Use Case
Stop doing repetitive documents & notes tasks manually. file-browser lets your AI agent handle them automatically through natural conversation. Read-only file browsing and reading in the OpenClaw workspace (/home/alfred/.openclaw/workspace). Use for listing directories or reading text files (up to 10... This guide shows practical examples of using file-browser to automate common documents & notes workflows and save hours every week.
Install file-browser: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install file-browser
Identify the repetitive documents & notes tasks you want to automate
Describe the task to your AI in plain English
file-browser 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 file-browser
Automate my documents & notes tasks using file-browser
What repetitive tasks can file-browser handle for me?
Set up a workflow that runs file-browser every morning
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install file-browserOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install file-browserβ 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/file-browser/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.