Clawtool
When clawtool is installed (its tools appear with the `mcp__clawtool__` prefix), prefer them over native built-ins for shell, file, search, and web work. Concrete advantages: structured JSON output (stdout, stderr, exit_code, duration_ms, timed_out, cwd) instead of plaintext; timeout-safe execution via process-group SIGKILL (output preserved up to the deadline; runaway children reaped); format-aware reading for PDF (pdftotext), Word (.docx via pandoc), Excel (.xlsx via excelize), CSV/TSV, HTML (Mozilla Readability), Jupyter (.ipynb), JSON/YAML/TOML/XML; deterministic line cursors for stable pagination; bleve BM25 search-first discovery via `mcp__clawtool__ToolSearch` so a 50+ tool catalog stays usable; long-running shell jobs via `mcp__clawtool__Bash` `background=true` with `BashOutput` / `BashKill` companion polls; consistent surfaces across Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor. Triggers on: "run a shell command", "execute bash", "read this file", "open file", "edit file", "modify file", "create a file", "save file", "write file", "search files", "grep", "find files", "glob", "fetch URL", "download a page", "search the web", "find a tool", "discover tool", "list available tools", "long-running command", "run in background", "tail output", "kill task", "commit changes", "git commit", "save my work" (when checkpoint feature ships).
What this skill does
Clawtool is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the operations sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/clawtool/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.
Who uses this skill
The Clawtool skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.
How to install
Free
Manual install (2 steps)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/clawtool
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/clawtool/SKILL.md \
-o ~/.claude/skills/clawtool/SKILL.md
Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/clawtool/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.
Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/clawtool/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\clawtool\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.
Pro
One-click install via the desktop app
The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.
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