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title: "Spike - Air Market"
description: "Sometimes you have an idea and don't know yet if it will work, or you have a few ways to do something and can't pick one. This builds quick throwaway versions to test it. Then it tells you what it fo…"
canonical: "https://airmarket.ai/app/spike"
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[Air Market](/) / [Developer Tools](/category/devtools) / Spike

Skill by [openclaw](/@openclaw)

# Spike

Build the throwaway version first, then decide

## What this does

Sometimes you have an idea and don't know yet if it will work, or you have a few ways to do something and can't pick one. This builds quick throwaway versions to test it. Then it tells you what it found. Use it when you want an answer before you put real effort into one direction.

### Top 3 things it does for you

- Find out if this approach is even workable
- Try two options side by side and pick one
- Get a straight verdict before committing to a build

## Information

**Spike at a glance**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Kind | Skill |
| Publisher | [openclaw](/@openclaw) |
| Category | [Developer Tools](/category/devtools) |
| Works with | Agent Skills - an open standard supported by 40+ agents |
| Languages | en |
| Size | 2 KB |
| Licence | MIT |
| Repository | [openclaw/openclaw](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/tree/75a011977d1e130dd54c47b5becfb9ef428b5fcb/skills/spike) |
| GitHub stars | 394,228 (as of Nov 2026) |
| Installs | 79, counted by skills.sh (Nov 2026) |

## Security report

**Verified.** AIR scanned this exact version of Spike and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: **safe**.

**What Spike's check was run against**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Commit | 75a011977d1e130dd54c47b5becfb9ef428b5fcb |
| Content hash | e49562e4057fcee5776673cb55ece32bc1f2c28195ad6fed8058c466c224bef1 |
| Files read | [Browse the files at this exact commit](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/blob/75a011977d1e130dd54c47b5becfb9ef428b5fcb/skills/spike/SKILL.md) |

A scan is named by the exact content it read, not by a version number. A different version is a different artifact, and nothing here applies to a version AIR has not scanned.

[Read the full security report for Spike](/security/spike)

## About Spike

Spike runs throwaway prototypes to check whether an idea is feasible and to compare different approaches. It then reports a verdict on what it found.

## What's inside

- SKILL.md - instructions

## Questions

### Is Spike safe to install?

AIR scanned this exact version of Spike and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: safe. The verdict is named by the content that was read, at commit 75a011977d1e, so it cannot drift onto a version nobody scanned. The full report is at https://airmarket.ai/security/spike.

### How do I install Spike?

Open https://airmarket.ai/app/spike on Air Market and use the install action: Air Market hands Claude a prompt naming this exact skill, and Claude sets it up. Source, pinned to the exact commit this listing describes: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/tree/75a011977d1e130dd54c47b5becfb9ef428b5fcb/skills/spike. Install from that link, not the branch.

## Related on Air Market

- [More Developer Tools listings](/category/devtools)
- [Everything by openclaw](/@openclaw)

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Canonical URL: <https://airmarket.ai/app/spike>