OpenClaw Guide Ch.4: Tools and Skills

Chapter 4: Tools and Skills 🎯 Learning Objective: Master OpenClaw's built-in tools, learn to install and use Skill packages, and create custom tools 📚 Tool System Overview OpenClaw's power lies in its rich tool ecosystem. Agents interact with the external world through tools to perform a wide variety of tasks. Tool Categories 🔧 Built-in Tools : Core tools provided by OpenClaw 🎨 Skills : Installable extension packages 🛠️ Custom Tools : User-developed specialized tools 🔧 Built-in Tool Reference 4.1 File Operation Tools read — Read File Contents # Basic usage read file_path = "example.txt" # Paginated reading of large files read file_path = "large_log.txt" offset = 100 limit = 50 # Read image files read file_path = "screenshot.png" # Auto-detects format write — Create or Overwrite Files # Create a new file write file_path = "output.txt" content = "Hello OpenClaw" # Overwrite an existing file write path = "config.json" content = '{"debug": true}' Safety Notes: write completely overwrites e