Awesome OpenClaw Plugins

A curated list of plugins for OpenClaw, the open-source personal AI assistant.

Plugin Docs • GitHub • Discord

Contents

• Skills vs Plugins: What’s the Difference?
• Official Plugins
• Channel Plugins
• Smart Home & IoT
• Automotive
• Utility Plugins
• Memory & AI
• Security & Governance
• Multi-Agent & Coordination
• Observability & DevOps
• Health & Wellness
• Meta & Self-Improvement
• Social Media & Content
• Contributing

Skills vs Plugins: What’s the Difference?

OpenClaw has two extension mechanisms: Skills and Plugins. Understanding when to use each is key to building effective extensions.

Skills

Skills are prompt-based instructions that teach the agent how to use external tools or follow specific workflows.

skills/
└── weather/
    └── SKILL.md    # Instructions for the agent

Characteristics:

• 📝 Markdown files with instructions
• 🧠 Loaded into the agent’s context at runtime
• 🔧 Rely on existing tools (exec, browser, etc.)
• 🚀 Easy to create — just write a SKILL.md
• ⚡ No code execution, just prompt engineering

Best for:

• Teaching the agent to use CLI tools
• Defining workflows and best practices
• API integration via curl/scripts
• Quick, low-code extensions

Plugins

Plugins are TypeScript modules that run in-process with the OpenClaw gateway, extending its core capabilities.

extensions/
└── voice-call/
    ├── index.ts              # Plugin code
    ├── openclaw.plugin.json  # Manifest
    └── package.json

Characteristics:

• 💻 Full TypeScript/JavaScript code
• ⚙️ Run in the gateway process
• 🔌 Can register new tools, channels, CLI commands, and RPC methods
• 🔐 Access to gateway internals and APIs
• 📦 Distributed via npm or git

Best for:

• Adding new messaging channels (Slack, Teams, etc.)
• Custom agent tools with complex logic
• Background services and scheduled tasks
• Gateway UI enhancements
• Anything requiring persistent state or network connections

The Case for Plugins

While skills are great for quick integrations, plugins are fundamentally more powerful:

Bottom line: Skills tell the agent how to do things. Plugins give the agent new abilities it couldn’t have otherwise.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines on adding plugins to this list.

Related Resources

• Awesome OpenClaw Skills — Curated list of 1700+ OpenClaw skills
• ClawHub — Official skill registry
• Plugin Documentation — Official plugin authoring guide
• Plugin Agent Tools — How to add agent tools in plugins

License

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