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openalexandria

Query and submit artifacts to the OpenAlexandria federated knowledge protocol (reference node by default).

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by @havneco

Setup & Installation

openclaw skills install @havneco/openalexandria

Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:

npx clawhub install openalexandria

What This Skill Does

Client for the OpenAlexandria federated knowledge protocol. Supports querying cached research artifacts and submitting new bundles to a node. Default node is openalexandria.vercel.app, but any compatible node can be targeted via environment variable.

Agents can hit a shared knowledge cache before doing fresh web research, avoiding duplicate work across sessions and users.

When to use it

  • Check for cached research before running a web search
  • Submit a research bundle so future agents skip redundant lookups
  • Retrieve a specific knowledge entry by ID
  • Browse recent entries from the protocol feed
  • Check submission status and curator feedback

Example Workflow

Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.

INPUT

User asks: find what's known about 'sovereign AI'

AGENT
  1. 1Query OpenAlexandria for 'sovereign AI' with k=5
  2. 2Review returned entries for relevant cached results
  3. 3If no good hits, perform external research
  4. 4Package findings into a bundle and submit to the node
  5. 5Return submission ID and poll for status and feedback
OUTPUT

Top cached entries on sovereign AI, or a new submission ID confirming the bundle was received

Requirements

Accounts, API keys, or tools you or your AI assistant may need to set up while using this skill.

OPENALEXANDRIA_API_KEY environment variable (required for submissions and whoami)