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What are Skills?

Skills are specialized plugins for AI agents that extend their capabilities with domain-specific knowledge and workflows. They allow AI agents to perform complex operations that would otherwise require multiple steps and API calls. These skills are designed for OpenClaw.

Available Pinata Skills

Pinata provides two powerful skills that enable AI agents to work seamlessly with IPFS storage and blockchain agent registration:

Getting Started

Both skills are available on ClawHub, the registry for Claude Code skills:

Installation

Install skills directly from ClawHub:
clawhub install pinata-api
clawhub install erc-8004-pinata
Or manually copy the skill directories to your Claude Code skills folder.

How Skills Work

Once installed and configured with your API credentials in OpenClaw, you can simply ask your AI agent to perform operations in natural language:
“Upload this file to Pinata”
“Create an ERC-8004 agent card for my AI assistant”
“Register this agent on Base Sepolia”
The AI agent automatically uses the appropriate skill and handles all the API calls, file operations, and blockchain transactions for you.

Configuration

Skills require environment variables to be set in your OpenClaw configuration (~/.openclaw/openclaw.json). Each skill documents its required credentials and setup steps. See the individual skill pages for detailed setup instructions.