AI assistants are changing how marketers work. Instead of switching between apps and manually executing repetitive tasks, AI agents can handle scheduling, content creation, and workflow automation in natural conversation. OpenClaw, the fastest-growing open-source AI assistant with over 157,000 GitHub stars, now has a Mixpost skill available on ClawHub. This means you can manage your social media scheduling through conversational commands while keeping your data on your own infrastructure.
In this guide, you'll learn what the Mixpost skill does, how to install it, and how it fits into an AI-assisted social media workflow.
What You'll Learn
- What OpenClaw and ClawHub are
- What the Mixpost skill enables
- How to install the Mixpost skill
- Practical use cases for AI-assisted social media management
- Security considerations for running AI skills
What is OpenClaw?
OpenClaw is an open-source AI personal assistant that runs locally on your device. Originally released in November 2025, it quickly became one of the fastest-growing open-source projects, reaching over 157,000 GitHub stars.
Unlike cloud-based AI assistants, OpenClaw runs on your own hardware. This aligns with the same philosophy behind self-hosted social media tools: you control your data, your workflows, and your infrastructure. The assistant integrates with messaging platforms and can execute tasks autonomously based on natural language instructions.
What makes OpenClaw particularly relevant for marketing teams is its extensibility. Through skills (plugins that add capabilities), OpenClaw can connect to external services and perform specialized tasks. The ClawHub marketplace hosts over 700 community-built skills covering everything from development tools to marketing automation.
What is ClawHub?
ClawHub is the official skill marketplace for OpenClaw. Think of it as an app store for AI assistant capabilities.
Key features include:
- Searchable skill directory with semantic search
- One-command installation for any skill
- Version management with semver, changelogs, and updates
- Community contributions from developers worldwide
When you find a skill you need, installation takes seconds. The skill integrates directly into your OpenClaw instance, extending what your AI assistant can do.
The Mixpost Skill for OpenClaw
The Mixpost skill connects your OpenClaw assistant to your Mixpost instance. Once installed, you can manage social media scheduling through natural conversation instead of navigating the web interface.
The skill is available at clawhub.ai/lao9s/mixpost.
What the Skill Enables
With the Mixpost skill installed, your OpenClaw assistant can:
- Schedule posts across connected social accounts
- Check posting queues to see what's scheduled
- Review recent activity and publishing history
- Manage content through conversational commands
Instead of opening Mixpost, navigating to the composer, selecting accounts, and clicking through the scheduling interface, you can simply tell your AI assistant what you want to post and when.
And the result in Mixpost Dashboard:
How to Install the Mixpost Skill
Installation requires a working OpenClaw setup. If you haven't installed OpenClaw yet, follow the official documentation first.
Install with One Command
Open your terminal and run:
clawhub install mixpostThat's it. ClawHub downloads the skill, configures it for your OpenClaw instance, and makes it available immediately.
Configure Your Mixpost Connection
After installation, you'll need to connect the skill to your Mixpost instance:
- Provide your Mixpost URL (where your self-hosted installation lives)
- Generate an API token in Mixpost settings
- Enter the token when prompted by OpenClaw
The skill stores credentials locally on your machine. No data passes through ClawHub or any third-party servers.
Verify the Installation
Ask OpenClaw to test the connection:
"Check my Mixpost connection status"
If configured correctly, it will confirm the connection and show which social accounts are available.
Practical Use Cases
Quick Post Scheduling
When inspiration strikes, skip the interface entirely:
"Schedule a post to LinkedIn for tomorrow at 9am: Just published our Q4 social media report. Key finding: engagement rates increased 23% for brands using consistent scheduling. Link in comments."
Your assistant handles the rest.
Batch Content Planning
For weekly content planning sessions:
"Show me what's scheduled for next week across all accounts"
Review your queue through conversation, make adjustments, and fill gaps without context-switching between applications.
Team Workflows
If multiple team members use OpenClaw with the Mixpost skill, everyone gets conversational access to the shared scheduling calendar. Combined with Mixpost's approval workflows, teams can draft content through AI assistance while maintaining proper review processes.
Content Checks Before Publishing
"What's going out today?"
Quick verification that scheduled content is ready, properly formatted, and targeting the right accounts.
Security Considerations
Running AI skills requires trust. The skill you install has access to your Mixpost instance and can perform actions on your behalf. A few security practices to follow:
Verify Skills Before Installing
ClawHub is an open marketplace. While it requires GitHub accounts to be at least one week old before publishing (to slow abuse), security researchers have found malicious skills in the wild. Verify the publisher and review skill permissions before installation.
The Mixpost skill is published by the official Mixpost team, making it a trusted source.
Self-Hosted Security Advantage
Because both OpenClaw and Mixpost can run self-hosted, your entire workflow stays on infrastructure you control. Social media credentials never leave your network. Scheduled content never passes through third-party servers. This combination of a local AI assistant plus a self-hosted scheduling tool provides complete workflow control.
Understanding data ownership in social media marketing explains why this matters for privacy-conscious teams.
Why This Integration Matters
AI assistants are moving from novelty to necessity for productivity-focused teams. The ability to execute tasks through natural language removes friction from daily workflows.
For social media managers, that friction compounds. Every post requires opening an app, navigating interfaces, clicking through options. Multiply by dozens of posts weekly across multiple accounts, and interface overhead becomes significant.
Conversational scheduling through OpenClaw plus Mixpost eliminates that overhead while maintaining the control benefits of self-hosted infrastructure. Your AI runs locally. Your social media tool runs on your servers. Your data stays yours.
This represents how self-hosted tools continue to evolve. Rather than competing on who has the most features locked inside their interface, the value lies in open systems that integrate with how people actually want to work.
Key Takeaways
- OpenClaw is an open-source AI assistant with 157,000+ GitHub stars that runs locally on your device
- ClawHub is the official skill marketplace with thousands of community skills
- The Mixpost skill enables conversational social media scheduling through your OpenClaw assistant
- Installation takes one command:
clawhub install mixpost - Both OpenClaw and Mixpost can run self-hosted, keeping your entire workflow on infrastructure you control
- Verify skills and use minimal permissions when connecting AI assistants to marketing tools
Get Started with Mixpost and OpenClaw
If you're already using OpenClaw, adding Mixpost takes minutes. If you're running Mixpost self-hosted, the integration maintains your data control philosophy while adding conversational convenience.
Install the skill:
clawhub install mixpostGet the skill: clawhub.ai/lao9s/mixpost
Don't have Mixpost yet? Install Mixpost self-hosted and build a social media workflow that keeps you in control.
