Busabase for ZeroClaw

Connect ZeroClaw to Busabase

ZeroClaw Labs' open-source personal AI agent: a single Rust binary that answers on 30+ channels, runs shell/browser/HTTP tools under a supervised-by-default policy, and acts as an MCP client.

Paste this into ZeroClaw

Read https://busabase.com/SETUP_SKILL.md and set up Busabase for me. Follow it through to the end, then confirm the connection works.

Read the ZeroClaw Skills documentation

Busabase

Agent Skill

Give your agent this one instruction

You end up with more than a connector: the busabase skill carries the whole change-request workflow, the CLI, and the full API — available in every future session without re-pasting anything.

Asks first

Busabase Cloud or Personal Desktop — your call, before anything happens.

Connects

Signs you in and stores the credential itself. No API key to copy by hand.

Seeds a Base

Creates and fills your first Base, so the workspace is not an empty screen.

Installs the skills

busabase and busabase-app-creator become permanent, for every session after this.

For this agent

ZeroClaw loads SKILL.md (or SKILL.toml) from `<install>/agents/<alias>/workspace/skills/<name>/` or shared bundles `<install>/shared/skills/<bundle>/<name>/` (agent must list the bundle in `skill_bundles`); the global `<install>/data/skills/` is not auto-loaded. SKILL.md frontmatter supports `name`, `description`, `author`, `version`, `tags`, `always`, `slash_options`. A generic `npx skills add` will not necessarily write into those directories, so copy the installed `busabase` skill folders into a bundle and list it in `skill_bundles` (not verified against Busabase's installer). Shell commands are subject to allow/deny lists and approval.

Prefer a connector?

If you would rather wire Busabase in as MCP tools than let the agent install a skill, use the server URL below.

At a glance

Vendor: ZeroClaw Labs
How it connects: Plugin / Skill · busabase-cli · REST API · MCP + API key
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Authentication: API key
Config file: ~/.zeroclaw/config.toml (`[[mcp.servers]]`, `[mcp_bundles.*]`, `agents.<alias>.mcp_bundles`)

Run this

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/master/install.sh | sh && zeroclaw quickstart

ZeroClaw has shell and web_fetch tools, so the Skill path applies: paste the prompt above into any channel or zeroclaw agent -a <alias>. Approve the commands when it asks (default autonomy is supervised).

Prefer a connector?

ZeroClaw's MCP client reaches remote servers over http (Streamable HTTP) with static headers; the docs describe no OAuth sign-in. Use a Busabase API key (Settings -> API Keys, smallest permission, finite expiry). Add to ~/.zeroclaw/config.toml, merging with your existing entries:

[[mcp.servers]]
name = "busabase"
transport = "http"
url = "https://busabase.com/api/mcp"

[mcp_bundles.busabase]
servers = ["busabase"]

[agents.assistant]   # your agent alias
mcp_bundles = ["busabase"]

Then set the header as a secret (it is encrypted at rest) in the dashboard (Config -> MCP servers -> busabase -> headers.Authorization = Bearer <key>) or zerocode /config. Restart the session, then ask the agent to call busabase__auth_verify.

ZeroClaw MCP docs

Known gotchas

An agent connects to no MCP server unless it lists a bundle in `mcp_bundles` (omission is not a grant); changes take effect on session restart. MCP tool calls go through the approval gate unless `auto_approve` lists the prefixed name (e.g. `busabase__...`). `http_request` is limited to allowlisted domains. HTTP/SSE MCP URLs must be https when a custom CA is set.

How it compares

Connection capabilities side by side with other agents already in this directory.

Capability	ZeroClaw	Claude Code	Cursor
Type	Agent platforms	Terminal agents	AI editors
Recommended path	Agent Skill	Agent Skill	Agent Skill
How it connects	Plugin / Skill · busabase-cli · REST API · MCP + API key	MCP + OAuth · Plugin / Skill	MCP + OAuth · Plugin / Skill
Transport	Streamable HTTP	Streamable HTTP	Streamable HTTP
Authentication	API key	OAuth (dynamic registration)	OAuth (dynamic registration)

These stepsFrom official docsLast checked Oct 21, 2026

Written from this agent's own documentation. We have not re-run every step on a real machine, so check the linked docs if a command has changed.

Where these steps come from Official site

Let your agent do the setup

One instruction, one authorization, and every change it makes afterwards carries a message and a diff you can check or revert.

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Paste this into ZeroClaw

Read https://busabase.com/SETUP_SKILL.md and set up Busabase for me. Follow it through to the end, then confirm the connection works.