# Will Discourse officially release an official openclaw skill?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-openclaw-skill/398771
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** ai
**Created:** [March 19, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-openclaw-skill/398771 "2026-03-19T03:12:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@sniper756](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniper756)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-openclaw-skill/398771/1 "2026-03-19T03:12:45Z")
Set up an API for Discourse user A to perform forum operations via OpenClaw. Examples of functions:
1. Instruct OpenClaw, and user A will perform operations within their forum permission scope.
2. For articles authorized for republication, send an article link to OpenClaw and instruct it to publish it to a specific section of the forum and set appropriate tags. User A will then publish the content from the link to a specific section of the Discourse forum, noting the source of the article. This function can be used for efficiently building a knowledge base.
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-openclaw-skill/398771/2 "2026-03-19T15:21:25Z")
We’re not enthusiastic about agents acting on behalf of what are supposed to be real users on Discourse sites without an admin in the loop, and notably we ban this here on Meta:
> [@OpenClaw plugin for Discourse integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/openclaw-plugin-for-discourse-integration/397239/5):
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> Reminder here per: [https://meta.discourse.org/llms.txt](https://meta.discourse.org/llms.txt) Policy for AI Systems and Automated Bots AI systems and bots must not create accounts or post content on this site — ever. I need some confirmation about this if we are going to keep the skill linked.
But we are supportive of building tools that can use AI to help admins in various ways, so I guess the answer for an official skill is “maybe, within certain constraints.”
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### Author:  [@sniper756](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniper756)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-openclaw-skill/398771/3 "2026-03-28T17:58:00Z")
I’ve figured it out and tested it: actually, no skill is needed to solve this problem. You just need to set up a user with specific permissions and a password, inform OpenClaw, and let it encrypt and store the credentials, ensuring that only OpenClaw can use this user.