OpenClaw Skills Directory Path

Quick Answer: OpenClaw stores skills at ~/.openclaw/skills/ for personal skills and .openclaw/skills/ for project-scoped skills. The directory layout and SKILL.md format are identical to Claude Code, so the same skill folder works in both agents without modification.

OpenClaw is the open-source AI coding agent that reads the same SKILL.md format as Claude Code. If you've already got a Claude skills library, you can use every skill in OpenClaw by symlinking or copying the directory.

Default OpenClaw skills paths

On macOS the personal path expands to /Users/you/.openclaw/skills/. On Linux it's /home/you/.openclaw/skills/. On Windows it's C:\Users\you\.openclaw\skills\.

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Sharing skills between Claude Code and OpenClaw

Three options, in order of preference:

1. Symlink (recommended — one source of truth):

ln -s ~/.claude/skills ~/.openclaw/skills

2. Copy individual skills (if you want different sets):

cp -r ~/.claude/skills/code-reviewer ~/.openclaw/skills/

3. Install fresh from Agensi: every Agensi skill works in OpenClaw — just unzip into ~/.openclaw/skills/.

Folder structure

~/.openclaw/skills/
└── code-reviewer/
    ├── SKILL.md
    ├── scripts/
    │   └── check.sh
    └── references/
        └── style-guide.md

Same as Claude Code. Every skill is a folder with SKILL.md at the root.

Verify OpenClaw loaded the skill

openclaw skills list

Or inside an OpenClaw session, ask "what skills do you have access to?" — the agent enumerates them.

Common mistakes

• Using .claude/skills/ for OpenClaw — won't be discovered, OpenClaw only scans its own paths
• Mixed-case folder names — stick to lowercase-with-hyphens for portability
• Forgetting that symlinks need to be absolute paths on some filesystems

What's next

• Where are Claude skills stored? — full path reference for Claude Code
• How to add skills to Claude — installation methods