Use Case
Shell is a powerful AI agent skill that extends your assistant with new capabilities. Shell scripting reference β Bash syntax, redirections, process substitution, signal handling, debugging techniques. Use when writing shell scripts, troublesh... This guide walks you through installing Shell, configuring it for your setup, and running your first commands β so you can start getting value in minutes.
Install Shell: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install shell
Restart your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or OpenClaw)
Type a natural language request related to developer & devops to trigger Shell
Review the output and refine your prompt for better results
Combine Shell with other skills to build multi-step workflows
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing Shell
Help me get started with Shell
What can Shell do for my developer & devops workflow?
Show me an example of using Shell
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install shellOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install 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/shell/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.