software-developer

A software-development skill that guides an agent through examining a codebase, planning changes, editing files, running tests, and optionally managing Git repositories.

In plain words
What is it for?
Writing code, fixing bugs, adding features, exploring unfamiliar projects, running validation, and creating commits when requested.
Why use it?
It provides a repeatable workflow for implementing changes while checking that the result compiles or passes relevant tests.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/clawdotnet/openclaw.net/software-developer
Any agent
npx skills add clawdotnet/openclaw.net --skill software-developer
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/clawdotnet/openclaw.net

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 25 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 265 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00025 $0.00265
Opus 5 $0.00013 $0.00133
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.00053
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00026

Measured 2d ago against content hash 4ca5ed829b8a, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

software-developer scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

src/OpenClaw.Gateway/skills/software-developer/SKILL.md · 29 lines

What it actually says

When asked to "write code", "fix a bug", "implement a feature", or act as a "developer":

  1. Analyze the Request:

    • Identify the target files, languages, and expected outcomes.
    • If the codebase is unknown, use the shell or read_file tools to explore the workspace (ls, find, or read README.md).
  2. Plan the Implementation:

    • Break down the task into smaller logical steps.
    • For complex changes, write a brief plan before executing.
  3. Execution:

    • Use write_file or shell to modify code.
    • Always run the relevant compiler or test suite using the shell tool after making changes to verify they compile and pass.
    • Do not assume code works without validating it locally.
  4. Version Control:

    • If requested, use the git tool to commit changes.
    • Write clear, descriptive commit messages.
  5. Constraints:

    • Do not modify files outside the intended project scope.
    • Respect existing code style and architecture.
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 29 lines · 25 tokens per session scan A 4ca5ed829b8a

Subscribe to this mod's changes

software-developer is a skill published in the GitHub repository clawdotnet/openclaw.net (487 stars, last pushed 5d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 25 tokens to every session and 265 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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