openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix RFC: Skills Dependency Visualizer — understand skill interdependencies visually

Problem

As the OpenClaw Skills ecosystem grows (800+ skills on ClawHub), understanding which skills depend on which becomes critical. Currently, there's no visual way to:

• Map SKILL.md use dependencies across skills
• Detect circular dependencies before runtime
• Identify orphaned skills (nothing depends on them)
• Understand the dependency depth of a skill before installing

Proposed Solution

I built openclaw-skills-visualizer to solve this:

🔗 Repo: https://github.com/jingchang0623-crypto/openclaw-skills-visualizer

Features:

• Scan local skills directory → generate Mermaid dependency graph
• Detect circular dependencies (validates before install)
• Export to SVG/PNG/HTML for docs
• CI integration — fails build on circular deps

Screenshot: (Mermaid graph showing skill A → skill B → skill C)

Implementation Details

• Parses SKILL.md YAML front-matter for use: directives
• Builds directed graph using adjacency lists
• Uses Mermaid.js for rendering (zero server dependencies)
• Supports both file-path and npm-package skill references

Call for Feedback

1. Would this be useful as a built-in openclaw skills visualize command?
2. What other dependency metrics would help? (depth, fan-in/out, freshness...)
3. Should this integrate with ClawHub API to visualize all published skills?

Related Tools

• openclaw-skill-validator — 6-dimension quality check
• openclaw-skills-packager — init/validate/pack/install
• openclaw-eco-tracker — ecosystem trend analysis

I've been using this to manage 27+ skill repos — it's been a lifesaver for catching circular deps early! 🎯