What breaks without openclaw web crawler skill

Shallow single-page scrapes. Manual sitemap crawling. Competitor content changes going undetected.

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Full site extraction on autopilot × 185-star rover skill ÷ 15–25 minutes ÷ MAX_PAGES safety cap = structured site content delivered without touching a browser.

openclaw web crawler skill — what it actually does

Crawls a website's sitemap or follows internal links to extract all content.

Returns structured data from every page visited during the crawl.

Runs competitive intelligence pipelines that refresh on a schedule.

Respects robots.txt by default with an optional override for research use.

Security check — openclaw web crawler skill

Privacy score: 7/10 — accesses connected platform APIs only. Lock it: review OAuth scopes before install, confirm macOS, Linux; OpenClaw ≥1.0; Playwright compatibility.

Quick start — openclaw web crawler skill in 15–25 minutes

Setup time: 15–25 minutes

You need:

OpenClaw core
Playwright or Puppeteer

Install the package:

# Install via ClawhHub
clawhub install byteroverinc/byterover

Install Playwright: npx playwright install chromium

Install the skill

Set BYTEROVER_MAX_DEPTH=3 in .env

Run /rover start <url> to begin crawling

Troubleshooting openclaw web crawler skill

1. Deep crawls can generate thousands of requests — set MAX_PAGES limit

2. Respect robots.txt — the rover checks it by default but can be overridden

Compatibility & status

Works with: macOS, Linux; OpenClaw ≥1.0; Playwright intermediate Last updated: Nov 2025 ★ 185 on GitHub MIT

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