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Agent skill

Gitcrawl

by openclaw in openclaw/openclaw

GitHub archive: issue/PR search, sync freshness, duplicate clusters, current GitHub handoff, and Gitcrawl repo work.

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Install Gitcrawl

skills CLI
$ npx skills add openclaw/openclaw --skill gitcrawl -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install openclaw/openclaw gitcrawl --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/openclaw/openclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/gitcrawl .claude/skills/gitcrawl && 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
gitcrawl
GitHub stars
392k
Token cost
~690 tokens
SKILL.md length
243 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
96
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

GitHub archive: issue/PR search, sync freshness, duplicate clusters, current GitHub handoff, and Gitcrawl repo work.

  • SKILL.md covers Current GitHub State and Archive Boundaries
  • Calls gh and sqlite3

What it does

Gitcrawl is an agent skill from openclaw/openclaw. GitHub archive: issue/PR search, sync freshness, duplicate clusters, current GitHub handoff, and Gitcrawl repo work.

Its SKILL.md is about 690 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It works with GitHub. The repository describes itself as: The AI that really does things. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. 🦞. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/gitcrawl”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f8e594e. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • gh
    • sqlite3

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • github.com

    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

Gitcrawl loads about 690 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 31 tokens; SKILL.md has 243 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~31
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~690

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from openclaw/openclaw at commit f8e594e, republished under its MIT licence (© openclaw). 243 words, ~690 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/gitcrawl/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
gitcrawl
description
GitHub archive: issue/PR search, sync freshness, duplicate clusters, current GitHub handoff, and Gitcrawl repo work.

Gitcrawl

Use local GitHub archives for discovery; verify current GitHub state before a maintainer decision or public mutation. Check freshness and configured database paths with gitcrawl doctor --json.

bash
gitcrawl threads owner/repo --numbers <number> --include-closed --json
gitcrawl neighbors owner/repo --number <number> --limit 12 --json
gitcrawl search issues "query" -R owner/repo --state open --json number,title,url
gitcrawl clusters owner/repo --sort size --min-size 5
gitcrawl cluster-detail owner/repo --id <cluster-id>

For stale results, use a bounded --sync-if-stale 5m search or targeted gitcrawl sync owner/repo --numbers 123,456 --with pr-details. The latter hydrates local PR files, commits, checks, workflow runs, and review-thread resolution; it does not populate the separate GitHub CLI cache.

Current GitHub State

Use bare PATH gh and narrow native JSON fields:

bash
gh pr view <number> -R owner/repo --json number,title,state,url,isDraft,headRefName,headRefOid
gh pr checks <number> -R owner/repo --json name,state,bucket,link
gh issue view <number> -R owner/repo --json number,title,state,closedAt,url

gitcrawl gh was removed. Its exit 2 is a migration notice, not an auth failure. Do not pass its --live/--cached flags or old field names to gh, restore an old Gitcrawl, bypass the existing Octopool shim, or change auth/PATH/config to repair that removed command. Octopool owns the shared gh cache; Gitcrawl owns the local archive. See the upstream migration guide when setting up or diagnosing that handoff.

Archive Boundaries

Archive state and similarity are candidate evidence, not proof of a duplicate or resolved issue. Report repository, issue/PR numbers, absolute date spans, cluster IDs, freshness, and known gaps. close-thread, close-cluster, and canonical-member choices are local overrides; they do not mutate GitHub. Public mutations use authorized gh workflows and checkout proof.

For exact archive counts, Gitcrawl has no sql subcommand. Resolve .db_path from doctor --json and use sqlite3 -readonly; do not modify database rows instead of using the maintainer commands. For Gitcrawl implementation work, verify the checkout remote is openclaw/gitcrawl and use its own instructions.

© openclaw, 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 1 other file in .agents/skills/gitcrawl of openclaw/openclaw.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f8e594e

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Questions about Gitcrawl

What does Gitcrawl do?

GitHub archive: issue/PR search, sync freshness, duplicate clusters, current GitHub handoff, and Gitcrawl repo work. Gitcrawl is an agent skill from openclaw/openclaw. GitHub archive: issue/PR search, sync freshness, duplicate clusters, current GitHub handoff, and Gitcrawl repo work.

How do I install Gitcrawl in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add openclaw/openclaw --skill gitcrawl -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/gitcrawl in openclaw/openclaw) into .claude/skills/gitcrawl in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Gitcrawl in Codex?

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

Can I use Gitcrawl 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 openclaw/openclaw --skill gitcrawl -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/gitcrawl, .gemini/skills/gitcrawl, .github/skills/gitcrawl and .opencode/skills/gitcrawl in your project.

What does Gitcrawl need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Gitcrawl needs the command-line tools its instructions call (gh and sqlite3).

Does Gitcrawl access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Gitcrawl 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. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Gitcrawl use?

Gitcrawl 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 Gitcrawl use?

About 690 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.8k 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 Gitcrawl?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Gitcrawl: PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars), Diagnosing Superpowers Sessions (obra/superpowers, 297k stars), Greploop (onyx-dot-app/onyx, 32k stars) and GitHub Deep Research (bytedance/deer-flow, 84k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Gitcrawl?

openclaw (a GitHub organization) maintains it in openclaw/openclaw, which has 391,504 GitHub stars. The repository holds 96 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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