Use Case
claw-shell is a powerful AI agent skill that extends your assistant with new capabilities. Runs shell commands inside a dedicated tmux session named claw, captures, and returns the output, with safety checks for destructive commands. This guide walks you through installing claw-shell, configuring it for your setup, and running your first commands β so you can start getting value in minutes.
Install claw-shell: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install claw-shell
Restart your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or OpenClaw)
Type a natural language request related to developer & devops to trigger claw-shell
Review the output and refine your prompt for better results
Combine claw-shell with other skills to build multi-step workflows
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing claw-shell
Help me get started with claw-shell
What can claw-shell do for my developer & devops workflow?
Show me an example of using claw-shell
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install claw-shellOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install claw-shellβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/claw-shell/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.