Tools & Skills

Extend agent capabilities.

Overview

Tools give agents additional capabilities:

• Browser - Web automation
• Skills - Custom capabilities
• Slash Commands - Quick actions
• Subagents - Delegated tasks

Built-in Tools

Tool	Description
Web Search	Search the internet
Browser	Web automation
Code Execution	Run code
File Operations	Read/write files

Enabling Tools

{
  agent: {
    tools: ["web-search", "browser", "code-execution"]
  }
}

Or via CLI:

openclaw skills enable web-search
openclaw skills enable browser

Tool Configuration

{
  tools: {
    "web-search": {
      enabled: true,
      provider: "google"
    },
    "browser": {
      enabled: true,
      headless: true
    },
    "code-execution": {
      enabled: true,
      sandbox: true,
      timeout: 30000
    }
  }
}

Security

Tools can be sandboxed for security:

• Code execution in containers
• File access restrictions
• Network limitations

See Also

• Skills
• Gateway Sandboxing