Waiting Tips — Learn While OpenClaw Thinks

Show a random bilingual (zh/en) learning tip every time the user waits for a response. Tips cover AI interaction, prompt engineering, productivity, and wisdom.

When to use

Automatically: before every AI response, send a tip message to fill the waiting time.

Manually: when the user says "show me a tip", "give me a tip", "学习小贴士", "来个 tip".

How it works

1. User sends a message to OpenClaw
2. Before the AI starts processing, a random tip is sent as a quick reply
3. The tip is displayed while the AI generates the full response
4. Works on all channels: Telegram, Feishu/Lark, WhatsApp, Discord, Slack, etc.

Tip format

Each tip is bilingual: 中文 | English

Example:

💡 给 AI 足够的上下文，回答质量翻倍 | Give AI enough context — quality doubles

Tip categories (75 tips)

• AI Interaction (15) — context, multi-turn, verification
• Prompt Engineering (15) — CoT, ReAct, few-shot, meta-prompting
• OpenClaw (15) — commands, features, best practices
• Productivity (15) — code review, regex, templates, reports
• Wisdom (15) — AI philosophy, learning mindset

Display modes

The skill supports multiple display styles:

• emoji — 💡 中文 tip | English tip (default)
• card — bordered card with header
• zh-only — Chinese only
• en-only — English only

Adding custom tips

Add a line to any tips/*.txt file in the skill directory:

你的新 tip | Your new tip in English

Create new category files like tips/coding.txt for new topics.