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OpenClaw v2026.10.1 Released: Skill Discovery, In-Chat MCP Apps, and Restorable Backups

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Summary

OpenClaw v2026.10.1 was released on October 10, 2026, with three main improvements. First, smarter skill discovery: installed skills can be searched so agents find the right skill without stuffing the entire directory into prompts, preserving permission checks without implicit privilege escalation,…

Key points

  • For teams self-hosting agents, skill discovery and backup restoration are daily operational pain points, and this version directly addresses verifiable recovery workflows.
  • Agent tool reliability and disaster recovery are key to whether enterprises dare put agents into production workflows.
  • Developers can manage skills and tool permissions more safely and use staged restore to reduce downtime risk when agent environments break.

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