How do I install the Orthogonal skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add codealive-ai/orthogonal in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Orthogonal safe to use?

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Which AI agents work with Orthogonal?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Orthogonal free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Orthogonal?

CodeAlive-AI (@codealive-ai) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Orthogonal by codealive-ai — Agent Skill

Name: Orthogonal
Author: CodeAlive-AI

Orthogonal

Access premium APIs and curated skills via Orthogonal marketplace. Use when you need external data (scraping, enrichment, search), want to discover new capabilities, or need to call third-party services. For tasks like: find an API, enrich a lead, scrape a website, send SMS, verify email, research a company.

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Orthogonal — Skills & API Marketplace

Access premium APIs and curated agent skills via the orth CLI.

Decision Flow

When you need to perform a task that requires external data or services:

Check installed skills first — look through your available skills
Search for skills — orth skills search "<task>" to find a dedicated skill. Always search before repurposing a general skill.
Fall back to API search — only if no skill covers the use case: orth api search "<task>"
Check parameters before calling — orth api show <slug> <path> to see parameter names and types. Never guess parameter names.

Discover Skills

# Search by keyword
orth skills search "lead enrichment"

# List all available skills
orth skills list

# Show skill details
orth skills show <slug>

# Install a skill (goes to ~/.openclaw/skills/)
orth skills add <slug> --agent openclaw

After installing a skill, read its SKILL.md for usage instructions.

Discover & Call APIs

# Search for APIs
orth api search "web scraping"

# Get API details and endpoints
orth api info <api-slug>

# Show endpoint parameters (ALWAYS do this before first call)
orth api show <api-slug> <path>

# Call an API
orth run <api-slug> <path> --body '{"param": "value"}'

# Dry run (check cost without executing)
orth run --dry-run <api-slug> <path> --body '{"param": "value"}'

OAuth Integrations (free, user-connected)

Integration	Slug	Key Actions
Gmail	`gmail`	`/send-email`, `/list-emails`, `/get-email`
Google Calendar	`google-calendar`	`/create-event`, `/list-events`
Slack	`slack`	`/send-message`, `/list-channels`
GitHub	`github`	`/create-issue`, `/list-repos`, `/create-pr`
Notion	`notion`	`/create-page`, `/search`
Google Drive	`google-drive`	`/find-file`, `/create-file`
Google Sheets	`google-sheets`	`/create-spreadsheet`, `/add-row`, `/get-values`

Example: orth run gmail /send-email --body '{"recipient_email": "user@example.com", "subject": "Hello", "body": "Hi"}'

If integration returns HTTP 428 — user needs to connect account at https://orthogonal.com/dashboard/integrations

Tips

Search is semantic — describe what you want to do
APIs are pay-per-use ($0.001 - $0.10 per request)
Always check orth api show before first call to an endpoint
Use --dry-run to preview cost
Skills are installed to ~/.openclaw/skills/<slug>/

Related Skills

exa-company-research, exa-people-research, exa-lead-gen (Exa-based research — use for web search and content discovery)
web-browser (browser automation — use for interactive browsing)
posthog-analytics (product analytics — use for internal metrics)

---name: orthogonaldescription: Access premium APIs and curated skills via Orthogonal marketplace. Use when you need external data (scraping, enrichment, search), want to discover new capabilities, or need to call third-party services. For tasks like: find an API, enrich a lead, scrape a website, send SMS, verify email, research a company.---# Orthogonal — Skills & API MarketplaceAccess premium APIs and curated agent skills via the `orth` CLI.## Decision FlowWhen you need to perform a task that requires external data or services:1. **Check installed skills first** — look through your available skills2. **Search for skills** — `orth skills search "<task>"` to find a dedicated skill. Always search before repurposing a general skill.3. **Fall back to API search** — only if no skill covers the use case: `orth api search "<task>"`4. **Check parameters before calling** — `orth api show <slug> <path>` to see parameter names and types. Never guess parameter names.## Discover Skills```bash# Search by keywordorth skills search "lead enrichment"# List all available skillsorth skills list# Show skill detailsorth skills show <slug># Install a skill (goes to ~/.openclaw/skills/)orth skills add <slug> --agent openclaw```After installing a skill, read its SKILL.md for usage instructions.## Discover & Call APIs```bash# Search for APIsorth api search "web scraping"# Get API details and endpointsorth api info <api-slug># Show endpoint parameters (ALWAYS do this before first call)orth api show <api-slug> <path># Call an APIorth run <api-slug> <path> --body '{"param": "value"}'# Dry run (check cost without executing)orth run --dry-run <api-slug> <path> --body '{"param": "value"}'```## OAuth Integrations (free, user-connected)| Integration | Slug | Key Actions ||---|---|---|| Gmail | `gmail` | `/send-email`, `/list-emails`, `/get-email` || Google Calendar | `google-calendar` | `/create-event`, `/list-events` || Slack | `slack` | `/send-message`, `/list-channels` || GitHub | `github` | `/create-issue`, `/list-repos`, `/create-pr` || Notion | `notion` | `/create-page`, `/search` || Google Drive | `google-drive` | `/find-file`, `/create-file` || Google Sheets | `google-sheets` | `/create-spreadsheet`, `/add-row`, `/get-values` |Example: `orth run gmail /send-email --body '{"recipient_email": "user@example.com", "subject": "Hello", "body": "Hi"}'`If integration returns HTTP 428 — user needs to connect account at https://orthogonal.com/dashboard/integrations## Tips- Search is semantic — describe what you want to do- APIs are pay-per-use ($0.001 - $0.10 per request)- Always check `orth api show` before first call to an endpoint- Use `--dry-run` to preview cost- Skills are installed to `~/.openclaw/skills/<slug>/`## Related Skills- exa-company-research, exa-people-research, exa-lead-gen (Exa-based research — use for web search and content discovery)- web-browser (browser automation — use for interactive browsing)- posthog-analytics (product analytics — use for internal metrics)

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