The Best Developer Tools on ClawHub: Git, Testing, Docker, and More

The promise of AI-assisted development is that you spend less time on the mechanical parts — the commit messages, the PR descriptions, the code review pass that catches the obvious issues — and more time on the parts that actually require thought.

ClawHub's developer tools category delivers on that promise more consistently than any other skill category. This roundup covers the skills that have proven genuinely useful in production development workflows, not just impressive in demos.

github (The Workflow Anchor)

If you install one ClawHub skill for development, make it the github skill. It wraps the GitHub CLI with intelligent context awareness, meaning Claude Code can interact with your repositories, issues, pull requests, and workflows without you needing to remember every gh command flag.

What it handles:

• Creating PRs with auto-generated descriptions based on your commit history
• Linking PRs to issues automatically when your branch name follows a pattern
• Reviewing PR status and surfacing what's blocking merge
• Creating issues from TODO comments in your code
• Querying your project boards and updating issue status

Install:

/skills install github

Usage example:

You: Create a PR for this branch
Agent: I see 3 commits touching the auth module. Draft PR title:
       "fix: resolve token refresh race condition on concurrent requests"
       Linking to issue #89 (detected from branch name feat/89-token-fix).
       PR created: https://github.com/your-repo/pull/124

Limitation worth knowing: Requires gh CLI authenticated on your machine. If you're running in a container environment, you'll need to handle auth injection separately.

skill-vetter (Before You Install Anything Else)

The skill-vetter skill is the one you install before installing others. It analyzes ClawHub skills before you add them to your environment, checking for security issues, scope creep, and quality problems.

Given that skills execute in your Claude Code environment with access to your filesystem and tools, this is not paranoia — it's due diligence.

What it checks:

• Requested permissions vs. stated purpose (a note-taking skill asking for filesystem write access is a red flag)
• Known malicious patterns in skill instructions
• Publisher verification status
• Community reports and quality scores
• Dependency chain analysis

Install:

/skills install skill-vetter

Usage example:

/vet some-new-skill
# → Publisher: unverified (2 reviews, 1 report)
# → Permissions requested: filesystem read/write, network access
# → Stated purpose: note organization
# → Mismatch detected: network access not required for note organization
# → Recommendation: REVIEW BEFORE INSTALL

Limitation worth knowing: The vetter is only as good as its database. New skills with no community history will return limited results. Use your own judgment alongside the tool's output.

Code Review Skills

ClawHub has several code review skills. Two stand out for different use cases:

pr-reviewer

Automated first-pass code review. You run it on a branch or a diff, and it flags:

• Logic errors and off-by-one issues
• Security vulnerabilities (SQL injection patterns, exposed secrets, unsafe deserialization)
• Missing test coverage for new code paths
• Style inconsistencies relative to your codebase conventions

Install:

/skills install pr-reviewer

Usage example:

/review-pr HEAD~5..HEAD
# → 2 security issues: hardcoded API key in config.ts:47, unvalidated
#   user input in handlers/upload.ts:23
# → 1 logic issue: auth check skipped when user.role is undefined
# → 4 style suggestions (optional)

This catches the issues that slip through because reviewers are tired or rushed. It's not a replacement for human review — it's the automated pass that makes human review faster and more focused.

code-explainer

The inverse of code review: instead of evaluating code you wrote, it explains code you're reading. Particularly useful when onboarding to a new codebase or debugging someone else's implementation.

/explain src/services/payment-processor.ts
# → This file implements a retry-based payment processor with
#   exponential backoff. Key entry point: processPayment() at line 34.
#   Notable: the idempotency key logic at line 78 prevents double-charges
#   on network retries...

Install:

/skills install code-explainer

Docker and Infrastructure Tools

docker-manager

Wraps common Docker operations with intelligent context. It knows the difference between your development containers and production configurations, warns before destructive operations, and can generate Dockerfiles from project analysis.

/docker status
# → 3 containers running: postgres (healthy), redis (healthy), app (restarting)
# → app container has been restarting for 4 minutes — last error: PORT already in use

/docker fix app
# → Detected port conflict on 3000. Updating docker-compose.yml to use 3001.

Install:

/skills install docker-manager

Limitation worth knowing: Works best with docker-compose setups. Bare docker run workflows get less intelligent handling.

The Developer Stack Worth Installing

For a well-rounded developer toolset, this is the install order that makes sense:

1. skill-vetter — always first, so you can vet the others
2. github — the daily workflow anchor
3. pr-reviewer — catches issues before humans review
4. docker-manager — if you're container-heavy
5. code-explainer — for onboarding and codebase exploration

The pattern across all these tools is the same: they handle the mechanical, repeatable parts of development so you can focus on the decisions that actually require judgment. That's the deal. And for most developers who try this stack, it's a good one.