The Agent Toolkit — OpenClaw Hack Day w/ OpenAI Codex

​Build the OpenClaw skills that should exist but don't.

​OpenClaw hit 160K+ GitHub stars by becoming the go-to framework for local AI agents. Its skill system lets you wrap any API into an agent capability in minutes. But here's the thing: the ecosystem is still young. Thousands of useful skills don't exist yet.

​This is a full-day build sprint where everyone ships a working, publishable OpenClaw skill to ClawHub by demo time.

​When: March 25, 2026 | 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM PDT
Where: AWS Builder Loft (Please bring physical ID)
Who: Hosted by Adam Chan, HackerSquad
Presented by: The Builders Collective

​What You're Building

​Pick any API or service you want to integrate with OpenClaw. It could be:

• ​A productivity tool (Notion, Linear, Airtable)

• ​A dev tool (GitHub Actions, Vercel deployments, database backups)

• ​A specialized data source (weather, stock prices, news feeds)

• ​Something creative (music generation, image processing, content moderation)

• ​Or anything else that would make agents more useful

​The constraint: by 7:00 PM, you have a working skill published to ClawHub that the 160K+ user community can actually install and use.

​Why This Matters

​For you: You ship something real. Your name on a skill in the fastest-growing agent ecosystem. Hands-on experience with OpenClaw's architecture and sponsor APIs you might not otherwise access. Plus you get to work on something you actually think should exist.

​For the ecosystem: Real, production-ready integrations that make OpenClaw more useful. Not demos or proofs-of-concept—skills that ship.

​For sponsors: Their APIs get integrated into OpenClaw by developers who know what they're doing. Real integrations that solve real problems, not just marketing demos.

​Format Philosophy

​One clear direction, wide creative freedom. Everyone is building OpenClaw skills, but what your skill does is completely up to you.

​This is deep work, thoughtful experimentation, quiet momentum. Not prompt-chasing. Not idea juggling. Pick one integration, understand the API, build something that works, and ship it.

​Work solo or find collaborators—your call.

​Schedule

• ​9:30 AM — Doors open, breakfast, setup

• ​10:00 AM — Kickoff Quick OpenClaw skills overview. Sponsor companies give 3-minute technical intros to their APIs (what they do, your access key). Challenge rules and judging criteria.

• ​11:00 AM — Build 5+ hours of uninterrupted work time (78% of the day). This is what you came for.

• ​12:30 PM — Optional sync point + lunch (grab-and-go) Share progress, get unstuck, see what others are building. Optional—don't break your flow if you're in the zone.

• ​3:30 PM — Optional sync point + snacks Same as lunch. Use it if helpful, skip it if not.

• ​4:30 PM — Dinner (grab-and-go) More food. Keep building.

• ​4:45 PM — Demo prep Polish your skill, test the installation flow, prepare your 3-minute demo.

• ​5:00 PM — Demos 3-minute technical demos. Show your terminal/IDE, not slides. Walk through what your skill does, how you integrated the API, and demonstrate it working with a real OpenClaw instance.

• ​6:15 PM — Judging & prizes

• ​6:30 PM — Event ends

​What You'll Have Access To

• ​OpenClaw skills development documentation and examples

• ​ClawHub publishing access so you can ship your skill live

• ​Food throughout the day (breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner—all grab-and-go to minimize disruption)

• ​OpenAI Codex so you can build and ship your demos fast!

​Sponsors

• ​Contextual AI

• ​Redis

• ​Civic

• ​Apify

• ​Friendli

​OpenAI Codex Ambassador Affiliation

​At this event, we'll provide OpenAI credits to builders to use Codex deployed directly within the HackerSquad Cloud IDE. These credits are provided by the Codex Ambassador program offered by OpenAI and enables builders to leverage Codex in their projects with ease. Thank you OpenAI!

​Ready to ship? Register below and we'll see you on the 25th. Bring your best ideas and your shipping energy.