> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://smithers-feat-claude-workflow-mirror.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# OpenClaw

> Run Smithers from OpenClaw. Register the MCP server in openclaw.json, and install the Smithers skill, auto-discovered from ~/.agents/skills.

[OpenClaw](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw) is a local-first personal agent
and gateway that connects messaging channels, browser, files, and shell to LLMs.
It extends through **skills** (distributed via ClawHub) and **MCP servers**, and
acts as both an MCP client and an MCP server. Both surfaces accept Smithers.

## Register the MCP server

The fastest path is `mcp add`, which writes its server straight into
OpenClaw's `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json`:

```bash theme={null}
bunx smithers-orchestrator mcp add --agent openclaw
```

To do it by hand, OpenClaw stores MCP servers in `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json` under
`mcp.servers`. Add Smithers as a stdio server:

```json theme={null}
{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "smithers": {
        "command": "bunx",
        "args": ["smithers-orchestrator", "--mcp"]
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Or manage it from the CLI:

```bash theme={null}
openclaw mcp set smithers '{"command":"bunx","args":["smithers-orchestrator","--mcp"]}'
openclaw mcp list
```

The semantic tools (`list_workflows`, `run_workflow`, `watch_run`,
`resolve_approval`, and the rest) become available to OpenClaw's agent. Full
reference: [MCP Server](/integrations/mcp-server).

## Install the skill

OpenClaw discovers skills from `~/.agents/skills/` (among other locations), which
is exactly where the cross-agent command installs them:

```bash theme={null}
bunx smithers-orchestrator skills add
```

OpenClaw's own skill registry is **ClawHub** (`openclaw skills install <slug>`);
the Smithers skill installs directly into the skills directory rather than
through the hub.

## See also

* [MCP Server](/integrations/mcp-server): the full tool reference
* [Agent Support](/agents/overview): the cross-agent commands