orthogonal

name	orthogonal
description	Access premium APIs and curated skills via Orthogonal marketplace. Use when you need external data (scraping, enrichment, search), want to discover new capabilities, or need to call third-party services. For tasks like: find an API, enrich a lead, scrape a website, send SMS, verify email, research a company.
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Orthogonal — Skills & API Marketplace

Access premium APIs and curated agent skills via the orth CLI.

Decision Flow

When you need to perform a task that requires external data or services:

1. Check installed skills first — look through your available skills
2. Search for skills — orth skills search "<task>" to find a dedicated skill. Always search before repurposing a general skill.
3. Fall back to API search — only if no skill covers the use case: orth api search "<task>"
4. Check parameters before calling — orth api show <slug> <path> to see parameter names and types. Never guess parameter names.

Discover Skills

# Search by keyword
orth skills search "lead enrichment"

# List all available skills
orth skills list

# Show skill details
orth skills show <slug>

# Install a skill (goes to ~/.openclaw/skills/)
orth skills add <slug> --agent openclaw

After installing a skill, read its SKILL.md for usage instructions.

Discover & Call APIs

# Search for APIs
orth api search "web scraping"

# Get API details and endpoints
orth api info <api-slug>

# Show endpoint parameters (ALWAYS do this before first call)
orth api show <api-slug> <path>

# Call an API
orth run <api-slug> <path> --body '{"param": "value"}'

# Dry run (check cost without executing)
orth run --dry-run <api-slug> <path> --body '{"param": "value"}'

OAuth Integrations (free, user-connected)

Integration	Slug	Key Actions
Gmail	gmail	/send-email, /list-emails, /get-email
Google Calendar	google-calendar	/create-event, /list-events
Slack	slack	/send-message, /list-channels
GitHub	github	/create-issue, /list-repos, /create-pr
Notion	notion	/create-page, /search
Google Drive	google-drive	/find-file, /create-file
Google Sheets	google-sheets	/create-spreadsheet, /add-row, /get-values

Example: orth run gmail /send-email --body '{"recipient_email": "[e-mail]", "subject": "Hello", "body": "Hi"}'

If integration returns HTTP 428 — user needs to connect account at https://orthogonal.com/dashboard/integrations

Tips

• Search is semantic — describe what you want to do
• APIs are pay-per-use ($0.001 - $0.10 per request)
• Always check orth api show before first call to an endpoint
• Use --dry-run to preview cost
• Skills are installed to ~/.openclaw/skills/<slug>/

Related Skills

• exa-company-research, exa-people-research, exa-lead-gen (Exa-based research — use for web search and content discovery)
• web-browser (browser automation — use for interactive browsing)
• posthog-analytics (product analytics — use for internal metrics)