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name: clawhub-rate-limited-publisher description: Queue and publish local skills to ClawHub with a strict 5-per-hour cap using the local clawhub CLI and host scheduler. user-invocable: true disable-model-invocation: false metadata: {"openclaw":{"emoji":"🦀","os":["darwin","linux"],"requires":{"bins":["python3","clawhub"]},"homepage":"https://github.com/openclaw/clawhub"}}

ClawHub Rate Limited Publisher

Use this skill when the user wants to publish one or more local skills to ClawHub without exceeding the platform's publish cap.

What this skill does

This skill does not magically grant shell permissions. It provides a safe local queue + scheduler workflow around the user's own clawhub CLI.

Follow this procedure:

1. Verify the skill folder exists and contains SKILL.md.
2. Build or update a queue JSON file.
3. Ask the host to run the helper script from {baseDir}/scripts/clawhub_rate_limited_uploader.py.
4. Prefer a host scheduler such as cron or systemd timer so uploads happen automatically every 12 minutes.
5. Never exceed 5 publish attempts in any rolling 3600-second window.
6. Log stdout/stderr for each attempt and mark queue items as published or failed.

Required runtime conditions

• clawhub must already be installed and authenticated on the host.
• The host must allow command execution. In OpenClaw this usually means enabling runtime tools such as bash/exec, or running the Python script directly outside chat.
• New sessions may be required after changing skill/config state because eligible skills are snapshotted per session.

Recommended invocation patterns

One-off manual run

Run:

python3 "{baseDir}/scripts/clawhub_rate_limited_uploader.py" --queue "/absolute/path/to/queue.json" --execute

Dry run

Run:

python3 "{baseDir}/scripts/clawhub_rate_limited_uploader.py" --queue "/absolute/path/to/queue.json" --dry-run

Cron schedule

Run every 12 minutes using the example in {baseDir}/resources/cron.example.

Queue file shape

See {baseDir}/examples/queue.sample.json.

Each item may contain:

• path: absolute path to one skill directory
• command: optional command template, default clawhub publish "{path}"

Safety rules

• Use absolute paths.
• Do not use curl|bash, base64 piping, or hidden remote installers.
• Keep command limited to the local clawhub publish "{path}" pattern unless the user explicitly audits and accepts a custom command.
• Count failures toward the hourly cap to avoid hammering ClawHub when auth or validation is broken.