Skills permissions issue
Something is obviously wrong with the installation.
My bot is telling me it can't use skills properly without copying them to /tmp/
This is obviously wrong.
What is the correct fix?
"Those error messages are from earlier failed attempts before I worked around the permission issues by copying the skill to /tmp/local-places-skill."
Location: /usr/lib/node_modules/clawdbot/skills/local-places/
Owner: root (installed via npm global)
Problem: When uv tries to create .venv, it fails with "Permission denied" because I'm running as user frank
My workaround: Copied to /tmp/local-places-skill/ where I have write access
Proper fix options:
1. chown -R clawd:clawd /usr/lib/node_modules/clawdbot/skills/local-places/
2. Or create a persistent location like /home/frank/.clawdbot/skills/local-places/ and run from there?
3. Or modify the skill to use a writable venv location (env var for UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT)
What is the proper fix?
The propsals above all sound wrong. Why would clawdbot install itself in a way where it can't read it's own skills? How can it copy if it can't read? Why does it need to copy if it can read?
My bot is telling me it can't use skills properly without copying them to /tmp/
This is obviously wrong.
What is the correct fix?
"Those error messages are from earlier failed attempts before I worked around the permission issues by copying the skill to /tmp/local-places-skill."
Location: /usr/lib/node_modules/clawdbot/skills/local-places/
Owner: root (installed via npm global)
Problem: When uv tries to create .venv, it fails with "Permission denied" because I'm running as user frank
My workaround: Copied to /tmp/local-places-skill/ where I have write access
Proper fix options:
1. chown -R clawd:clawd /usr/lib/node_modules/clawdbot/skills/local-places/
2. Or create a persistent location like /home/frank/.clawdbot/skills/local-places/ and run from there?
3. Or modify the skill to use a writable venv location (env var for UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT)
What is the proper fix?
The propsals above all sound wrong. Why would clawdbot install itself in a way where it can't read it's own skills? How can it copy if it can't read? Why does it need to copy if it can read?
