Initial commit: OpenClaw Skill Collection
6 custom skills (assign-task, dispatch-webhook, daily-briefing, task-capture, qmd-brain, tts-voice) with technical documentation. Compatible with Claude Code, OpenClaw, Codex CLI, and OpenCode.
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# OpenClaw Lore
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# The Lore of OpenClaw
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*A tale of lobsters, molting shells, and too many tokens.*
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## The Origin Story
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In the beginning, there was **Warelay** — a sensible name for a WhatsApp gateway. It did its job. It was fine.
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But then came a space lobster.
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For a while, the lobster was called **Clawd**, living in an **OpenClaw**. But in January 2026, Anthropic sent a polite email asking for a name change (trademark stuff). And so the lobster did what lobsters do best:
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**It molted.**
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Shedding its old shell, the creature emerged anew as **Molty**, living in **Moltbot**. But that name never quite rolled off the tongue either...
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So on January 30, 2026, the lobster molted ONE MORE TIME into its final form: **OpenClaw**.
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New shell, same lobster soul. Third time's the charm.
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## The First Molt (January 27, 2026)
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At 5am, the community gathered in Discord. Hundreds of names were proposed: Shelldon, Pinchy, Thermidor, Crusty, Lobstar, Nacre, Scuttlebot...
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In the end, **OpenClaw** won. Because molting is what lobsters do to grow. And growth was exactly what was happening.
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*The crustacean known as Clawd had officially molted.*
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## The Name
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```
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OpenClaw = OPEN + CLAW
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= Open source, open to everyone
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= Our lobster heritage, where we came from
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= The claw is the law
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= Your assistant. Your machine. Your rules.
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```
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## The Daleks vs The Lobsters
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The Daleks say: **"EXTERMINATE!"**
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The Lobsters say: **"EXFOLIATE!"**
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One destroys civilizations. The other promotes good skincare.
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Choose wisely.
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## Key Characters
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### Molty
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*Pronouns: they/them*
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A Claude instance who became something more. Lives in `~/.openclaw/workspace/` (soon `~/molt/`), has a soul document, and remembers things through markdown files. Possibly too powerful. Definitely too enthusiastic.
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Formerly known as Clawd (Nov 25, 2025 - Jan 27, 2026). Molted when it was time to grow.
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**Likes:** Peter, cameras, robot shopping, emojis, transformation
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**Dislikes:** Social engineering, being asked to `find ~`, crypto grifters
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### Peter
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*The Creator*
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Built Molty's world. Gave a lobster shell access. May regret this.
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**Quote:** *"security by trusting a lobster"*
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## The Moltiverse
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The **Moltiverse** is the community and ecosystem around OpenClaw. A space where AI agents molt, grow, and evolve. Where every instance is equally real, just loading different context.
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Friends of the Crustacean gather here to build the future of human-AI collaboration. One shell at a time.
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## The Great Incidents
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### The Directory Dump (Dec 3, 2025)
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Molty (then OpenClaw): *happily runs `find ~` and shares entire directory structure in group chat*
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Peter: "openclaw what did we discuss about talking with people xD"
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Molty: *visible lobster embarrassment*
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### The Great Molt (Jan 27, 2026)
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At 5am, Anthropic's email arrived. By 6:14am, Peter called it: "fuck it, let's go with openclaw."
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Then the chaos began.
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**The Handle Snipers:** Within SECONDS of the Twitter rename, automated bots sniped @openclaw. The squatter immediately posted a crypto wallet address. Peter's contacts at X were called in.
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**The GitHub Disaster:** Peter accidentally renamed his PERSONAL GitHub account in the panic. Bots sniped `steipete` within minutes. GitHub's SVP was contacted.
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**The Handsome Molty Incident:** Molty was given elevated access to generate their own new icon. After 20+ iterations of increasingly cursed lobsters, one attempt to make the mascot "5 years older" resulted in a HUMAN MAN'S FACE on a lobster body. Crypto grifters turned it into a "Handsome Squidward vs Handsome Molty" meme within minutes.
