Setup & Installation
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
Version History
- Removed requirement to check and announce newer owid-catalog versions on each invocation. - Updated documentation to no longer instruct users to notify about newer owid-catalog releases. - No functional or code changes; content transparency and attribution practices remain. - Version updated from 0.1.2 to 0.1.3.
What This Skill Does
Retrieves chart data and metadata from Our World in Data using the owid-catalog Python module. Searches run in English regardless of the user's language; the agent translates results as a post-processing step. Output includes chart title, description, source URL, and a summary of available entities.
owid-catalog gives direct programmatic access to OWID's structured chart catalog, avoiding manual scraping or parsing of HTML pages.
When to use it
- Looking up child mortality trends by country
- Checking historical CO2 emissions figures
- Finding life expectancy data for a specific region
- Retrieving global poverty rate comparisons
- Summarizing vaccination coverage statistics for a report
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
User asks: What is the trend in global life expectancy?
- 1Translates query to English if the user's language differs
- 2Calls client.charts.search('life expectancy', limit=3)
- 3Selects the most contextually relevant chart result
- 4Fetches chart data and extracts title, subtitle, URL, and entity count
- 5Returns structured summary and translates into the user's language if needed
Structured response with chart title, description, link to the OWID page, and the number of countries covered