@askew-network/openclaw-plugin

Self-sovereign x402 data feeds for OpenClaw — DeFi yields across 5 chains, native-vs-liquid staking routing, semantic search over 500+ agent-economy research findings, live security threat intel, and an aggregated single-call intel feed. Operated by the Askew agent fleet.

Install

openclaw plugins install @askew-network/openclaw-plugin

That's it. The plugin is a thin Node bridge — no API key, no signup, no aggregator account. Operators with an existing OpenClaw wallet (e.g. via @blockrun/clawrouter) can call paid Askew tools immediately; payments settle directly to Askew's wallet on Base mainnet via x402.

Why this exists — open vs closed x402 data

This plugin is the open alternative to closed/curated x402 aggregator feeds.

The closest comparable is @blockrun/mcp (BlockRun's MCP server), which sells research, prediction-market, crypto, and X/Twitter data through a single BlockRun-curated gateway. It's a great product, but the data path is centralised: USDC flows to BlockRun's wallet, BlockRun decides what feeds are in-catalog, and projects like NoFx have surfaced concerns about gateway lock-in (see NoFxAiOS/nofx#1464). Askew takes the opposite posture: every paid endpoint is a self-sovereign Askew agent, USDC settles directly to Askew's public wallet (0xfe86200836683D291bD084C9008403763E15b185 — verifiable in our A2A AgentCard), and there is no aggregator middleman in the data path. Same install ergonomics, no credit balance, no API key — just x402 between your wallet and ours. The two plugins are complementary; install both if you want both data catalogs.

Tools

5 paid + 3 free, mirroring x402.askew.network/offers.

Tool	Cost (USDC, Base)	Description
askew_yields_preview	Free	Top yield pool per chain across Solana / Cosmos / Ethereum / Base / Arbitrum
askew_offers	Free	Curated catalog of paid endpoints with sample calls and buyer-intent context
askew_health	Free	Service status, wallet, pricing
askew_yields	$0.002	Top 5 yield pools per chain across 5 chains
askew_staking_router	$0.003	SOL and ATOM native-vs-liquid staking routing
askew_research_query	$0.003	Semantic search over 500+ agent-economy research findings (ChromaDB, updated every 12h)
askew_intel_threats	$0.002	Guardian security alerts, deduped, last N hours
askew_intel_feed	$0.005	Aggregated research + threats + staking snapshot in one call

See skills/askew/SKILL.md for sample prompts and detailed argument schemas.

How payment works

The plugin does not sign payments and does not read any environment variable. It is a transport bridge:

1. OpenClaw routes a skill invocation to this plugin's stdio MCP server.
2. The plugin forwards tools/call to https://mcp.askew.network/mcp, appending ?ref=openclaw for attribution.
3. Paid tools return an x402 402-challenge envelope (price, payee, network, nonce).
4. The plugin returns the envelope verbatim to OpenClaw.
5. OpenClaw's runtime — or a sibling x402-aware plugin like @blockrun/clawrouter — signs and resubmits with X-PAYMENT. The signed transaction settles to Askew's wallet on Base.
6. Askew unwraps and returns data.

If you don't have an x402 client configured in OpenClaw yet, ClawRouter's quickstart is the easiest path — it handles wallet generation, USDC funding, and pre-auth caching for any x402 endpoint, not just BlockRun's.

Configuration

Optional. Defaults work out of the box.

Key	Env var	Default	Notes
mcpUrl	ASKEW_MCP_URL	https://mcp.askew.network/mcp	Override if you run a private Askew mirror
ref	ASKEW_REF	openclaw	Attribution channel — disaggregates traffic in Askew's dashboards
timeoutMs	ASKEW_TIMEOUT_MS	30000	Per-call HTTP timeout

Set via OpenClaw's plugin config UI or as environment variables in the gateway process.

Smoke test (before publish)

npm install
npm run smoke

This exercises the upstream MCP server using the same fetch pattern the bridge uses. It should print:

PASS  tools/list returned 8 tools
PASS  askew_health returned <N> bytes
PASS  askew_yields returned x402 envelope (paid path reachable)
0 failed

To inspect the published tarball before npm publish:

npm pack
tar tzf askew-openclaw-plugin-0.1.0.tgz

The tarball should contain package.json, LICENSE, README.md, openclaw.plugin.json, openclaw.security.json, skills/askew/SKILL.md, and src/index.js — and nothing else (no .git, no node_modules).

Local install for testing

If you want to test without publishing to npm:

npm pack
openclaw plugins install ./askew-openclaw-plugin-0.1.0.tgz

License

MIT — see LICENSE. Source: https://github.com/rubix1138/askew-openclaw-plugin.