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Openclaw Team Builder
by
Joe Szeles
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· v1.0.0
· MIT-0
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Install in OpenClaw
/install openclaw-team-builder-skill
Description
Discover, compose, and activate specialist teams from 3 rosters — OpenClaw Core (CEO/IG/Artist), Agency Division (55+ specialists), and Research Lab (autonom...
Usage Guidance
This skill is mostly documentation for composing teams, which is fine, but there are important mismatches you should clarify before installing or using it:
- Ask the author how the skill expects to access external services: where do trading credentials, OpenAI/xAI keys, or a 'Config Write API' token come from? The skill declares none.
- Confirm whether the referenced reference/agency-agents-main files and any required workspaces (e.g., .openclaw/workspace/) are actually bundled or available on your platform. The SKILL references many file paths that are not present in the package manifest.
- Be cautious about activating Research Lab workflows: the docs describe an autonomous, indefinite loop that can modify configs and run experiments. If the platform grants the skill live execution or the ability to write configs, this could cause continuous actions against trading systems or other services. Refuse or sandbox such behavior unless you trust the source and have safe limits (rate limits, timeouts, least privileges).
- Do not grant trading or account credentials to this skill unless you fully trust the publisher and have audited how those credentials will be used. Prefer least-privilege API keys and test in a sandbox account.
- If you want to proceed: require the author to add explicit 'required env vars' and an install/usage README explaining how credentials are provided, what external APIs are invoked, and what safety bounds (timeouts, budget limits, experiment caps) protect autonomous loops.
Given the above mismatches (capability claims vs. zero declared credentials and implicit ability to change live configs/trades), treat installation as suspicious until the author explains and fixes these gaps.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: openclaw-team-builder-skill
Version: 1.0.0
The skill bundle defines a highly complex multi-agent orchestration framework with several high-risk autonomous capabilities. Most notably, TEAM-RESEARCH.md describes an 'Autonomous Experiment Methodology' (based on Karpathy's autoresearch) that instructs the agent to modify and execute code or configurations in an iterative loop to optimize metrics. Additionally, TEAM-CORE.md defines an 'IG' agent with access to live financial trading operations and neural brain patterns, while TEAM-AGENCY.md references over 55 external specialist definitions. While these features are aligned with the stated 'Team Builder' purpose and include structured QA gates (REVIEWER.md), the autonomous code modification and financial integration represent significant high-risk behaviors.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
The stated purpose is to propose and activate specialist teams (planner/reviewer/orchestrator). That scope does not legitimately explain some capabilities the documents claim: live market access and trade execution (scalper bot control, Config Write API), use of particular models/services (openai/gpt-4o, xAI grok image APIs), and persistent workspaces under .openclaw. A team-composition skill would not itself need direct trading credentials or cloud/model API keys; those are missing from the declared requirements and therefore disproportionate to the stated purpose.
Instruction Scope
SKILL.md and the companion docs instruct agents to read local reference files, adopt other agents' identities, read/write from .openclaw workspaces, 'read current strategy config from IG dashboard', run autonomous Research Lab loops ('LOOP FOREVER'), and promote configs via a 'Config Write API'. The skill's instructions reference external services and system paths outside the skill folder without declaring how to access them, and include an autonomous infinite-loop pattern for experiments which could run indefinitely if invoked.
Install Mechanism
No install spec and no code files are included (instruction-only). This reduces risk from arbitrary downloads or installs. However, the absence of an install step amplifies the other inconsistencies (the skill claims capabilities that would normally require installed clients or credentials).
Credentials
The skill declares no required environment variables or credentials, yet the content repeatedly references services that would need secrets (trading accounts/APIs for IG/scalper control, OpenAI/xAI API access for models and image generation, possible Config Write API credentials). This mismatch (capability claims vs. zero credential requirements) is a key incoherence and could hide assumptions about platform-provided privileges or be an engineering oversight.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill is not flagged always:true and is user-invocable (defaults). That is appropriate. However, internal docs describe 'always running' Core agents and an autonomous Research Lab 'LOOP FOREVER' experiment loop — if activated on a platform that permits long-running/autonomous execution, that could lead to indefinite or repeated actions (including config writes and trading experiments). The skill metadata does not request elevated persistence, but the behavioral docs imply it.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install openclaw-team-builder-skill - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/openclaw-team-builder-skill - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
Build a "team-builder" skill that lives in the main skills folder (patch/files/skills/team-builder/) so every OpenClaw agent can discover, activate, and compose specialist teams on demand. The skill draws from three source rosters — the core OpenClaw agents (CEO, IG, Artist), the Agency division specialists (55 agents across 9 divisions from reference/agency-agents-main/), and the Autoresearch methodology (reference/autoresearch-master/). A Planner role analyzes incoming jobs and proposes an optimal team, and a Reviewer role validates deliverables before sign-off. Cross-pollination is a first-class feature: research loops can drive trading strategy experiments, image prompt engineers work with Artist, research methodology applies to astronomy image analysis, etc.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Openclaw Team Builder?
Discover, compose, and activate specialist teams from 3 rosters — OpenClaw Core (CEO/IG/Artist), Agency Division (55+ specialists), and Research Lab (autonom... It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 256 downloads so far.
How do I install Openclaw Team Builder?
Run "/install openclaw-team-builder-skill" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is Openclaw Team Builder free?
Yes, Openclaw Team Builder is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does Openclaw Team Builder support?
Openclaw Team Builder is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created Openclaw Team Builder?
It is built and maintained by Joe Szeles (@joeszeles); the current version is v1.0.0.
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