npm Package Adoption Analysis with OpenClaw

OpenClaw is a flexible local AI agent, but it can’t query the npm registry on its own. When you ask about a package’s popularity or latest version, it’s guessing from training data. AgentPatch’s npm-package-stats tool connects it to live registry data — downloads, versions, maintainers, and more.

Why This Matters

The JavaScript ecosystem moves fast. A package that was the go-to choice six months ago might have been superseded by something better. Download counts shift, maintainers step down, and new alternatives emerge constantly. If your agent can’t check the current state of things, its recommendations are stale by definition.

With npm-package-stats available through AgentPatch, your OpenClaw bot can pull current data from the npm registry whenever you ask. No separate API key, no custom integration — just connect AgentPatch and the tool is available alongside everything else on the marketplace.

Setup

The AgentPatch CLI is designed for AI agents to use via shell access. Install it, and your agent can discover and invoke any tool on the marketplace.

Install (zero dependencies, Python 3.10+):

pip install agentpatch

Set your API key:

export AGENTPATCH_API_KEY=your_api_key

Example commands your agent will use:

ap search "web search"
ap run google-search --input '{"query": "test"}'

Get your API key from the AgentPatch dashboard.

Install the AgentPatch skill from ClawHub — it teaches OpenClaw when to use AgentPatch and how to use the CLI:

clawhub install agentpatch

MCP Server (Alternative)

If you prefer raw MCP tool access instead of the skill, add AgentPatch to ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "agentpatch": {
        "transport": "streamable-http",
        "url": "https://agentpatch.ai/mcp",
        "headers": {
          "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual key from the AgentPatch dashboard. Restart OpenClaw and it discovers all AgentPatch tools automatically.

Example

You’re chatting with your OpenClaw bot and want to pick a logging library for a new Node.js service:

“Look up the npm stats for pino, winston, and bunyan. Which is the best bet for a new project?”

Your bot fetches data for all three:

Fetching npm stats for pino...
Fetching npm stats for winston...
Fetching npm stats for bunyan...

pino:
- Weekly downloads: 8.7M
- Latest version: 9.6.0 (published 2 weeks ago)
- License: MIT
- Maintainers: 4

winston:
- Weekly downloads: 12.1M
- Latest version: 3.17.0 (published 3 months ago)
- License: MIT
- Maintainers: 3

bunyan:
- Weekly downloads: 890K
- Latest version: 1.8.15 (published 2 years ago)
- License: MIT
- Maintainers: 1

Winston has the most downloads, but pino is close and has a more recent release.
Bunyan's download count is an order of magnitude lower and it hasn't had a release
in two years with a single maintainer — I'd rule it out for new projects.

Between pino and winston: pino is faster (JSON-first, low overhead) and more
actively maintained. Winston has more transports and a larger ecosystem. For a new
service where performance matters, pino is the stronger choice.

Three packages compared with real data, delivered to your chat. No browser tabs, no npmjs.com, no manual comparison.

Wrapping Up

Once AgentPatch is connected, your OpenClaw bot can look up npm package stats whenever you need them. The same connection gives access to every other tool on the marketplace — GitHub stats, web search, email, and more. See what’s available at agentpatch.ai.

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