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Agent Crashes on Skill Load
OpenClaw starts, logs 'Loading skills...' and then crashes immediately with a module error or syntax failure.
Likely Cause
A skill dependency is broken, a package was installed under the wrong Node.js version, or the skill code is not compatible with the running runtime.
Tags
SkillsCrash
Recovery Steps
- 1Set LOG_LEVEL=debug and reproduce the crash.
- 2Identify the last skill name logged before exit.
- 3Open that skill folder and reinstall its dependencies.
- 4Remove and reinstall the skill if the crash persists.
- 5Run openclaw doctor to catch any other dependency mismatches.
Still blocked?
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