Birthday Reminder skill for OpenClaw

What this skill does

Manage birthdays with natural language. Store birthdays in /home/clawd/clawd/data/birthdays.md, get upcoming reminders, calculate ages. Use when the user mentions birthdays, wants to add/remember someone's birthday, check upcoming birthdays, or asks about someone's age/birthday. Understands phrases like "X hat am DD.MM. Geburtstag", "Wann hat X Geburtstag?", "Nächste Geburtstage".

The Birthday Reminder skill is part of the Productivity category — productivity skills for notes, tasks, reminders, and personal organization. You can install it on its own or alongside other productivity skills from the OpenClaw catalog.

How to install the Birthday Reminder skill

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 birthday-reminder 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 the Birthday Reminder skill with a single command:

openclaw skills add birthday-reminder

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

How to use the Birthday Reminder skill

Once installed, the Birthday Reminder skill 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 skill .zip button above to grab birthday-reminder-1.0.0.zip directly from our S3 mirror.
2. Unzip into ~/.openclaw/skills/birthday-reminder/ (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 Birthday Reminder?

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

Is the Birthday Reminder skill free?

Yes. It is free to download and run through ClawHub, with no account or payment required. Each skill is published by its own author under its own licence — see its ClawHub page for the licence and source.

What does Birthday Reminder do?

Manage birthdays with natural language. Store birthdays in /home/clawd/clawd/data/birthdays.md, get upcoming reminders, calculate ages. Use when the user mentions birthdays, wants to add/remember someone's birthday, check upcoming birthdays, or asks about someone's age/birthday.

Related: more productivity skills

If the Birthday Reminder skill looks useful, you may also want to check out other productivity skills in the OpenClaw catalog:

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• Podcast Generation ⬇ 3.9K
• Calctl ⬇ 3.8K

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