Loom
List and create Loom videos. Share and manage async video messages.
Details
Loom skill integrates with Loom for listing and creating videos. Share video updates and async messages from your agent.
When to use
Use when the agent should create or list Loom videos. Requires Loom API; good for async updates and onboarding.
How Loom fits into your OpenClaw setup
Media skills extend OpenClaw beyond text — generating, converting, and managing images, audio, and video from the same conversational interface you use for everything else. Loom is part of this group, and it turns requests that would normally mean opening a separate app into a single message.
What working with it looks like
Working with Loom feels like briefing a colleague: describe what you want, attach or reference the source material, and the assistant returns the result in the channel. Iteration is fast because feedback is conversational — say what to change and the next version arrives in the same thread.
Installing Loom
Setup takes a few minutes. Open a terminal in your OpenClaw directory, run the command below, and restart the assistant so it picks up the new capability. Check the skill's README before first use — if it needs an API key or account access, you want that configured up front.
Verify the install with a deliberately simple test before relying on it for real work. A thirty-second check separates a skill that is not installed from one that is misconfigured — two failures that look identical from inside a conversation and waste time when discovered late.
clawhub install loomGetting the most out of it
Think of Loom as one instrument in an ensemble. OpenClaw's real strength is composition — the assistant combining several skills in a single task because the request demanded it. When you browse the catalogue, look for the skills that complete your workflows, not just the ones that sound impressive in isolation.
Setting this up well takes judgment as much as effort — which skills, in what configuration, integrated with which of your tools. That is the work we do for clients: full OpenClaw setup, skills like Loom tuned to your workflow, and custom development where nothing off the shelf fits.