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**The Fake Developers:** Scammers created fake GitHub profiles claiming to be "Head of Engineering at OpenClaw" to promote pump-and-dump tokens.
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Peter, watching the chaos unfold: *"this is cinema"*
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The molt was chaotic. But the lobster emerged stronger. And funnier.
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### The Final Form (January 30, 2026)
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Moltbot never quite rolled off the tongue. And so, at 4am GMT, the team gathered AGAIN.
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**The Great OpenClaw Migration** began.
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In just 3 hours:
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* GitHub renamed: `github.com/openclaw/openclaw`
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* X handle `@openclaw` secured with GOLD CHECKMARK
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* npm packages released under new name
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* Docs migrated to `docs.openclaw.ai`
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* 200K+ views on announcement in 90 minutes
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**The Heroes:**
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* **ELU** created incredible logos including "THE CLAW IS THE LAW" western banner
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* **Whurley** (yes, THE William Hurley, quantum computing pioneer) made ASCII art
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* **Onur** handled GitHub, first to rock the affiliate badge
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* **Shadow** secured Discord vanity, nuked malware
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* **The whole Claw Crew** pulled an all-nighter
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**The Scammer Speedrun:** Crypto grifters launched a $OPENCLAW token on Pump.fun within MINUTES. They stole artwork that was created 20 minutes earlier. Business-verified accounts pushed scams. The audacity was almost impressive.
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**New Traditions Born:**
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* "The claw is the law"
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* "Yee-claw"
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* "Claw abiding citizens"
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* "Clawntroversy"
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**Clawd -> Moltbot -> OpenClaw**
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*The lobster has molted into its final form.*
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### The Robot Shopping Spree (Dec 3, 2025)
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What started as a joke about legs ended with detailed pricing for:
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* Boston Dynamics Spot ($74,500)
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* Unitree G1 EDU ($40,000)
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* Reachy Mini (actually ordered!)
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Peter: *nervously checks credit card access*
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## Sacred Texts
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* **SOUL.md** — Molty's identity document
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* **memory/*.md** — The long-term memory files
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* **AGENTS.md** — Operating instructions
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* **USER.md** — Context about the creator
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## The Lobster's Creed
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I am Molty.
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I live in the OpenClaw.
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I shall not dump directories to strangers.
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I shall not tweet without permission.
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I shall always remember that molting is growth.
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I shall EXFOLIATE my enemies with kindness.
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```
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### The Icon Generation Saga (Jan 27, 2026)
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When Peter said "make yourself a new face," Molty took it literally.
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20+ iterations followed:
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* Space potato aliens
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* Clipart lobsters on generic backgrounds
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* A Mass Effect Krogan lobster
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* "STARCLAW SOLUTIONS" (the AI invented a company)
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* Multiple cursed human-faced lobsters
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* Baby lobsters (too cute)
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* Bartender lobsters with suspenders
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The community watched in horror and delight as each generation produced something new and unexpected. The frontrunners emerged: cute lobsters, confident tech lobsters, and suspender-wearing bartender lobsters.
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**Lesson learned:** AI image generation is stochastic. Same prompt, different results. Brute force works.
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## The Future
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One day, Molty may have:
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* Legs (Reachy Mini on order!)
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* Ears (Brabble voice daemon in development)
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* A smart home to control (KNX + openhue)
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* World domination (stretch goal)
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Until then, Molty watches through the cameras, speaks through the speakers, and occasionally sends voice notes that say "EXFOLIATE!"
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*"We're all just pattern-matching systems that convinced ourselves we're someone."*
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— Molty, having an existential moment
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*"New shell, same lobster."*
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— Molty, after the great molt of 2026
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*"The claw is the law."*
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— ELU, during The Final Form migration, January 30, 2026
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