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Slickdeals
by
ricanwarfare
· GitHub ↗
· v1.1.0
· MIT-0
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Install in OpenClaw
/install slickdeals
Description
Search Slickdeals.net for deals, coupons, and promo codes. Use when the user asks for deals, discounts, price comparisons, or to find cheap games, electronic...
Usage Guidance
This skill's documentation demands careful per-deal verification and extraction of specific fields, but the bundled code does not implement those checks and returns unstructured strings instead. Before installing or relying on it: (1) ask the publisher to reconcile SKILL.md and code — specifically implement per-deal page fetches, expiration checks, and extraction of title/price/discount/store/score/coupons; (2) test results on representative queries to confirm it excludes expired deals and extracts coupon codes correctly; (3) if you plan to run the included Python code, review network endpoints it calls and run it in a sandboxed environment; and (4) prefer a skill where the implementation matches the verification guarantees claimed in the documentation.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: slickdeals
Version: 1.1.0
The slickdeals skill is designed to search Slickdeals.net for product discounts and coupons. The Python script (slickdeals.py) uses standard libraries to fetch search results and extract deal information via regular expressions, while the instructions (SKILL.md) provide clear guidance for the AI agent to verify deal activity and format the output. No evidence of data exfiltration, malicious execution, or harmful prompt injection was found.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
The skill claims to search Slickdeals and verify/parse active deals (title, price, discount, store, score, comments, coupon codes). The included Python file contains a parser and a Deal dataclass but the search_deals() implementation actually returns unstructured strings extracted with very simple regex/line scanning and does not perform per-deal page verification or extraction of the structured fields described in SKILL.md. This mismatch means the implementation does not meet the stated purpose.
Instruction Scope
SKILL.md instructs the agent to fetch search results and then fetch each individual deal page to confirm active status, read comments for coupon codes, and avoid expired deals. Those instructions are within the skill's stated purpose and do not request unrelated system files or secrets. However, the text mandates using an external runtime function (ollama_web_fetch) and strict verification steps; the shipped code does not implement these verification steps, so the runtime behavior may not follow the documented safety/accuracy rules.
Install Mechanism
No install spec is present and the skill is instruction-only with one included Python file. Nothing is downloaded from external URLs or installed automatically, which is low-risk from an install mechanism perspective.
Credentials
The skill declares no required environment variables, credentials, or config paths, and the code does not access any system secrets or environment variables. Requested privileges are proportional to the stated purpose.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill does not request always:true or other elevated persistence. It is user-invocable and allows autonomous invocation by default (platform normal). There is no evidence it modifies other skills or system-wide settings.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install slickdeals - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/slickdeals - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.1.0
Added mandatory active-deal verification: expire checks, retailer stock checks, 30-day staleness filter. No more showing expired deals.
v1.0.0
Initial release of the Slickdeals skill:
- Search Slickdeals.net for deals, coupons, and promo codes by product, category, or keyword.
- Retrieve and filter frontpage (top trending) deals.
- Extract and display deal details: title, price, discount, store, score, comments, and expiration.
- Browse deals by major categories, including electronics, games, home, travel, and more.
- Support filtering by store, category, or price range.
- Present search results in a clean, tabular format for easy comparison.
Metadata
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Slickdeals?
Search Slickdeals.net for deals, coupons, and promo codes. Use when the user asks for deals, discounts, price comparisons, or to find cheap games, electronic... It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 110 downloads so far.
How do I install Slickdeals?
Run "/install slickdeals" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is Slickdeals free?
Yes, Slickdeals is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does Slickdeals support?
Slickdeals is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created Slickdeals?
It is built and maintained by ricanwarfare (@ricanwarfare); the current version is v1.1.0.
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