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How to Install ClawFlows in One Command
Complete install guide for ClawFlows — 113 open source workflows for OpenClaw. Prerequisites, one-command install, and the first five workflows to run.
Complete install guide for ClawFlows — 113 open source workflows for OpenClaw. Prerequisites, one-command install, and the first five workflows to run.
The best thing about ClawFlows is how fast you can go from zero to running 113 workflows. This guide walks through the full installation — prerequisites, the one-command install, verification, and the first five workflows worth running on day one.
If you're new to the collection itself, start with 113 Workflows That Run Your Digital Life for the overview, then come back here.
list-workflows command.Before installing ClawFlows, you need three things in place.
ClawFlows is built on top of OpenClaw, the open source skill runtime. If you don't have OpenClaw yet, install it first. The OpenClaw docs cover macOS, Linux, and Windows setups.
The install pulls from GitHub, so you need a working git command. Check with git --version.
Any POSIX-compatible shell works — bash, zsh, fish. PowerShell works on Windows with minor adjustments.
That's it. No database, no API keys, no configuration files to edit before you start.
With prerequisites in place, run the install command from your terminal. The exact command lives in the nikilster/clawflows README, which keeps it up to date as the collection evolves.
The install does three things:
You should see output confirming the count and category breakdown. If you see 113 workflows loaded across nine categories, you're done.
The most common failure is a missing OpenClaw installation or a permissions issue with the workflows directory. The install command surfaces the specific error, and the OpenClaw docs have a troubleshooting section for common cases.
Run openclaw workflows list (or the equivalent command for your OpenClaw version) to see the full set. You should see workflows grouped by category:
If any category is empty, the install didn't complete cleanly. Re-run it or check the logs.
Rather than browsing all 113 on day one, run five specific workflows to see the value immediately.
The flagship. Silences notifications, closes distracting apps, loads your context, starts a focus timer. We profile it in depth in Focus Mode: The Workflow That Saved My Week.
Invoke it whenever you need deep work. It's the one workflow that will change your habits within the first week.
A routine that assembles your day — calendar, priorities, news, weather, whatever you configure — into a single briefing. Run it first thing in the morning. See Morning Briefing Workflow: Start Your Day Right.
If you have standups, this workflow generates your update from your Git activity, issue tracker, and notes. It's covered in Automating Standups With Build-Standup.
Run this weekly. It copies your photo library to a backup destination with verification. See Backup Workflows: Never Lose a Photo Again.
For developers, this workflow audits your NPM or package dependencies for security issues. Profiled in Check-Dependencies: NPM Security Automation.
These five cover focus, routine, work, backup, and security. That's the core of what automation should do for a working adult.
New workflows get added to the upstream repo regularly. To pull updates, run git pull in the ClawFlows directory and let OpenClaw re-register. The command to do this in one step is in the repo's README.
You can also watch the nikilster/clawflows repo on GitHub to get notifications when new workflows ship.
If you decide ClawFlows isn't for you (unlikely), removing it is as simple as deleting the workflows directory and running openclaw workflows sync. No residue, no registry entries to clean up. Open source tools tend to be polite that way.
ClawFlows itself doesn't. Individual workflows may call services that require authentication — for example, a workflow that posts to Slack needs a Slack token. These are configured per-skill, not per-workflow.
Yes. The default install pulls all 113, but you can edit the workflow directory to keep only the ones you want. OpenClaw only registers what's present.
The aiskill.market/workflows page gives you a browsable catalog with descriptions and install buttons. For local management, you use the OpenClaw CLI.
It depends on the workflow. activate-focus-mode works entirely offline. morning-briefing needs network access for calendar and news. Each workflow's dependencies are documented in its definition.
File issues on the nikilster/clawflows GitHub repo. The maintainer is responsive and the community is active.
Installation is the easy part. The real work is building the habit of invoking workflows instead of doing things manually. Start with activate-focus-mode today, add morning-briefing tomorrow, layer in the others over the week. Within seven days, you'll have a running automation library that most Zapier users can't match.
Explore all 113 workflows at aiskill.market/workflows or submit your own.
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