OpenClaw's (the lobster's) core competitive edge is Skills. But if the underlying model isn't smart enough, even the best Skill gets heavily discounted.

Zhipu recently launched GLM-5-Turbo, the world's first model optimized specifically for OpenClaw, along with the companion AutoClaw client. I ran it through the 6 open-source Skills I wrote over the past two weeks, and the performance was remarkably stable.

Every Skill below is free and open source — ready to use as-is.

Why Does the Model Matter?

Skills are the lobster's soul; the model is the lobster's skeleton.

I normally use Claude Opus/Sonnet 4.6 — no complaints except the price. But running Opus for every single task is honestly a bit extravagant.

GLM-5-Turbo makes four major optimizations for OpenClaw scenarios:

• Tool calling: reaches for exactly the right tool and nails it in one shot
• Instruction following: understands multi-step, complex instructions like “do A first, then B”
• Scheduled and continuous tasks: supports scheduled execution; long-running tasks stay connected
• High-throughput long chains: handles heavy data and multi-step tasks faster and more steadily

AutoClaw client download: https://autoglm.zhipuai.cn/autoclaw/

Skill 1: Smart Music Assistant

Built on a database of 5,947 music styles, the AI precisely matches a style from your description and recommends tracks.

What can it do?

• “Some jazz”, “music for a rainy day”
• “Play some Guns N' Roses songs”
• Ask anytime: “tell me about the currently playing song”, “recommend bands with a similar style”

Installation:

npx qiaomu-music-player-spotify

Note: currently implemented via the Spotify API (NetEase Cloud Music has no open API yet).

GitHub: https://github.com/joeseesun/qiaomu-music-player-spotify

Skill 2: Mondo-Style Poster Generation

Built on the Mondo style (the famous American limited-edition movie poster company), it generates images with Nanobana 2 — the results don't look AI-made.

Where it shines:

• Movie poster design
• Book covers (e.g., One Hundred Years of Solitude)
• Official-account covers and Xiaohongshu images

Example command: “Generate Mondo-style posters for the IMDB Top 3 movies”

Installation:

npx skills add joeseesun/qiaomu-mondo-poster-design

GitHub: https://github.com/joeseesun/qiaomu-mondo-poster-design

Skill 3: Infographic Generator

Turns any text or web page into magazine-quality HTML info cards, automatically screenshot and saved. Great for sharing to X (Twitter), WeChat, or Xiaohongshu.

Why not just generate images with AI? Because Nanobana image generation is a bit expensive. Generate a web page and screenshot it instead — any model does this well, at lower cost.

Example: Enter a Readwise Weekly URL → a magazine-style infographic is generated automatically

Installation:

npx skills add joeseesun/info-card-designer

GitHub: https://github.com/joeseesun/info-card-designer

Skill 4: Feishu Automation

Feishu is one of the biggest winners of this OpenClaw wave — the Chinese IM best suited for hooking up OpenClaw.

Core features:

1. Create a task or calendar event in one sentence

Example: “Livestream at 36kr at 7 PM on Thursday — add a Feishu calendar event”

2. Create a professional book-list base in one sentence

Paired with the epub download Skill, it can automatically organize a book list and upload ebook resources.

3. Generate Feishu documents

Example: “Tomorrow I'm livestreaming with Mr. Yao on WayToAGI to explain GEO (Generative Engine Optimization). Write a Feishu livestream plan; it starts at 8 PM.”

Installation:

npx skills add joeseesun/feishu-lark-agent

GitHub: https://github.com/joeseesun/feishu-lark-agent

Skill 5 & 6: OpenCli, a God-Tier Tool

This is the most impressive Skill of the bunch. Developer Kabikabi (@jakevin7) built OpenCli, a tool that can turn any website into CLI mode.

How it works: It taps your browser's existing login state to pull page context directly for the AI to use.

Real-world examples:

Check Weibo's top 5 trending topics and write them into a Feishu document:

Check the Hacker News top 5:

Even where Product Hunt has no CLI, the Skill will write one for you on the spot.

Prerequisites: Requires installing a Chrome extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/mmlmfjhmonkocbjadbfplnigmagldckm

Installation:

# Just tell OpenClaw
Install this Skill https://github.com/joeseesun/opencli-skill

GitHub: https://github.com/joeseesun/opencli-skill

GLM-5-Turbo Test Results

Performance:

On Zhipu's published ZClawBench test, GLM-5-Turbo ranks just behind Claude Opus 4.6.

Hands-on experience:

Take the infographic generation Skill. It needs to:

1. Call the scraping tool
2. Understand the article's content
3. Generate a polished page at the specified resolution
4. Call Playwright MCP for a screenshot

Every step has to hit the right tool, and GLM-5-Turbo completed them all without a hitch.

Or take the OpenCli Skill: the model has to figure out which website it's dealing with, and where no CLI command exists, read the page DOM and write a script on its own — no small feat. GLM-5-Turbo handled that too.

Overall impressions:

• The model is fast
• Intent understanding is spot-on
• Multi-step tasks never “misread the intent” or “stall midway”
• Costs far less than Claude Opus

Pricing and Purchase

Zhipu has launched lobster Claw plans built on GLM-5-Turbo, in Personal and Team editions.

Compute is tight in China — snapping up a plan is a genuine bargain.

Buy link: https://www.bigmodel.cn/claw-plan-team

Toolin's Take

Who is it for?

• Heavy OpenClaw users running lots of Skill tasks every day
• Cost-sensitive developers who still need reliable tool calling
• Users who want to try a Chinese model but worry it won't be capable enough

Core strengths:

• Optimized specifically for OpenClaw scenarios, with stable tool calling
• Long-chain tasks stay connected
• Great value — far cheaper than Claude Opus

Limitations:

• Still just behind Claude Opus 4.6; there may be a gap in extremely complex scenarios
• Best experienced paired with the AutoClaw client

Summary: If you run as many Skill tasks as I do every day, using Claude for everything really is a bit extravagant. For everyday tasks, GLM-5-Turbo is more than worth the money — well worth a try.