Description

After successfully installing a custom skill via openclaw skills install /path/to/skill, the skill is placed on disk at /sandbox/.openclaw/workspace/skills/ but does not appear in openclaw skills list output. The list only shows openclaw-bundled and openclaw-extra sources -- no "openclaw-managed" or workspace category exists. Users have no official CLI way to verify that a workspace skill was installed.

Environment

Device:        testnemoclaw04 (10.6.76.40), 12 vCPU / 22.9 GiB RAM
OS:            Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Architecture:  x86_64
Node.js:       v22.22.3
npm:           10.9.8
Docker:        Docker CE 29.5.2
OpenShell CLI: 0.0.44
NemoClaw:      v0.0.57
OpenClaw:      2026.5.22

Steps to Reproduce

1. Onboard a sandbox with any provider (e.g. NVIDIA Endpoints)
2. Create a skill directory on host:

   mkdir -p /tmp/code-review-skill
   cat > /tmp/code-review-skill/SKILL.md

   (valid SKILL.md content)
3. Copy into sandbox:

   docker cp /tmp/code-review-skill <container>:/tmp/code-review-skill

4. Install the skill:

   openshell sandbox exec -n my-assistant -- openclaw skills install /tmp/code-review-skill

   Output: "Installed code-review-skill from path -> /sandbox/.openclaw/workspace/skills/code-review-skill"
5. List skills:

   openshell sandbox exec -n my-assistant -- openclaw skills list

Expected Result

openclaw skills list should show the workspace-installed skill, e.g.:
✓ ready code-review-skill ... openclaw-managed (or workspace)

Actual Result

openclaw skills list shows 58 skills -- all with source "openclaw-bundled" or "openclaw-extra". The installed code-review-skill does NOT appear in the list.

Verified the skill exists on disk:

$ ls /sandbox/.openclaw/workspace/skills/
code-review-skill

$ cat /sandbox/.openclaw/workspace/skills/code-review-skill/SKILL.md
(content correct)

The agent CAN use the skill (tested via openclaw agent -m "Review this code..."), but the skills list does not surface it.

Logs

$ openclaw skills install /tmp/code-review-skill
Installing to /sandbox/.openclaw/workspace/skills/code-review-skill…
Installed code-review-skill from path -> /sandbox/.openclaw/workspace/skills/code-review-skill

$ openclaw skills list
Skills (15/58 ready)
┌──────────┬──────────────────────────┬───────────────┬──────────────────┐
│ Status   │ Skill                    │ Description   │ Source           │
(58 rows — all openclaw-bundled or openclaw-extra, no code-review-skill)

$ ls /sandbox/.openclaw/workspace/skills/
code-review-skill

NVB#6262921