Crabbox

SkillDev tools

Use the Crabbox wrapper for validation across Linux, macOS, Windows, and WSL2, including delegated Blacksmith Testbox proof. Report the actual provider and id.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Crabbox skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by openclaw/clawsweeper in .agents/skills/crabbox/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Use Crabbox for remote project verification. Treat repo-root crabbox.yaml or .crabbox.yaml, or an available crabbox CLI, as a signal to use this skill for validation work. Inspect repository config before executing it; detection does not grant permission to expose secrets or start paid infrastructure.

Workflow:

  • Warm early: crabbox warmup
  • Reuse the returned slug for interactive checks and keep the cbx_ id in scripts/logs.
  • Run checks with crabbox run --id -- .
  • Use --cache-volume [name=]key:path only when the selected provider supports provider-backed cache volumes.
  • Use crabbox status --id --wait before broad gates if needed.
  • Use crabbox ssh --id to inspect the runner when a failure needs live context.
  • Stop with crabbox stop when finished.

Do not debug product failures on a reused box that fails sync sanity. Stop it, warm a fresh box, and rerun.

Detected workflow:

  • Prefer crabbox job run detected for the broad remote check.
crabbox job run detected

Signals

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Source
github.com/openclaw/clawsweeper