Requirements
- Target platform
- OpenClaw
- Install method
- Manual import
- Extraction
- Extract archive
- Prerequisites
- OpenClaw
- Primary doc
- SKILL.md
Retrieve real-time hardware metrics from Apple Silicon Macs using mactop's TOON format. Provides CPU, RAM, GPU, power, thermal, network, disk I/O, and Thunderbolt bus information. Use when the user wants system stats, hardware monitoring, or performance metrics on Apple Silicon Macs.
Retrieve real-time hardware metrics from Apple Silicon Macs using mactop's TOON format. Provides CPU, RAM, GPU, power, thermal, network, disk I/O, and Thunderbolt bus information. Use when the user wants system stats, hardware monitoring, or performance metrics on Apple Silicon Macs.
Hand the extracted package to your coding agent with a concrete install brief instead of figuring it out manually.
I downloaded a skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder and install it by following the included instructions. Tell me what you changed and call out any manual steps you could not complete.
I downloaded an updated skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder, compare it with my current installation, and upgrade it while preserving any custom configuration unless the package docs explicitly say otherwise. Summarize what changed and any follow-up checks I should run.
Execute mactop in headless TOON mode and parse the output for hardware metrics.
mactop installed: brew install mactop PATH includes /usr/sbin: Required for sysctl access
mactop --format toon --headless --count 1
CPU Usage: mactop --format toon --headless --count 1 | grep "^cpu_usage:" | awk '{print $2}' RAM (used/total GB): mactop --format toon --headless --count 1 | grep -E "^ (Used|Total):" | awk '{printf "%.1f", $2/1073741824}' GPU Usage: mactop --format toon --headless --count 1 | grep "^gpu_usage:" | awk '{print $2}' Power (total/CPU/GPU): mactop --format toon --headless --count 1 | grep -E "^ (TotalPower|CPUPower|GPUPower):" | awk '{print $2}' Thermal State: mactop --format toon --headless --count 1 | grep "^thermal_state:" | awk '{print $2}' Temperature: mactop --format toon --headless --count 1 | grep "^ SocTemp:" | awk '{print $2}' Chip Info: mactop --format toon --headless --count 1 | grep "^ Name:" | awk '{print $2}' Network I/O (bytes/sec): mactop --format toon --headless --count 1 | grep -E "^( InBytesPerSec| OutBytesPerSec):" | awk '{print $2}' Thunderbolt Buses: mactop --format toon --headless --count 1 | grep "^ Name:" | awk '{print $2}'
OptionDescription--count NNumber of samples (default: 1)--interval MSSample interval in milliseconds (default: 1000)
timestamp: "2026-01-25T20:00:00-07:00" soc_metrics: CPUPower: 0.15 GPUPower: 0.02 TotalPower: 8.5 SocTemp: 42.3 memory: Total: 25769803776 Used: 14852408320 Available: 10917395456 cpu_usage: 5.2 gpu_usage: 1.8 thermal_state: Normal system_info: Name: Apple M4 Pro CoreCount: 12
Format metrics in a readable box: ββ Apple M4 Pro βββββββββββββββββββββββ β CPU: 5.2% | RAM: 13.8/24.0 GB β β GPU: 1.8% | Power: 8.5W total β β Thermal: Normal | SoC: 42.3Β°C β βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
"sysctl not found" β Add /usr/sbin to PATH No output β Verify mactop is installed: which mactop
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