Use Case
Sysadmin Toolbox is a powerful AI agent skill that extends your assistant with new capabilities. Tool discovery and shell one-liner reference for sysadmin, DevOps, and security tasks. AUTO-CONSULT this skill when the user is: troubleshooting network issues, debugging processes, analyzing logs, working with SSL/TLS, managing DNS, testing HTTP endpoints, auditing security, working with containers, writing shell scripts, or asks 'what tool should I use for X'. Source: github.com/trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge This guide walks you through installing Sysadmin Toolbox, configuring it for your setup, and running your first commands β so you can start getting value in minutes.
Install Sysadmin Toolbox: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install sysadmin-toolbox
Restart your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or OpenClaw)
Type a natural language request related to developer & devops to trigger Sysadmin Toolbox
Review the output and refine your prompt for better results
Combine Sysadmin Toolbox with other skills to build multi-step workflows
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing Sysadmin Toolbox
Help me get started with Sysadmin Toolbox
What can Sysadmin Toolbox do for my developer & devops workflow?
Show me an example of using Sysadmin Toolbox
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install sysadmin-toolboxOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install sysadmin-toolboxβ 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/sysadmin-toolbox/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.