Academic Mentor

What this skill does

AI-powered research advisor for graduate students - provides research assessment, proposal generation, literature analysis, advisor matching.

Academic Mentor is part of the Developer Tools category — developer tools that help your agent write, review, debug, and ship code. You can install it on its own or alongside other developer tools skills from the OpenClaw catalog.

How to install Academic Mentor

The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:

1. Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
2. Open the in-app Skills panel.
3. Search for academic-mentor and click Install.
4. The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.

Install from the command line

If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add Academic Mentor with a single command:

openclaw skills add academic-mentor

This pulls academic-mentor from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/academic-mentor/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.

How to use Academic Mentor

Once installed, Academic Mentor activates on its own: when an incoming message on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Feishu or Line matches the skill's description, your OpenClaw agent loads it and runs the workflow. You can also trigger it explicitly by describing the task in chat. No extra configuration is required after install.

Manual install (advanced)

If you prefer manual installation:

1. Click the Download .zip button above to grab academic-mentor-1.0.0.zip directly from our S3 mirror.
2. Unzip into ~/.openclaw/skills/academic-mentor/ (create the directory if it does not exist).
3. Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.

Frequently asked questions

How do I install Academic Mentor?

Install Academic Mentor in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for academic-mentor, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add academic-mentor. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/academic-mentor/.

Is Academic Mentor free?

Yes. Academic Mentor is free and open-source, distributed under the Apache-2.0 license through ClawHub. No account or payment is required to download or run it.

What does Academic Mentor do?

AI-powered research advisor for graduate students - provides research assessment, proposal generation, literature analysis, advisor matching.

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