What this skill does
Recover from developer disasters. Use when someone force-pushed to main, leaked credentials in git, ran out of disk space, killed the wrong process, corrupted a database, broke a deploy, locked themselves out of SSH, lost commits after a bad rebase, or hit any other "oh no" moment that needs immediate, calm, step-by-step recovery.
Emergency Rescue Kit 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 Emergency Rescue Kit
The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:
- Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
- Open the in-app Skills panel.
- Search for
emergency-rescueand click Install. - The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.
Install from the command line
If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add Emergency Rescue Kit with a single command:
openclaw skills add emergency-rescue
This pulls emergency-rescue from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/emergency-rescue/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.
How to use Emergency Rescue Kit
Once installed, Emergency Rescue Kit 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:
- Click the Download .zip button above to grab
emergency-rescue-1.0.0.zipdirectly from our S3 mirror. - Unzip into
~/.openclaw/skills/emergency-rescue/(create the directory if it does not exist). - Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.
Frequently asked questions
How do I install Emergency Rescue Kit?
Install Emergency Rescue Kit in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for emergency-rescue, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add emergency-rescue. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/emergency-rescue/.
Is Emergency Rescue Kit free?
Yes. Emergency Rescue Kit 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 Emergency Rescue Kit do?
Recover from developer disasters.
Related: more developer tools skills
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Free, open-source · Apache-2.0 · Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or local Ollama models