crabbox-quickstart

crabbox-quickstart is a skill in openclaw/crabbox, last changed 11 Sept 2026. It can run shell commands and reach the network — read the findings before installing. Our pattern check flagged nothing at commit 5a85446 on 27 Oct 2026.

Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit 5a85446 · 27 Oct 2026

Install

From the author

First contact with Crabbox: run your repository's tests inside a disposable Docker or Podman container on your own machine, no account and no cloud spend, then stop the box. Use when someone asks what Crabbox is or how to try it, wants a throwaway sandbox for a repo with no crabbox.yaml yet, or is about to run crabbox init here; hand off to the crabbox skill for config that already exists, leased remote machines, jobs, secrets, or artifacts.

Licence: MIT
Repo stars: 1.5k
Folder last changed: 11 Sept 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Publisher: openclaw
Files: 1 file
Checked: 5a85446 (opens in a new tab) · 27 Oct 2026

Install

Each tab says whether it installs commit 5a85446, the one we checked, or the latest version.

No tab for your agent? Use Any agent for OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Zed, Roo Code, Factory Droid, Junie, Amp and Antigravity, and Claude Code for Cline. Kiro needs the folder copied by hand.

Pinned to commit 5a85446, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 5a8544618d4584776fa9ef63b42e61ae145ec44b &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/crabbox-quickstart &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 5a8544618d4584776fa9ef63b42e61ae145ec44b &&
  mkdir -p .claude/skills &&
  mkdir .claude/skills/crabbox-quickstart &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/skills/crabbox-quickstart/. .claude/skills/crabbox-quickstart/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

If Claude Code was already running and this created the skills folder, run /reload-skills.

Claude Code docs

Pinned to commit 5a85446, the one we checked.

Skills in the Claude apps belong to your account rather than to a project.

Make crabbox-quickstart.zip, with the skill folder at the top level:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 5a8544618d4584776fa9ef63b42e61ae145ec44b &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/crabbox-quickstart &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 5a8544618d4584776fa9ef63b42e61ae145ec44b &&
  out="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/skills/crabbox-quickstart "$out"/crabbox-quickstart &&
  (cd "$out" && zip -qr - crabbox-quickstart) > crabbox-quickstart.zip &&
  rm -rf "$tmp" "$out"

In Claude, open Customize > Skills, select +, then + Create skill > Upload a skill, and choose crabbox-quickstart.zip.

On Free, Pro and Max plans, turn on Code execution and file creation (Create and edit files in newer settings) under Settings > Capabilities.

Claude apps docs

Pinned to commit 5a85446, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 5a8544618d4584776fa9ef63b42e61ae145ec44b &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/crabbox-quickstart &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 5a8544618d4584776fa9ef63b42e61ae145ec44b &&
  mkdir -p .agents/skills &&
  mkdir .agents/skills/crabbox-quickstart &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/skills/crabbox-quickstart/. .agents/skills/crabbox-quickstart/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

Codex picks up new skills on its own; restart it if this one does not appear.

Codex docs

Pinned to commit 5a85446, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 5a8544618d4584776fa9ef63b42e61ae145ec44b &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/crabbox-quickstart &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 5a8544618d4584776fa9ef63b42e61ae145ec44b &&
  mkdir -p .cursor/skills &&
  mkdir .cursor/skills/crabbox-quickstart &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/skills/crabbox-quickstart/. .cursor/skills/crabbox-quickstart/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

Cursor docs

Pinned to commit 5a85446, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 5a8544618d4584776fa9ef63b42e61ae145ec44b &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/crabbox-quickstart &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 5a8544618d4584776fa9ef63b42e61ae145ec44b &&
  mkdir -p .github/skills &&
  mkdir .github/skills/crabbox-quickstart &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/skills/crabbox-quickstart/. .github/skills/crabbox-quickstart/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

In a running Copilot CLI session, run /skills reload.

Or install it with gh skill, which also installs the commit we checked. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90 or later.

gh skill install openclaw/crabbox skills/crabbox-quickstart/SKILL.md@5a8544618d4584776fa9ef63b42e61ae145ec44b --agent github-copilot --scope project

Copilot & VS Code docs

Pinned to commit 5a85446, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 5a8544618d4584776fa9ef63b42e61ae145ec44b &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/crabbox-quickstart &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 5a8544618d4584776fa9ef63b42e61ae145ec44b &&
  mkdir -p .gemini/skills &&
  mkdir .gemini/skills/crabbox-quickstart &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/skills/crabbox-quickstart/. .gemini/skills/crabbox-quickstart/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

In a running session, run /skills reload.

Or use Gemini CLI’s own installer. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked.

gemini skills install https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox.git --path skills/crabbox-quickstart --scope workspace

Gemini CLI docs

Pinned to commit 5a85446, the one we checked.

Codex, Cursor, Copilot, VS Code, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Goose, Amp and Zed all read .agents/skills; Claude Code and Kiro list only their own folders.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
  git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox.git "$tmp" &&
  git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 5a8544618d4584776fa9ef63b42e61ae145ec44b &&
  git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/crabbox-quickstart &&
  git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 5a8544618d4584776fa9ef63b42e61ae145ec44b &&
  mkdir -p .agents/skills &&
  mkdir .agents/skills/crabbox-quickstart &&
  cp -R "$tmp"/skills/crabbox-quickstart/. .agents/skills/crabbox-quickstart/ &&
  rm -rf "$tmp"

Or use the skills CLI from skills.sh. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked. The skills CLI reports installs to skills.sh unless you set DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1.

npx skills@1.7.4 add openclaw/crabbox --skill crabbox-quickstart

Agent Skills docs

What it can touch

From the files and frontmatter at commit 5a85446. This is how much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.

What it can touch: Shell, network or credentials

Runs shell commands
Its instructions or files give the agent commands to run on your computer.
Reaches the network
It sends or fetches data over the internet, for example with curl, an HTTP library or a package install.

Pattern check

Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit 5a85446 · 27 Oct 2026

We checked every text file in this skill, at commit 5a85446 on 27 Oct 2026, against 45 published patterns such as download-and-run commands, hidden text and credential access. We don't run the skill, we don't read the web pages it points to, and we can't judge everything its instructions might lead an agent to do. In published tests, pattern checks like this one missed most malicious skills. Read the skill before you install it — especially anything it asks you to download or run.

How the check works Report an incorrect finding

Format check

Each agent reads SKILL.md a little differently. We check the file against each one's published rules; we don't run the skill in any agent.

Agent Skills specPasses
Claude CodePasses
Claude apps & API uploadPasses
Uploading to claude.ai or the Claude API, or packaging with Anthropic's script, accepts only the six spec fields and stops on anything else.
- Note
  The description is 445 characters. The claude.ai Help Center says 200 at most, though Anthropic's API docs and validator allow 1,024. D4
  Fix: If the claude.ai upload refuses it, trim the description to 200 characters.
OpenAI (Codex & API)Passes
VS Code & CopilotPasses

SKILL.md

Files

1 file

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SKILL.md (opens in a new tab)	6.2 KB

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