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Prototype Openclaw Tui

by openclaw in openclaw/openclaw

Build throwaway, fixture-driven OpenClaw Clack or Pi TUI prototypes and compare multiple interactive variants side by side in tmux without running the full application or touching live state.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Prototype Openclaw Tui

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install openclaw/openclaw prototype-openclaw-tui --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/prototype-openclaw-tui .claude/skills/prototype-openclaw-tui && 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
prototype-openclaw-tui
GitHub stars
392k
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
565 words
Files
3 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
93
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Build throwaway, fixture-driven OpenClaw Clack or Pi TUI prototypes and compare multiple interactive variants side by side in tmux without running the full application or touching live state.

  • Works in 8 steps: Read the target module, its renderer… → Create the smallest executable harness… → If the surface already exists, make the… → …
  • Development work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Rules, Choose the renderer, Workflow and Launch the comparison grid, plus 1 more section
  • Runs Shell scripts from its folder

What it does

Prototype Openclaw Tui is an agent skill from openclaw/openclaw. Build throwaway, fixture-driven OpenClaw Clack or Pi TUI prototypes and compare multiple interactive variants side by side in tmux without running the full application or touching live state.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including scripts (for example `agents/openai.yaml` and `scripts/launch-tmux-grid.sh`).

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

When your agent uses it

  • Development work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/prototype-openclaw-tui”

Requirements

  • A Bash shell

Workflow steps

8 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Read the target module, its renderer adapter, callers, and adjacent tests.
  2. Create the smallest executable harness that reaches the target surface.
  3. If the surface already exists, make the no-argument invocation render its
  4. Add structurally different alternatives behind --variant=, for two
  5. Give every variant the same fixture data and terminal dimensions.
  6. Run each variant directly in its own tmux pane. Do not pipe interactive TUI
  7. Iterate on the harness with the launcher's --refresh mode. Respawn the
  8. After the user chooses a direction, carry the decision into production code

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1eb5970. 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 1 file 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

Prototype Openclaw Tui loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 54 tokens; SKILL.md has 565 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~54
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k

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 openclaw/openclaw at commit 1eb5970, republished under its MIT licence (© openclaw). 565 words, ~1,295 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/prototype-openclaw-tui/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
prototype-openclaw-tui
description
Build throwaway, fixture-driven OpenClaw Clack or Pi TUI prototypes and compare multiple interactive variants side by side in tmux without running the full application or touching live state.
user-invocable
true
disable-model-invocation
true

Prototype OpenClaw TUI

Use this skill to isolate one OpenClaw terminal surface, render it with the real OpenClaw TUI stack, and compare two to six design variants in tmux.

Rules

  • Read the root and scoped AGENTS.md files before editing.
  • Keep the prototype beside the target and name it *.prototype.ts.
  • When iterating on an existing surface, include its current implementation as the first baseline variant with the same fixture data. Only omit the baseline when the user explicitly asks for a greenfield comparison.
  • Use the real OpenClaw renderer, theme, copy, and component where practical.
  • Replace scanning, models, network calls, installs, config writes, SQLite, and other durable effects with deterministic in-memory fixtures.
  • Do not run the full OpenClaw application when the isolated surface is enough.
  • Treat prototype code as throwaway. Do not promote it directly to production.
  • Preserve unrelated and pre-existing worktree changes.

Choose the renderer

  • Wizard, onboarding, configuration, doctor, selection, or progress surface: use createClackPrompter() from src/wizard/clack-prompter.ts.
  • Agent shell, chat, overlay, editor, selector, or src/tui/** component: use @earendil-works/pi-tui and the existing OpenClaw component.

Do not invent a shared Clack/Pi abstraction. They are separate prototype recipes joined only by the tmux comparison loop.

