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Plugins and skills

Add capabilities to your desktop and agent with plugins from the marketplace.

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What plugins do

Plugins add capabilities to your desktop and your AI agent. They are packages that install tools, configure services, or inject skills into the agent, without you needing to set things up manually.

How plugins work

  1. Browse the plugin marketplace from the dashboard.
  2. Enable the plugins you want for a specific desktop.
  3. Boot (or reboot) the desktop. Plugins are installed automatically during boot.

Plugins are per-desktop. You can enable different plugins on different desktops depending on the task.

Plugin types

Tools

Install software on the desktop. Examples: browser automation tools, code editors, database clients, development frameworks.

Agent skills

Inject capabilities into the OpenClaw agent. Skills give your agent new abilities like searching the web, managing files, interacting with APIs, or running multi-step workflows.

Services

Start background services on the desktop. Examples: local web servers, database engines, monitoring daemons.

Managing plugins

Enabling a plugin

  1. Go to your desktop's settings.
  2. Open the Plugins section.
  3. Toggle on the plugins you want.
  4. Restart the desktop to apply changes.

Disabling a plugin

Toggle the plugin off in settings and restart the desktop. The plugin's files and services will not be loaded on the next boot.

Note: disabling a plugin does not uninstall software that was already installed. It only prevents the plugin from running its setup on next boot.

Viewing installed plugins

From the desktop detail page, you can see which plugins are enabled and their status.

Plugin catalog

The marketplace shows all available plugins with their name, description, category, compatibility info, and what they install or configure.

New plugins are added over time. If you need something that does not exist yet, you can install software manually via the terminal or request a new plugin.

Tips

  • Enable only the plugins you need. Each one adds time to the boot process.
  • If a desktop behaves unexpectedly after adding a plugin, try disabling it and rebooting.
  • Agent skills work well in combination. For example, a web search skill paired with a file management skill lets your agent research topics and save results on its own.

Related docs

Create your first desktop

Step-by-step: create and launch your first cloud desktop on Le Bureau.

OpenClaw overview

What OpenClaw is, how it runs on Le Bureau desktops, and how it connects your chat to an AI model.

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