Setup & Installation
openclaw skills install @tjade273/simple-formatter
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
npx clawhub install simple-formatter
What This Skill Does
Formats text by capitalizing sentence starts, fixing spacing around periods, and removing trailing whitespace. Uses a Python script at scripts/formatter.py to apply the rules.
Handles common text normalization rules in a single pass without manual editing.
When to use it
- Cleaning up pasted notes with inconsistent spacing
- Fixing capitalization in rough draft text
- Normalizing punctuation in user-submitted content
- Tidying sentences copied from multiple sources
- Standardizing formatting in documentation snippets
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
INPUT
User asks: format 'hello world.this is a test.'
AGENT
- 1Receives the raw input text
- 2Capitalizes the first letter of each sentence
- 3Ensures a single space follows each period
- 4Removes trailing whitespace
- 5Returns the cleaned text
OUTPUT
Hello world. This is a test.