Workflow

  1. Read the target module, its renderer adapter, callers, and adjacent tests.
  2. Create the smallest executable harness that reaches the target surface.
  3. If the surface already exists, make the no-argument invocation render its current implementation unchanged as --variant=baseline.
  4. Add structurally different alternatives behind --variant=<id>, for two to six total variants including the baseline.
  5. Give every variant the same fixture data and terminal dimensions.
  6. Run each variant directly in its own tmux pane. Do not pipe interactive TUI output; tmux must provide the PTY.
  7. Iterate on the harness with the launcher's --refresh mode. Respawn the panes in the existing session; do not kill the session or reopen the user's terminal.
  8. After the user chooses a direction, carry the decision into production code with normal tests and validation. Remove or separately capture the prototype.
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Launch the comparison grid

Run the bundled launcher with a session name, repository path, then title and command pairs:

bash
.agents/skills/prototype-openclaw-tui/scripts/launch-tmux-grid.sh \
  --open \
  app-recommendations-prototype "$PWD" \
  "A - Baseline" "node --import tsx src/wizard/setup.app-recommendations.prototype.ts --variant=baseline" \
  "B - Grouped" "node --import tsx src/wizard/setup.app-recommendations.prototype.ts --variant=grouped" \
  "C - Focused" "node --import tsx src/wizard/setup.app-recommendations.prototype.ts --variant=focused"

After editing the prototype, run the same command with --refresh instead of --open. This preserves the tmux session, attached external terminal, window, and first pane while restarting all pane commands and reapplying the grid:

bash
.agents/skills/prototype-openclaw-tui/scripts/launch-tmux-grid.sh \
  --refresh \
  app-recommendations-prototype "$PWD" \
  "A - Baseline" "node --import tsx src/wizard/setup.app-recommendations.prototype.ts --variant=baseline" \
  "B - Grouped" "node --import tsx src/wizard/setup.app-recommendations.prototype.ts --variant=grouped" \
  "C - Focused" "node --import tsx src/wizard/setup.app-recommendations.prototype.ts --variant=focused"

The launcher refuses to replace an existing session unless --refresh is explicitly provided. --open uses the user's .command-associated terminal app on macOS, Windows Terminal from WSL, or the first available Linux launcher from xdg-terminal-exec, $TERMINAL, and x-terminal-emulator. If no supported launcher is available, the tmux session remains ready at equal detached dimensions and the script exits successfully after printing the manual attach command. Attach, then run --refresh once to adopt the terminal's larger dimensions. The same guidance applies if an external terminal opens but does not attach within ten seconds. When invoked from a non-interactive TERM=dumb environment, the launcher removes its inherited NO_COLOR only from prototype pane processes so the external terminal can detect and render its normal colors. Prefer the external terminal over the Codex in-app terminal unless the user asks for the in-app surface. Leave the session running for user review unless asked to stop it.

Handoff

Report:

  • the prototype path and exact run command;
  • the tmux session name and attach command;
  • which effects were replaced with fixtures;
  • available variant ids;
  • whether the prototype changed production code (normally no).

© 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 2 other files (scripts) in .agents/skills/prototype-openclaw-tui of openclaw/openclaw.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • scripts/launch-tmux-grid.sh

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1eb5970

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Questions about Prototype Openclaw Tui

What does Prototype Openclaw Tui do?

Build throwaway, fixture-driven OpenClaw Clack or Pi TUI prototypes and compare multiple interactive variants side by side in tmux without running the full application or touching live state. Prototype Openclaw Tui is an agent skill from openclaw/openclaw. Build throwaway, fixture-driven OpenClaw Clack or Pi TUI prototypes and compare multiple interactive variants side by side in tmux without running the full application or touching live state.

When should I use Prototype Openclaw Tui?

Prototype Openclaw Tui fits situations like: development work in your project.

How do I install Prototype Openclaw Tui in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Prototype Openclaw Tui in Codex?

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

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

What does Prototype Openclaw Tui need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Prototype Openclaw Tui needs a shell for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: A Bash shell.

Does Prototype Openclaw Tui 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 Prototype Openclaw Tui 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 Prototype Openclaw Tui use?

Prototype Openclaw Tui 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 Prototype Openclaw Tui use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.2k 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 Prototype Openclaw Tui?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Prototype Openclaw Tui: Agent Feature Reproduction (QwenLM/qwen-code, 28k stars), Using Tmux For Interactive Commands (obra/superpowers-lab, 430 stars), Git History Bug Audit (ben-manes/caffeine, 18k stars) and Tuicr (agavra/tuicr, 3.3k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Prototype Openclaw Tui?

openclaw (a GitHub organization) maintains it in openclaw/openclaw, which has 391,610 GitHub stars. The repository holds 93 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 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.