Setup & Installation
openclaw skills install @d-wwei/local-task-runner
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
npx clawhub install local-task-runner
What This Skill Does
Runs Node.js code snippets or full scripts directly on the host machine without spawning a subagent. Handles file management, cleanup, and timeouts automatically. Acts as the default execution method when subagent spawning is unavailable or inefficient.
Eliminates the overhead of manually writing, executing, and deleting temp files or spinning up a full subagent for simple code execution tasks.
When to use it
- Running a quick calculation without launching a full subagent
- Checking local system status from within an agent workflow
- Executing a one-off utility script with automatic cleanup
- Enforcing a timeout on potentially long-running code
- Testing a Node.js snippet inline during agent task execution
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
INPUT
User asks: calculate the SHA-256 hash of a string without spawning a subagent
AGENT
- 1Construct Node.js code string using the crypto module to hash the input
- 2Call run_task with the code string and an optional timeout value
- 3Task runner writes and executes the code in an isolated context
- 4Runner captures stdout and returns the result with task ID and duration
OUTPUT
[TASK: abc123] Completed in 18ms --- STDOUT --- e3b0c44298fc1c149afb...