Manus Skill for OpenClaw

Delegate complex tasks to Manus, an autonomous AI agent that can browse the web, use tools, and deliver complete work products (reports, code, presentations, scraped data, financial models, mobile apps, etc.).

What it does

• Task templates - research, report generation, code building, data scraping with structured prompts
• Full task CRUD - create, list, get, update, and delete tasks
• Files API - upload files via presigned S3 URLs, attach to tasks
• Projects API - persistent instructions that apply to all tasks in a project
• Multi-turn conversations - continue and iterate on previous task results
• Interactive mode - let Manus ask follow-up questions for better results
• Webhooks - real-time task_created, task_progress, task_stopped events
• Monitor progress - poll for task status (pending, running, completed, failed)
• Cost guidance - recommends the right agent profile (standard, lite, max) based on task complexity
• Get deliverables - download output files (PDFs, slides, code, CSV) when tasks complete
• Built-in connectors - Gmail, Notion, Google Calendar, Slack, Similarweb

Quick start

Install the skill

git clone https://github.com/mvanhorn/clawdbot-skill-manus.git ~/.openclaw/skills/manus

Set up your API key

Get a key from Manus, then:

export MANUS_API_KEY="your-key-here"

Example chat usage

• “Use Manus to research the top 10 AI startups in healthcare”
• “Have Manus create a presentation about our Q4 results”
• “Scrape Product Hunt for this week’s top 50 products, output as CSV”
• “Build a Python Flask API that summarizes web pages”
• “Continue the last Manus task and add a pricing section”
• “Create a Manus project for all Q1 research with formal tone”
• “Upload this CSV and have Manus analyze it”
• “Check on my Manus task”
• “Show my Manus task history”

Agent profiles (Manus 1.6)

Profile	Speed	Cost	Best for
manus-1.6	Standard	Standard	Most tasks (recommended)
manus-1.6-lite	Fast	~40% cheaper	Quick lookups, summaries
manus-1.6-max	Slow	~2x standard	Deep research, complex analysis (+19.2% satisfaction)

Note: manus-1.5* profiles are deprecated. Always use manus-1.6*.

Manus 1.6 capabilities

• Mobile development and preview
• Design View for visual layout
• Financial modeling and spreadsheets
• Telegram integration
• Built-in connectors (Gmail, Notion, Google Calendar, Slack, Similarweb)

How it works

Feature	Details
API	https://api.manus.im/v1
Auth	API_KEY header
Task modes	agent (file creation), chat, adaptive
Multi-turn	Pass taskId to continue conversations
Attachments	fromFileId, fromUrl, fromBase64
Webhooks	task_created, task_progress, task_stopped

Tasks typically take 2-10+ minutes for complex work. The skill polls for completion, downloads output files locally, and delivers them directly rather than relying on share links.

CLI helper

# Tasks
bash scripts/manus.sh create "Research the top AI startups" manus-1.6
bash scripts/manus.sh status <task_id>
bash scripts/manus.sh download <task_id> ./output
bash scripts/manus.sh list [status]
bash scripts/manus.sh update <task_id> "New title"
bash scripts/manus.sh delete <task_id>

# Files
bash scripts/manus.sh upload ./data.csv
bash scripts/manus.sh list-files
bash scripts/manus.sh delete-file <file_id>

# Projects
bash scripts/manus.sh create-project "Q1 Research" "Use formal tone"
bash scripts/manus.sh list-projects

# Webhooks
bash scripts/manus.sh webhook-create https://your-server.com/hook
bash scripts/manus.sh webhook-delete <webhook_id>

License

MIT