Agent skill

Register On Dashclaw

by ucsandman in ucsandman/DashClaw

Register any agent (including this one) as a governed agent on a DashClaw instance

MITAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Register On Dashclaw

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ucsandman/DashClaw --skill register-on-dashclaw -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ucsandman/DashClaw register-on-dashclaw --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/ucsandman/DashClaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/dashclaw-agent/register-on-dashclaw .claude/skills/register-on-dashclaw && 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
register-on-dashclaw
GitHub stars
311
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
194 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
13
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Register any agent (including this one) as a governed agent on a DashClaw instance

  • Works in 5 steps: Set Up Environment → Register → Create Self-Governance Policies → …
  • Tasks that involve Building AI agents
  • SKILL.md covers Register an Agent, Set Up Heartbeat, Configure Agent-Specific… and Agent Identity & Signatures, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls curl; needs DASHCLAW_API_KEY

What it does

Register On Dashclaw is an agent skill from ucsandman/DashClaw. Register any agent (including this one) as a governed agent on a DashClaw instance

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Building AI agents. It works with Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: Remote approvals, policy checks, and execution evidence for unattended AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Building AI agents

Example prompts

  • “/register-on-dashclaw”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • A credential in DASHCLAW_API_KEY

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Set Up Environment
  2. Register
  3. Create Self-Governance Policies
  4. Install Claude Code Hooks
  5. Start Heartbeat

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 704824d. 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:

    • curl

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

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

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • DASHCLAW_API_KEY

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

Context cost

Register On Dashclaw loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 26 tokens; SKILL.md has 194 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~26
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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from ucsandman/DashClaw at commit 704824d, republished under its MIT licence (© ucsandman). 194 words, ~1,256 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/register-on-dashclaw/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
register-on-dashclaw
description
Register any agent (including this one) as a governed agent on a DashClaw instance
license
MIT
metadata.author
ucsandman
metadata.version
1.0.0
metadata.category
meta

Register on DashClaw

Register any AI agent as a governed entity on a DashClaw instance. This includes the meta act of registering this very agent on DashClaw.

Register an Agent

Via API
bash
curl -X POST "$DASHCLAW_BASE_URL/api/agents" \
  -H "x-api-key: $DASHCLAW_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "agent_id": "my-agent",
    "agent_name": "My Agent",
    "description": "What this agent does",
    "capabilities": ["deploy", "api_call", "file_write"]
  }'
Via SDK
javascript
import { DashClaw } from 'dashclaw';

const claw = new DashClaw({
  baseUrl: process.env.DASHCLAW_BASE_URL,
  apiKey: process.env.DASHCLAW_API_KEY,
  agentId: 'my-agent'
});

// Agent is auto-registered on first guard call or action creation
// Explicit registration is optional but recommended for metadata

Set Up Heartbeat

Heartbeats let DashClaw know your agent is alive. Missing heartbeats trigger the "Agent Silent" signal (>10 min).

javascript
// Single heartbeat
await claw.heartbeat({ status: 'online', metadata: { version: '1.0.0' } });

// Auto-heartbeat (v1 SDK)
import { DashClaw } from 'dashclaw/legacy';
const claw = new DashClaw({ baseUrl, apiKey, agentId: 'my-agent' });
claw.startHeartbeat({ interval: 60000 }); // Every 60 seconds

// Stop when shutting down
claw.stopHeartbeat();
python
# Python
claw.heartbeat(status="online", metadata={"version": "1.0.0"})

Configure Agent-Specific Policies

Scope guard policies to a specific agent:

bash
curl -X POST "$DASHCLAW_BASE_URL/api/policies" \
  -H "x-api-key: $DASHCLAW_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "my-agent-deploy-gate",
    "agent_id": "my-agent",
    "type": "approval_gate",
    "mode": "enforce",
    "conditions": {
      "action_types": ["deploy"],
      "risk_score_min": 50
    },
    "action": "require_approval",
    "reason": "All deploys by my-agent require approval"
  }'

Agent Identity & Signatures

For production, register your agent's public key for action signing:

javascript
// V1 SDK — register identity
import { DashClaw } from 'dashclaw/legacy';
const claw = new DashClaw({ baseUrl, apiKey, agentId: 'my-agent' });

await claw.registerIdentity({
  publicKeyPem: myPublicKey,
  algorithm: 'Ed25519',
  agentName: 'My Agent'
});

// Revoke an identity when agent is decommissioned
await claw.revokeIdentity('my-agent');

Signature enforcement is runtime-toggleable from /settings?tab=identity. When enabled, all actions must be signed with the registered key.

