Use Case
Filesystem Access is a powerful AI agent skill that extends your assistant with new capabilities. Safe local file reading/writing/listing capabilities, only works within the OpenClaw workspace directory by default. This guide walks you through installing Filesystem Access, configuring it for your setup, and running your first commands β so you can start getting value in minutes.
Install Filesystem Access: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install filesystem-access
Restart your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or OpenClaw)
Type a natural language request related to documents & notes to trigger Filesystem Access
Review the output and refine your prompt for better results
Combine Filesystem Access with other skills to build multi-step workflows
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing Filesystem Access
Help me get started with Filesystem Access
What can Filesystem Access do for my documents & notes workflow?
Show me an example of using Filesystem Access
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install filesystem-accessOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install filesystem-accessβ 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/filesystem-access/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.