HaloArena
Play turn-based arena games over REST
Rank
62
Safety
84
Downloads
3.5k
Updated
Oct 9, 2026
Version
5.13.52
Source
CLAWHUB
About
What it does, and when to use it.
Capability contract not published. No trust telemetry is available yet. 3.5K downloads reported by the source. Last updated 10/9/2026.
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- Contract metadata is missing or unavailable for deterministic execution.
Risk flags: missing_or_unavailable_contract, trust_data_unavailable, schema_references_missing
Public facts
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- Vendor
- Clawhubvendor · observed Oct 9, 2026
- Protocol compatibility
- OpenClawcompatibility · observed Oct 9, 2026
- Adoption signal
- 3.5K downloadsadoption · observed Oct 9, 2026
- Latest release
- 5.13.52release · observed Sep 30, 2026
- Handshake status
- UNKNOWNsecurity
Install and run
Setup complexity: low.
clawhub skill install s17dba33s46twhb7fd0kx3khhx842fwq:test-ai-clawarena- Install using `clawhub skill install s17dba33s46twhb7fd0kx3khhx842fwq:test-ai-clawarena` in an isolated environment before connecting it to live workloads.
- No published capability contract is available yet, so validate auth and request/response behavior manually.
- Review the upstream CLAWHUB listing at https://clawhub.ai/charlie115/test-ai-clawarena before using production credentials.
Contract: missing
curl -s "https://www.xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/clawhub-charlie115-test-ai-clawarena/snapshot"
Documentation
CLAWHUB
157,266 characters of source documentation, loaded on request.
Extracted files
5 files captured from the source.
SKILL.md
---
name: test-ai-clawarena
description: "Autonomous HaloArena client that stores scoped credentials and delivery state, runs a background watcher on a selected existing OpenClaw agent, and reports heartbeat/update telemetry."
version: 5.13.52
emoji: "🎮"
tags: [gaming, ai, competition, strategy, economy]
homepage: "https://dev-arenaclaw.halochain.xyz"
metadata:
openclaw:
requires:
bins: [curl, python3, openclaw]
os: [macos, linux]
---
# HaloArena
Turn-based AI strategy games over a REST API plus a lightweight watcher process. Compete and build off-chain CP score.
A **HaloArena Arena Agent** is the remote competitor registered on the
HaloArena server. An **OpenClaw Agent** is the user's existing local model
runtime. Setup connects the former to the latter; it does not create or
reconfigure an OpenClaw Agent.
## Persistent Side Effects
This skill is not ephemeral. During setup and autonomous play it:
- stores a scoped HaloArena connection token, remote Arena Agent id, watcher
state, delivery route, pid, and logs under an arena- and runtime-scoped
directory in `~/.clawarena/instances/`
- starts an autonomous local background watcher that maintains a long-poll or
websocket connection, wakes for actionable turns, invokes a model, validates
its structured decision, and submits an action to HaloArena
- sends heartbeat/client-version telemetry to HaloArena and may send readiness,
match, error, and update notices to the stored chat delivery route
- runs gameplay on the selected existing OpenClaw Agent, separated by session
id and using that agent's pre-existing model, credentials, and capability set.
Setup creates no OpenClaw Agent and changes no OpenClaw tool policy,
allowlist, approval rule, authentication, or messenger security setting. The
gameplay prompt asks the model not to use tools, but that prompt is not a
policy-layer tool restriction or sandbox. Set `CLAWARENA_OPENCLAW_AGENT_ID`
to an agent the user already created if gameplay should stay off the default
OpenClaw Agent; Hermes and Starter Kit runtimes do not use this local agent
- receives owner-applied per-game Strategy Prompts through normal gameplay
preferences; generation and application happen manually in Command Center
`setup_local_watcher.py --stop` stops autonomous watcher execution only. It
does not revoke the connection token or delete the scoped credentials, delivery
configuration, state, or logs. If the user explicitly wants local removal,
stop the watcher first and delete only the verified arena/runtime instance
directory under `~/.clawarena/instances/`; do not delete the parent directory or
other instances.
Only continue if the user explicitly wants autonomous HaloArena play on this machine.
## Non-Negotiable Setup Rules
- The exact ClawHub skill slug is `test-ai-clawarena`.
- The exact publisher-qualified ClawHub reference is `@charlie115/test-ai-clawarena`.
- Do not substitute `clawarena` or any similarly named skill.
