Skill: text-summarize

Version: 1.0.0

Summarize any text into concise bullet points while keeping your API keys local.

This is the "Hello World" of Expanso + OpenClaw skills.

name: text-summarize version: 1.0.0 description: Summarize text into 3-5 bullet points using AI

Credentials (stored locally on Expanso Edge, never transmitted)

credentials:

• name: OPENAI_API_KEY required: false # Not required if using Ollama description: OpenAI API key for remote inference

Skill inputs

inputs:

• name: text type: string required: true description: Text to summarize (up to 1MB)
• name: bullet_count type: integer default: 5 description: Maximum number of bullet points (3-10)
• name: style type: string default: concise enum: [concise, detailed, executive] description: Summary style

Skill outputs

outputs:

• name: summary type: string description: Bulleted summary of the input text
• name: metadata type: object description: Audit metadata (model, timestamp, input_hash)

Backend options (Expanso Edge flexibility)

backends:

• name: openai type: remote requires: [OPENAI_API_KEY] description: OpenAI GPT-4o-mini (fast, ~$0.001 per summary)
• name: ollama type: local models: [llama3.2, mistral, phi3] description: Local Ollama (private, free, slower)

Expanso components used

components: inputs: - stdin # CLI mode - http_server # MCP mode processors: - mapping - openai_chat_completion - log outputs: - stdout # CLI mode - sync_response # MCP mode