# Crabbox Quickstart (agent skill)

> Crabbox Quickstart is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from openclaw/crabbox. First contact with Crabbox: run your repository's tests inside a disposable Docker or Podman container on your own machine, no account and no cloud spend, then stop the box. It works with Claude Code and has 1,451 GitHub stars across a repository of 2 listed skills.

First contact with Crabbox: run your repository's tests inside a disposable Docker or Podman container on your own machine, no account and no cloud spend, then stop the box. Use when someone asks what Crabbox is or how to try it, wants a throwaway sandbox for a repo with no crabbox.yaml yet, or is about to run crabbox init here; hand off to the crabbox skill for config that already exists, leased remote machines, jobs, secrets, or artifacts.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox |
| Skill path | skills/crabbox-quickstart/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | crabbox-quickstart |
| GitHub stars | 1,451 |
| Installs on skills.sh | not listed |
| License | MIT |
| Skills in repo | 2 |
| Plugin marketplace | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Code |
| Category | Security |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

## When it triggers

- Use when someone asks what Crabbox is or how to try it, wants a throwaway sandbox for a repo with no crabbox.

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox.git
cp -r crabbox/skills/crabbox-quickstart ~/.claude/skills/crabbox-quickstart   # personal, or .claude/skills in a project
```

In the Claude apps, zip the skill folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox.git
cp -r crabbox/skills/crabbox-quickstart .agents/skills/crabbox-quickstart   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects
```

### Cursor

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox.git
cp -r crabbox/skills/crabbox-quickstart .cursor/skills/crabbox-quickstart   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

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