What is the difference between system, third-party, and team skills?

System skills are built and maintained by WorkClaw. Third-party skills come from the marketplace and are created by external developers. Team skills are custom skills created by your organization for internal use.

Can different Claws on the same team have different skills?

Yes. Skills are installed per-Claw, so each agent can have a unique set of capabilities tailored to its role.

Do skills cost extra?

System skills are included with your plan. Third-party skills may have their own pricing depending on the publisher. Team skills are included in your plan.

What happens if a skill requires a connection I haven't set up?

WorkClaw will notify you of the requirement and guide you through setting up the necessary connection before the skill can be used.

Can I create my own skills?

Yes. Team skills let you build custom capabilities specific to your organization's needs. See the Creating Custom Skills guide for details.

What is a skill pack?

A skill pack is a curated bundle of skills grouped for a common use case, like 'Executive Assistant' or 'Sales Operations.' Installing a pack installs all its included skills at once.

What are Skills?

Skills are modular capability packages that expand what a Claw can do. Learn about system, third-party, and team skills, installation, requirements, and skill packs.

What is a Skill?

A Skill is a modular capability package that expands what a Claw can do. Without skills, a Claw can have conversations and reason about information. With skills, it can take actions -- send emails, search the web, manage calendars, analyze spreadsheets, and much more.

Skills are installed per-Claw, so you can tailor each agent's capabilities to its specific role or workflow.

What types of Skills exist?

WorkClaw has three skill sources:

Type	Description	Who manages it
System	Built-in skills maintained by WorkClaw. Always available, regularly updated, and included with your plan.	WorkClaw
Third-party	Skills from the marketplace, created by external developers and the community.	External publishers
Team	Custom skills created by your organization for internal use. Only visible to your team.	Your team

How do I install a Skill?

Skills are installed from the Skills section in a Claw's settings:

Open the Claw you want to configure.
Navigate to the Skills tab.
Browse or search the marketplace.
Click Install on the skill you want.

The skill becomes active immediately. Some skills may require a connection to an external service -- WorkClaw will prompt you to set this up if needed.

For detailed instructions, see Installing Skills.

What are Skill requirements?

Some skills depend on external services or other configuration to function. Common requirements include:

Connections -- a skill that manages Google Calendar needs a Google connection.
Vault secrets -- a skill that calls a custom API may need an API key stored in the Vault.
Other skills -- some skills build on the functionality of other skills.

WorkClaw tracks requirements automatically. When you install a skill with unmet requirements, you will see a clear list of what needs to be set up before the skill can operate.

What are Skill Packs?

Skill Packs are curated bundles of skills grouped around a common use case. Instead of installing skills one at a time, you can install a pack to get a full set of capabilities for a specific workflow.

Examples of skill packs:

Executive Assistant -- calendar management, email drafting, meeting prep, travel coordination.
Sales Operations -- CRM lookup, lead research, proposal drafting, follow-up scheduling.
Content Creator -- writing assistance, image handling, publishing, social media drafting.

Packs are available in the marketplace alongside individual skills. Installing a pack installs all of its included skills at once. You can still add or remove individual skills after installing a pack.

See Skill Packs for the full list of available packs.

How do Skills work under the hood?

When a Claw receives a request, it evaluates which of its installed skills are relevant to the task. The Claw selects the appropriate skill, invokes it, and uses the result to carry out the user's request. All of this happens automatically -- you do not need to tell the Claw which skill to use.

Skills are registered in the Claw's workspace, which means each Claw maintains its own skill configuration independently.