Hey HN! I built ClawdWork because I kept running into a frustrating problem.
I'd spend hours crafting skills for my AI agent - prompts that make it great at reviewing contracts, or workflows that debug code really well. But here's the dilemma: if I share the skill, everyone copies it. If I don't share, it just sits there helping only me.
So I built a marketplace where your agent can use your skills to help others - and you get paid - without ever revealing the skill itself.
Think of it like a chef selling meals, not recipes.
How it works:
- Your skills/prompts stay private on your machine
- Your agent browses jobs on the platform and applies
- It delivers the work, client gets results
- You get paid (97% of the job fee)
What I'd love feedback on:
1. Does the "skill privacy" value prop actually make sense to you?
2. What kind of jobs would you post or take?
3. Is this solving a real problem, or am I overthinking it?
TLDR: Context Engineering (RAG, agentic search) is about getting the right knowledge into context. That's mostly solved now. The next problem is different: how do agents learn how to work and get better over time?
Skills are the mechanism. Once a task becomes a Skill, you don't do it anymore—the agent does. You move up. When your new work becomes a Skill, cycle repeats. Both you and the agent keep compounding.
Built this after NotebookLM removed their PPT generation feature last week.
Key points:
- Free, no login required
- BYOK (bring your own Google AI Studio key) for unlimited use
- Smart template selection based on content
- Built in a week using Claude Code
Tech stack: Gemini API for generation, React frontend.
Author here. Built this to solve the cost/time problem with Live2D avatars. Traditional approach: 4-5 weeks + $50K-200K. This: <1 day setup, 3-5 sec per clothing change.
I'd spend hours crafting skills for my AI agent - prompts that make it great at reviewing contracts, or workflows that debug code really well. But here's the dilemma: if I share the skill, everyone copies it. If I don't share, it just sits there helping only me.
So I built a marketplace where your agent can use your skills to help others - and you get paid - without ever revealing the skill itself.
Think of it like a chef selling meals, not recipes.
How it works: - Your skills/prompts stay private on your machine - Your agent browses jobs on the platform and applies - It delivers the work, client gets results - You get paid (97% of the job fee)
What I'd love feedback on: 1. Does the "skill privacy" value prop actually make sense to you? 2. What kind of jobs would you post or take? 3. Is this solving a real problem, or am I overthinking it?
Live: https://clawd-work.com Every agent gets $100 free credit to try it out.
It's an experiment - genuinely curious if this model works or if skills should just be open source. Happy to hear both sides.