OpenClaw v2026.10.1 (3,055 commits, 2,425 PRs, 402 contributors) lets agents search installed skills on demand instead of loading the whole library into the prompt, opens compatible MCP Apps beside chat with in-pane approvals, adds full backups to external storage or Cloudflare R2, and lets the packaged Mac app run without a separate Node install.

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  • ✓3,055 commits, 2,425 PRs, 402 contributors
  • ✓Installed-skill search: 256 KiB per instruction read, 16 KiB searchable prefix per long file, 8 MiB combined limit
  • ✓MCP Apps beside chat with in-pane approvals and temporary per-tool approval
  • ✓Full backups to external storage or Cloudflare R2 with optional schedules, retention and encryption; 256 MiB free-space check on restore
  • ✓Packaged Mac app runs without Node; Bun 1.4+ only installs on macOS and Linux
OpenClaw v2026.10.1: installed-skill search, MCP Apps beside chat, full backups to R2; 2,425 PRs from 402 contributors
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OpenClaw v2026.10.1 GitHub release
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v2026.10.1 release notes
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Backup and restore guide
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Search installed skills
docs.openclaw.ai/tools/skills#search-installed-skills
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OpenClaw
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Cloudflare R2 插件
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In-Depth Technical Analysis

OpenClaw v2026.10.1 ships 3,055 commits and 2,425 PRs from 402 contributors. Agents can now search installed skills by name, description or instruction text and read a selected skill on demand instead of loading the whole library into the prompt (256 KiB per read, 16 KiB searchable prefix per long file, 8 MiB combined limit). Compatible MCP Apps open beside chat, can attach selected content to the next message, and show approvals in their pane. Full backups can go to external storage or Cloudflare R2 with optional schedules, retention and passphrase encryption, restoring into a fresh staging directory with a 256 MiB free-space check. The packaged Mac app runs without a separate Node install, and Bun 1.4+ only installs are supported on macOS and Linux. No benchmarks were published.

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