Use Case
Stop doing repetitive developer & devops tasks manually. claw-shell lets your AI agent handle them automatically through natural conversation. Runs shell commands inside a dedicated tmux session named claw, captures, and returns the output, with safety checks for destructive commands. This guide shows practical examples of using claw-shell to automate common developer & devops workflows and save hours every week.
Install claw-shell: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install claw-shell
Identify the repetitive developer & devops tasks you want to automate
Describe the task to your AI in plain English
claw-shell will execute the task and return results directly in the chat
Chain multiple tasks: ask your AI to run a sequence of operations
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing claw-shell
Automate my developer & devops tasks using claw-shell
What repetitive tasks can claw-shell handle for me?
Set up a workflow that runs claw-shell every morning
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.