Skills agent-control

Manage OpenClaw isolated agents from chat with short commands. Use when the user asks to create/list/switch/bind/delete agents, route channels to a specific agent, or set an agent identity without manually typing full CLI syntax.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/openclaw/skills

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/alincatalin/agent-control" ~/.claude/skills/clawdbot-skills-agent-control && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/alincatalin/agent-control/SKILL.md

source content

Agent Control

Translate short chat commands into OpenClaw CLI agent operations.

Command grammar

Accept these commands (case-insensitive, trim extra spaces):

```
agent list
```

agent create <name> [workspace=<path>] [model=<id>]

agent switch <name> [channel=<channel[:accountId]>]

```
agent bind <name> <channel[:accountId]>
```

agent unbind <name> <channel[:accountId]>

```
agent delete <name>
```

agent identity <name> [display="..."] [emoji=🗡️] [avatar=<path>]

If input is ambiguous, ask one focused question.

Execution mapping

Run these exact command patterns:

List:
- ```
openclaw agents list
```

Create:

openclaw agents add <name> --workspace <path> --model <id>

Omit optional flags when missing.
Default workspace when omitted:
```
~/clawd/agents/<name>
```
.

Switch (route this channel/account to an agent):
- ```
openclaw agents bind --agent <name> --bind <channel[:accountId]>
```
- If channel is omitted, infer from current surface when possible (e.g.
```
webchat
```
  ).

Bind / unbind:

openclaw agents bind --agent <name> --bind <binding>

openclaw agents unbind --agent <name> --bind <binding>

Delete:
- Require explicit confirmation in the same turn for destructive action.
- Then run:
```
openclaw agents delete <name>
```

Identity:

openclaw agents set-identity --agent <name> [--name <display>] [--emoji <emoji>] [--avatar <path>]

Response style

After each operation, return:

A one-line result (success/failure)
The next useful command for the user

Keep it brief and practical.

Safety rules

Treat
```
agent delete
```
as destructive: confirm before running.
Never run unrelated shell commands.
If a command fails, show the error and one concrete fix.

scripts/

Use

scripts/example.py

as a deterministic helper wrapper for command parsing/execution when needed.