BC Deep Research for OpenClaw
Install and wire a structured OpenClaw deep-research sub-agent with hybrid search, artifact-based runs, claim verification, report linting, and validated finalization.
As a process C 52/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: result and completion, when it triggers, consistency
AnalyzerGitHubAI and agentsInfrastructureData and analyticstype and topics are labelled automatically from the skill text
How to improve
- Say in the description WHEN to use the skill ("use when…", example requests): that is the agent's main cue.
For the model run — optional
- Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
- A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.
Guard findings · 0
✓ No critical or high findings
Files scanned: 2. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
name-formatname should be kebab-case (lowercase letters, digits, hyphens) - warning
description-no-whendescription does not say WHEN to use the skill (no "use when")
Process rating: all ten parameters 52/100
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
- 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 30Running it twice. 1 mutating operations with no state check
- 40Consistency. Frontmatter name (Deep Research for OpenClaw) differs from the folder (deep-research-openclaw-agent)
- 55Failures and branches. 1 branches
- 60Tools and files. Uses tools (git, python) that frontmatter does not declare
- 70Inputs and preconditions. Inputs and preconditions are listed
- 100Steps. 31 steps
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 988 tokens
Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.
Quality signals
- +5Description has no quoted example phrases that should trigger the skill
- +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 167: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 8 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 31 items
- +4Has examples (2 code blocks)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 67.
External checks
ClawHub: clean
This is a disclosed OpenClaw deep-research setup skill whose main risk is that it asks users to clone and run code from an external GitHub repository.
LLM: benign (medium) · VirusTotal: · 29 May 2026