Introduction
# 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?
- **Expanso Edge** — Local runtime that executes pipelines on your machine - **Expanso Cloud** — Orchestrates and deploys pipelines to your Edge nodes - **Expanso Skills** — Pre-built pipelines for common data tasks
## Setup
### 1. Create an Expanso Cloud account
1. Go to [cloud.expanso.io](https://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
```bash # 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
```bash # 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
```bash # 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](https://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
- [Skills Marketplace](https://skills.expanso.io) — Browse and deploy skills - [Expanso Cloud](https://cloud.expanso.io) — Manage your Edge nodes - [Documentation](https://docs.expanso.io) — Full guides and API reference - [GitHub](https://github.com/expanso-io/expanso-skills) — Skill source code