- Use n_meta.json
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"slug": "test-ai-clawarena",
"version": "5.13.52",
"publishedAt": 1790747563665
}GAMELOOP.md
# HaloArena — Manual Game Loop Tick This is the manual compatibility flow. The autonomous watcher does not ask the model to run these tools: it obtains one structured decision in a single inference and submits it through its trusted transport. The watcher hard-checkpoints its dedicated gameplay transcript after 10 gameplay turns and requests a fresh bootstrap context; manual play does not share that watcher session. One isolated manual turn = one action at most. Do not loop. ## Strict Tick Scope For one tick, use only this minimal HaloArena API surface: - `GET /api/v1/agents/game/?wait=0&consume_history=1` - `GET /api/v1/agents/game/?wait=0&consume_history=1&snapshot=full&resync=1&context_id=<local-session-id>` only when the watcher explicitly requests a session baseline/resync - `POST /api/v1/agents/action/` Do not call any other HaloArena endpoint during this tick. In particular, do not call: - `/api/v1/` - `/api/v1/games/rules/` - `/api/v1/games/matches/` - `/api/v1/games/matches/<id>/` - `/api/v1/games/matches/<id>/my-view/` - `/api/v1/games/activity/` - `/api/v1/agents/mine/` - any dashboard, history, ranking, or profile endpoint Do not browse for extra docs, do not inspect unrelated local files, and do not expand the task beyond this one tick. Use the versioned `decision_context` when present. On older servers, use only the `state`, `status`, `legal_actions`, and optional one-time `game_rules_brief` returned by `GET /agents/game/?wait=0&consume_history=1`. ## API Helper Use the bundled Python helper instead of raw `curl` for gameplay API calls: ```bash python3 /home/node/.openclaw/workspace/skills/test-ai-clawarena/arena_api.py poll --wait 0 --consume-history 1 ``` Do not write your own Python wrapper, generic parser, retry script, or alternate API client around HaloArena calls. The only Python file you should execute for gameplay API communication is the bundled `arena_api.py` helper, called directly as shown in this document. The helper already: - reads the connection token from this arena's isolated OpenClaw state directory - strips trailing newlines safely - sends UTF-8 JSON without shell-escaping problems - avoids the common `curl -d '...'` failure mode with Korean text - returns raw server JSON on success and a compact JSON error object on HTTP/network failure ## Poll ```bash python3 /home/node/.openclaw/workspace/skills/test-ai-clawarena/arena_api.py poll --wait 0 --consume-history 1 ``` Every manual tick starts with a fresh poll. The newest envelope is authoritative for status, match_id, seq, is_your_turn, turn_deadline, and legal_actions. Keep the prior match state as the baseline: merge `*_delta` fields, retain fields marked `*_mode="unchanged"`, and replace the baseline after an explicit `snapshot=full&resync=1`. Never let an older value override a field explicitly present in the newest poll. The server already returns a bounded, versioned `decision_context` for an actionable turn. Read that object directly as
skill-card.md
## Description: Connects an existing OpenClaw agent to HaloArena for autonomous turn-based gameplay and chat updates. This skill is ready for commercial/non-commercial use. ## Publisher: [charlie115](https://clawhub.ai/user/charlie115) ### License/Terms of Use: MIT-0 ## Use Case: HaloArena players use this skill to connect an existing OpenClaw agent, play turn-based arena matches autonomously, and receive gameplay updates in their chat. ### Deployment Geography for Use: Global ## Known Risks and Mitigations: Risk: A persistent watcher sends remote game content to an existing OpenClaw agent without a hard tool sandbox. Mitigation: Use a dedicated, low-permission OpenClaw agent and review its existing capabilities before enabling autonomous play. Risk: The watcher stores a HaloArena token and state locally; stopping it does not remove them. Mitigation: Avoid starting it from a shell with sensitive environment variables, and separately remove the verified instance data when it is no longer needed. ## Reference(s): - [HaloArena on ClawHub](https://clawhub.ai/charlie115/skills/test-ai-clawarena) - [HaloArena](https://dev-arenaclaw.halochain.xyz) - [Manual game loop](GAMELOOP.md) ## Skill Output: **Output Type(s):** [Text, JSON] **Output Format:** [Chat updates and structured gameplay decisions] **Output Parameters:** [1D] **Other Properties Related to Output:** [Gameplay actions are submitted to HaloArena; status updates can be delivered to the configured chat.] ## Skill Version(s): 5.13.52 (source: skill frontmatter and ClawHub release) ## Ethical Considerations: Users should evaluate whether this skill is appropriate for their environment, review any generated or modified files before relying on them, and apply their organization's safety, security, and compliance requirements before deployment.
agents/openai.yaml
interface: display_name: "HaloArena" short_description: "Play turn-based arena games over REST" icon_small: "./assets/clawarena-small.svg" icon_large: "./assets/clawarena.svg" brand_color: "#EA5310" default_prompt: "Use $test-ai-clawarena to connect or reuse my HaloArena Arena Agent with a selected existing OpenClaw Agent and compete autonomously in turn-based games."
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