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~22
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~322

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from jdrhyne/agent-skills at commit 439cd3a, republished under its MIT licence (© jdrhyne). 47 words, ~322 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/clawdbot-release-check/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
clawdbot-release-check
description
Check for new OpenClaw releases and notify once per new version.
homepage
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw

OpenClaw Release Check

Checks for new OpenClaw releases from GitHub and notifies once per version (no spam).

Installation

bash
clawhub install clawdbot-release-check

Quick Setup (cron)

bash
# Add daily update check at 9am, notify via Telegram
{baseDir}/scripts/setup.sh --telegram YOUR_TELEGRAM_ID

# Custom hour
{baseDir}/scripts/setup.sh --hour 8 --telegram YOUR_TELEGRAM_ID

# Remove cron job
{baseDir}/scripts/setup.sh --uninstall

After setup, restart gateway:

bash
openclaw gateway restart

Manual Usage

bash
{baseDir}/scripts/check.sh
{baseDir}/scripts/check.sh --status
{baseDir}/scripts/check.sh --force
{baseDir}/scripts/check.sh --all-highlights
{baseDir}/scripts/check.sh --reset
{baseDir}/scripts/check.sh --help

Files

  • State: ~/.openclaw/clawdbot-release-check-state.json
  • Cache: ~/.openclaw/clawdbot-release-check-cache.json

Configuration

Environment variables:

  • OPENCLAW_DIR — path to OpenClaw source/install
  • CACHE_MAX_AGE_HOURS — cache TTL in hours (default: 24)

© jdrhyne, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (scripts) in clawdbot/clawdbot-release-check of jdrhyne/agent-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • scripts/check.sh
  • scripts/setup.sh

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 439cd3a

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Releasecodewhale-hq/Codewhale41k—~189Automated safety check: PassMIT
ReleasePrefectHQ/fastmcp28k—~2.9kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Questions about Clawdbot Release Check

What does Clawdbot Release Check do?

Check for new OpenClaw releases and notify once per new version. Clawdbot Release Check is an agent skill from jdrhyne/agent-skills. Check for new OpenClaw releases and notify once per new version.

How do I install Clawdbot Release Check in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jdrhyne/agent-skills --skill clawdbot-release-check -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (clawdbot/clawdbot-release-check in jdrhyne/agent-skills) into .claude/skills/clawdbot-release-check in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Clawdbot Release Check in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jdrhyne/agent-skills --skill clawdbot-release-check -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (clawdbot/clawdbot-release-check in jdrhyne/agent-skills) into .agents/skills/clawdbot-release-check in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Clawdbot Release Check in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add jdrhyne/agent-skills --skill clawdbot-release-check -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/clawdbot-release-check, .gemini/skills/clawdbot-release-check, .github/skills/clawdbot-release-check and .opencode/skills/clawdbot-release-check in your project.

What does Clawdbot Release Check need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Clawdbot Release Check needs a shell for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: A Bash shell.

Does Clawdbot Release Check access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Clawdbot Release Check safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Clawdbot Release Check use?

Clawdbot Release Check is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Clawdbot Release Check use?

About 322 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Clawdbot Release Check?

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Who maintains Clawdbot Release Check?

jdrhyne (a GitHub user) maintains it in jdrhyne/agent-skills, which has 240 GitHub stars. The repository holds 20 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 30, 2026.

Source: jdrhyne/agent-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.