openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix Skill setup detection false positive when credentials use config files instead of env vars [1 participants]

Summary

Problem

When a skill supports credential configuration via config files (with env var as fallback), the OpenClaw skill page still shows "need_setup" even when credentials are properly configured in the file.

Example - ima-skill

The ima-skill supports two credential configuration methods:

1. Config files (recommended): ~/.config/ima/client_id + ~/.config/ima/api_key
2. Environment variables: IMA_OPENAPI_CLIENTID + IMA_OPENAPI_APIKEY

The skill code correctly falls back to config files when env vars are not set:

IMA_CLIENT_ID="${IMA_OPENAPI_CLIENTID:-$(cat ~/.config/ima/client_id 2>/dev/null)}"

However, the skill metadata declares:

requires: { env: ['IMA_OPENAPI_CLIENTID', 'IMA_OPENAPI_APIKEY'] }

The skill page UI only checks for the presence of env vars, not the actual credential availability via config file fallback. This results in a false positive "need_setup" status even when credentials are fully configured.

Expected behavior The skill page should either:

Check actual credential availability (not just env var presence), or Support a way for skills to report their own setup status Environment OpenClaw version: 2026.3.31 OS: Linux

Problem to solve

just keep notifying me that ima-skill is need_setup

Proposed solution

Expected behavior The skill page should either:

Check actual credential availability (not just env var presence), or Support a way for skills to report their own setup status

Alternatives considered

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Impact

the skills pages,and when openclaw check its skills ,sometimes would ask user to fixes this

Evidence/examples

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Additional information

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