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summary: "macOS Skills settings UI and gateway-backed status"
read_when:
- Updating the macOS Skills settings UI
- Changing skills gating or install behavior
title: "Skills (macOS)"
---
# Skills (macOS)
The macOS app surfaces OpenClaw skills via the gateway; it does not parse skills locally.
## Data source
- `skills.status` (gateway) returns all skills plus eligibility and missing requirements
(including allowlist blocks for bundled skills).
- Requirements are derived from `metadata.openclaw.requires` in each `SKILL.md`.
## Install actions
- `metadata.openclaw.install` defines install options (brew/node/go/uv).
- The app calls `skills.install` to run installers on the gateway host.
- Built-in dangerous-code `critical` findings block `skills.install` by default; suspicious findings still warn only. The dangerous override exists on the gateway request, but the default app flow stays fail-closed.
- If every install option is `download`, the gateway surfaces all download
choices.
- Otherwise, the gateway picks one preferred installer using the current
install preferences and host binaries: Homebrew first when
`skills.install.preferBrew` is enabled and `brew` exists, then `uv`, then the
configured node manager from `skills.install.nodeManager`, then later
fallbacks like `go` or `download`.
- Node install labels reflect the configured node manager, including `yarn`.
## Env/API keys
- The app stores keys in `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json` under `skills.entries.<skillKey>`.
- `skills.update` patches `enabled`, `apiKey`, and `env`.
## Remote mode
- Install + config updates happen on the gateway host (not the local Mac).