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Expanso Skills for OpenClaw

Deploy data processing pipelines to your local Expanso Edge. Skills run locally, keeping credentials secure and enabling offline operation.

What is Expanso?

Setup

1. Create an Expanso Cloud account

1. Go to cloud.expanso.io and sign up 2. Create a new organization (or use an existing one) 3. Note your Cloud Endpoint URL (e.g., https://abc123.us1.cloud.expanso.io)

2. Install the tools

# Install Expanso Edge (local runtime)
curl -fsSL https://get.expanso.io/edge/install.sh | bash
Install Expanso CLI (deploy to cloud)
curl -fsSL https://get.expanso.io/cli/install.sh | sh

3. Get a Bootstrap Token

1. In Expanso Cloud, go to Settings → Edge Nodes 2. Click "Add Edge Node" 3. Copy the Bootstrap URL and Bootstrap Token

4. Connect your Edge to the Cloud

# Set the bootstrap URL and token from Expanso Cloud
export EXPANSO_EDGE_BOOTSTRAP_URL="https://start.cloud.expanso.io"
export EXPANSO_EDGE_BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN="your-token-from-cloud"
Start Edge (it will register automatically)
expanso-edge

This connects your local Edge node to your Expanso Cloud organization. Your Edge will now receive pipeline deployments from the cloud.

5. Deploy a skill

# Browse skills at https://skills.expanso.io
Then deploy one:
expanso-cli job deploy https://skills.expanso.io/text-summarize/pipeline-cli.yaml

The pipeline will be deployed through Expanso Cloud to your local Edge node.

Available Skills

Browse 172+ skills at skills.expanso.io:

| Category | Examples | |----------|----------| | AI | text-summarize, image-describe, audio-transcribe | | Security | pii-redact, secrets-scan, hash-digest | | Transforms | json-pretty, csv-to-json, array-filter | | Utilities | uuid-generate, email-validate, mime-type |

Example: PII Redaction

Ask OpenClaw to redact sensitive data:

> "Redact the PII from this customer feedback"

OpenClaw will use the pii-redact skill running on your local Expanso Edge to process the data — your API keys and data never leave your machine.

How It Works

┌─────────────┐     ┌───────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐
│  OpenClaw   │────▶│ Expanso Edge  │────▶│ Your Data    │
│  (asks)     │     │ (processes)   │     │ (stays local)│
└─────────────┘     └───────────────┘     └──────────────┘
                           │
                    ┌──────┴──────┐
                    │Expanso Cloud│
                    │(orchestrates)│
                    └─────────────┘

Resources

1. Create an Expanso Cloud account

1. Go to cloud.expanso.io and sign up 2. Create a new organization (or use an existing one) 3. Note your Cloud Endpoint URL (e.g., https://abc123.us1.cloud.expanso.io)

2. Install the tools

# Install Expanso Edge (local runtime)
curl -fsSL https://get.expanso.io/edge/install.sh | bash
Install Expanso CLI (deploy to cloud)
curl -fsSL https://get.expanso.io/cli/install.sh | sh

3. Get a Bootstrap Token

1. In Expanso Cloud, go to Settings → Edge Nodes 2. Click "Add Edge Node" 3. Copy the Bootstrap URL and Bootstrap Token

4. Connect your Edge to the Cloud

# Set the bootstrap URL and token from Expanso Cloud
export EXPANSO_EDGE_BOOTSTRAP_URL="https://start.cloud.expanso.io"
export EXPANSO_EDGE_BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN="your-token-from-cloud"
Start Edge (it will register automatically)
expanso-edge

This connects your local Edge node to your Expanso Cloud organization. Your Edge will now receive pipeline deployments from the cloud.

5. Deploy a skill

# Browse skills at https://skills.expanso.io
Then deploy one:
expanso-cli job deploy https://skills.expanso.io/text-summarize/pipeline-cli.yaml

The pipeline will be deployed through Expanso Cloud to your local Edge node.