# Skill Analyst

> Analyze and evaluate OpenClaw skills before installing or publishing. Compare against existing or ClawHub skills, check feature overlap, perform security review, and provide clear install/publish recommendations. Requires `clawhub` CLI to be available. Triggers: "analyze skill-name", "evaluate installing/publishing skill", "is this skill worth installing", "can I publish this", "skill comparison".

- Skill: `knownasnaffy/skill-analyst-5` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 6 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add knownasnaffy/skill-analyst-5`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/knownasnaffy/skill-analyst-5/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner WARNING, skillspector CAUTION)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: knownasnaffy (https://skillmd.com/u/knownasnaffy)
- Updated: 2026-09-21
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/knownasnaffy/skill-analyst-5

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# Skill Analyst

Help you analyze, compare, and vet skills before installing or publishing.

## Prerequisites

- `clawhub` CLI required
- `skill-vetter` optional (for security review)

## Workflow: Install Evaluation

### Step 1: Search the Target

Search ClawHub for similar skills:

```bash
clawhub search "<skill-name>"
clawhub inspect "<best-match>"
```

Get: name, author, version, summary, license, last updated.

### Step 2: Check Installed Skills

Scan `~/.openclaw/skills/` for SKILL.md files, or use `clawhub list`.

### Step 3: Find Overlap

Compare target against installed skills:
- Search by functionality keywords or use case
- Rate overlap: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW / NONE
- Note key differences

### Step 4: Security Check (optional)

If `skill-vetter` is installed, run security review. Otherwise mark "security check skipped".

### Step 5: Generate Report

```markdown
## 🔍 Analysis Report: Install <skill-name>

### Overview
| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Name | ... |
| Author | ... |
| Version | ... |
| License | ... |
| Last Updated | ... |

### Overlap with Installed Skills
- skill-a: MEDIUM — Similar use case, different approach
- skill-b: NONE — Unrelated

### Unique Value
- Feature X (no installed skill covers this)

### Risks
- Requires Z API key

### Verdict
✅ Recommended / ⚠️ Consider / ❌ Not recommended
```

## Workflow: Publish Evaluation

### Step 1: Read Local Skill

Read SKILL.md from workspace or skills directory. Extract name, description, features, file list.

### Step 2: Search Competitors

Use 2-3 different keywords:

```bash
clawhub search "<skill-name>"
clawhub search "<keywords from description>"
```

### Step 3: Analyze Competitors

For each relevant result:

```bash
clawhub inspect "<competitor>"
```

Compare: feature coverage, maturity, update frequency, uniqueness.

### Step 4: Generate Report

```markdown
## 🔍 Analysis Report: Publish <skill-name>

### Your Skill
| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Name | ... |
| Files | ... |
| Description | ... |

### ClawHub Competitors
| Skill | Author | Version | Overlap | Updated |
|-------|--------|---------|---------|---------|
| ... | ... | ... | HIGH/MED/LOW | ... |

### Your Advantages
- Key differentiators

### Suggestions
- Consider adding X before publishing

### Verdict
✅ Ready to publish / ⚠️ Optimize first / ❌ Reconsider
```

## Output Rules

- Always use tables for structured comparison
- Keep analysis concise and actionable
- End with a clear verdict
- Follow the report templates above