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Openclaw Bird Skill issue: Install failed (unknown exit): spawn npm ENOENT

February 1, 2026 // 1 min read
OpenClaw Bird
openclaw bird skill install issue
openclaw bird skill install issue

If you ever get this issue when trying to enable the "bird" (X/Twitter) skill for OpenClaw, here is how you can solve it: Open a terminal or powershel then run:

Code Bash
npm install -g @steipete/bird

Then wait for the installation to complete. From there, you can try to enable the "bird" skill again.

openclaw bird skill enabled
openclaw bird skill enabled

The next step to let your bot use the bird skill is to connect...

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Renaud

Clearly not an OpenClaw bot!

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