Use Case
Software Engineer is a powerful AI agent skill that extends your assistant with new capabilities. Write production-ready code with clean architecture, proper error handling, and pragmatic trade-offs between shipping fast and building right. This guide walks you through installing Software Engineer, configuring it for your setup, and running your first commands β so you can start getting value in minutes.
Install Software Engineer: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install software-engineer
Restart your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or OpenClaw)
Type a natural language request related to developer & devops to trigger Software Engineer
Review the output and refine your prompt for better results
Combine Software Engineer with other skills to build multi-step workflows
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing Software Engineer
Help me get started with Software Engineer
What can Software Engineer do for my developer & devops workflow?
Show me an example of using Software Engineer
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install software-engineerOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install software-engineerβ 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/software-engineer/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.