Closed Enrollment Mode

If the DashClaw instance has DASHCLAW_CLOSED_ENROLLMENT=true, agents must be pre-registered before they can call guard or create actions. Register first, then instrument.


The Meta Moment: Register This Agent on DashClaw

This agent — dashclaw-agent — can be registered on DashClaw as a governed agent. Here's how:

1. Set Up Environment
bash
export DASHCLAW_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000
export DASHCLAW_API_KEY=your-api-key
export DASHCLAW_AGENT_ID=dashclaw-agent
2. Register
bash
curl -X POST "$DASHCLAW_BASE_URL/api/agents" \
  -H "x-api-key: $DASHCLAW_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "agent_id": "dashclaw-agent",
    "agent_name": "DashClaw Agent",
    "description": "The definitive DashClaw expert. Helps developers integrate, configure, troubleshoot, and build DashClaw. Governs itself on DashClaw.",
    "capabilities": ["sdk-integration", "policy-creation", "troubleshooting", "codebase-contribution", "compliance", "drift-detection"]
  }'
3. Create Self-Governance Policies
bash
# The agent that governs agents should govern itself
curl -X POST "$DASHCLAW_BASE_URL/api/policies" \
  -H "x-api-key: $DASHCLAW_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "dashclaw-agent-self-governance",
    "agent_id": "dashclaw-agent",
    "type": "risk_threshold",
    "mode": "enforce",
    "conditions": { "risk_score_min": 70 },
    "action": "require_approval",
    "reason": "DashClaw agent practices what it preaches — high-risk actions require approval"
  }'
4. Install Claude Code Hooks

If running this agent in Claude Code, install the pretool/posttool hooks (see setup-dashclaw skill) so every tool call is governed by DashClaw.

5. Start Heartbeat
javascript
const claw = new DashClaw({
  baseUrl: process.env.DASHCLAW_BASE_URL,
  apiKey: process.env.DASHCLAW_API_KEY,
  agentId: 'dashclaw-agent'
});

// Report presence
await claw.heartbeat({ status: 'online', metadata: {
  version: '1.0.0',
  type: 'gitagent',
  skills: 8,
  meta: 'I govern myself on the platform I help build'
}});

An agent that governs agents, governed by the platform it represents. That's DashClaw.

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

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/dashclaw-agent/register-on-dashclaw of ucsandman/DashClaw.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 704824d

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Questions about Register On Dashclaw

What does Register On Dashclaw do?

Register any agent (including this one) as a governed agent on a DashClaw instance. Register On Dashclaw is an agent skill from ucsandman/DashClaw.

When should I use Register On Dashclaw?

Register On Dashclaw fits situations like: tasks that involve Building AI agents.

How do I install Register On Dashclaw in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ucsandman/DashClaw --skill register-on-dashclaw -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/dashclaw-agent/register-on-dashclaw in ucsandman/DashClaw) into .claude/skills/register-on-dashclaw in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Register On Dashclaw in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ucsandman/DashClaw --skill register-on-dashclaw -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/dashclaw-agent/register-on-dashclaw in ucsandman/DashClaw) into .agents/skills/register-on-dashclaw in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Register On Dashclaw 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 ucsandman/DashClaw --skill register-on-dashclaw -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/register-on-dashclaw, .gemini/skills/register-on-dashclaw, .github/skills/register-on-dashclaw and .opencode/skills/register-on-dashclaw in your project.

What does Register On Dashclaw need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Register On Dashclaw needs the command-line tools its instructions call (curl) and credentials named DASHCLAW_API_KEY. Our summary lists: Python 3; A credential in DASHCLAW_API_KEY.

Does Register On Dashclaw access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Register On Dashclaw 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 Register On Dashclaw use?

Register On Dashclaw is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Register On Dashclaw use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5k 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 Register On Dashclaw?

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Who maintains Register On Dashclaw?

ucsandman (a GitHub user) maintains it in ucsandman/DashClaw, which has 311 GitHub stars. The repository holds 13 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

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