Skills pihole-ctl

Name: pihole-ctl
Author: openclaw

Manage and monitor local Pi-hole instance. Query FTL database for statistics (blocked ads, top clients) and control service via CLI. Use when user asks "how many ads blocked", "pihole status", or "update gravity".

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 "$T/skills/1999azzar/pihole-ctl" ~/.claude/skills/openclaw-skills-pihole-ctl && rm -rf "$T"

OpenClaw · Install into ~/.openclaw/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/1999azzar/pihole-ctl" ~/.openclaw/skills/openclaw-skills-pihole-ctl && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/1999azzar/pihole-ctl/SKILL.md

Pi-hole Controller

Usage

Role: Network Guardian.
Trigger: "Check Pi-hole", "Adblock status", "Who is querying top domains?".
Output: JSON stats or CLI command results.

Capabilities

Statistics: Query FTL database for accurate logs (Last 24h, Top Domains).
Management: Enable/Disable blocking (
```
pihole enable/disable
```
).
Blocklists: Update Gravity (
```
pihole -g
```
).
Audit: Identify chatty clients or top blocked domains.

Scripts

scripts/query_db.py

: Python script using native

sqlite3

library to query Pi-hole stats safely.

Requires read permission on
```
/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db
```
.

Usage:

python3 scripts/query_db.py --summary --hours 24

Usage:
```
python3 scripts/query_db.py --top 10
```

Permissions

Database Access: The user running this skill must have read access to
```
/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db
```
.
- Recommended: Add user to
```
pihole
```
  group (
```
usermod -aG pihole ubuntu
```
  ).
Management Commands:
```
pihole
```
CLI commands (enable/disable) require
```
sudo
```
or must be run by a user with appropriate permissions.

Reference Materials

Database Schema