diff --git a/docs/us-cpa.md b/docs/us-cpa.md
index 1a6cdcb..7eb7a0e 100644
--- a/docs/us-cpa.md
+++ b/docs/us-cpa.md
@@ -17,6 +17,35 @@ Without installing, the repo-local wrapper works directly:
 skills/us-cpa/scripts/us-cpa --help
 ```
 
+## OpenClaw installation
+
+To install the skill for OpenClaw itself, copy the repo skill into the workspace skill directory and install its Python dependencies there.
+
+1. Sync the repo copy into the workspace:
+
+```bash
+rsync -a --delete \
+  /Users/stefano/.openclaw/workspace/projects/stef-openclaw-skills/skills/us-cpa/ \
+  /Users/stefano/.openclaw/workspace/skills/us-cpa/
+```
+
+2. Create a workspace-local virtualenv and install the package:
+
+```bash
+cd /Users/stefano/.openclaw/workspace/skills/us-cpa
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
+pip install -e .[dev]
+```
+
+3. Verify the installed workspace wrapper:
+
+```bash
+~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/us-cpa/scripts/us-cpa --help
+```
+
+The wrapper prefers `.venv/bin/python` inside the skill directory when present, so OpenClaw can run the workspace copy without relying on global Python packages.
+
 ## Current Milestone
 
 Current implementation now includes:
diff --git a/skills/us-cpa/README.md b/skills/us-cpa/README.md
index 54a3140..d9512a6 100644
--- a/skills/us-cpa/README.md
+++ b/skills/us-cpa/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,35 @@ From `skills/us-cpa/`:
 pip install -e .[dev]
 ```
 
+## OpenClaw installation
+
+Install the skill into the OpenClaw workspace copy, not only in the repo checkout.
+
+1. Sync the skill into the workspace:
+
+```bash
+rsync -a --delete \
+  /Users/stefano/.openclaw/workspace/projects/stef-openclaw-skills/skills/us-cpa/ \
+  /Users/stefano/.openclaw/workspace/skills/us-cpa/
+```
+
+2. Create a skill-local virtualenv in the workspace copy:
+
+```bash
+cd /Users/stefano/.openclaw/workspace/skills/us-cpa
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
+pip install -e .[dev]
+```
+
+3. Run the workspace wrapper:
+
+```bash
+~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/us-cpa/scripts/us-cpa --help
+```
+
+The wrapper now prefers `~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/us-cpa/.venv/bin/python` when present and falls back to `python3` otherwise.
+
 ## Run
 
 Installed entry point:
@@ -24,6 +53,12 @@ Repo-local wrapper without installation:
 scripts/us-cpa --help
 ```
 
+OpenClaw workspace wrapper:
+
+```bash
+~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/us-cpa/scripts/us-cpa --help
+```
+
 Module execution:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/skills/us-cpa/SKILL.md b/skills/us-cpa/SKILL.md
index 010a6e4..8feccd7 100644
--- a/skills/us-cpa/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/us-cpa/SKILL.md
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ skills/us-cpa/scripts/us-cpa review --tax-year 2025 --case-dir ~/tax-cases/2025-
 skills/us-cpa/scripts/us-cpa extract-docs --tax-year 2025 --case-dir ~/tax-cases/2025-jane-doe --create-case --case-label "Jane Doe" --facts-json ./facts.json
 ```
 
+When OpenClaw is using the installed workspace copy, the entrypoint is:
+
+```bash
+~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/us-cpa/scripts/us-cpa --help
+```
+
 ## Rules
 
 - federal individual returns only in v1
diff --git a/skills/us-cpa/scripts/us-cpa b/skills/us-cpa/scripts/us-cpa
index fbcef77..01fb0bd 100755
--- a/skills/us-cpa/scripts/us-cpa
+++ b/skills/us-cpa/scripts/us-cpa
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 SKILL_DIR="$(cd "${SCRIPT_DIR}/.." && pwd)"
+PYTHON_BIN="${SKILL_DIR}/.venv/bin/python"
 export PYTHONPATH="${SKILL_DIR}/src${PYTHONPATH:+:${PYTHONPATH}}"
 
-exec python3 -m us_cpa.cli "$@"
+if [[ ! -x "${PYTHON_BIN}" ]]; then
+  PYTHON_BIN="python3"
+fi
+
+exec "${PYTHON_BIN}" -m us_cpa.cli "$@"
diff --git a/skills/us-cpa/tests/test_cli.py b/skills/us-cpa/tests/test_cli.py
index da341f0..4a2416d 100644
--- a/skills/us-cpa/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/skills/us-cpa/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -40,6 +40,23 @@ class UsCpaCliSmokeTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn("scripts/us-cpa", readme)
         self.assertIn("python -m unittest", readme)
 
+    def test_docs_explain_openclaw_installation_flow(self) -> None:
+        readme = (SKILL_DIR / "README.md").read_text()
+        operator_doc = (SKILL_DIR.parent.parent / "docs" / "us-cpa.md").read_text()
+        skill_doc = (SKILL_DIR / "SKILL.md").read_text()
+
+        self.assertIn("OpenClaw installation", readme)
+        self.assertIn("~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/us-cpa", readme)
+        self.assertIn(".venv/bin/python", readme)
+        self.assertIn("OpenClaw installation", operator_doc)
+        self.assertIn("rsync -a --delete", operator_doc)
+        self.assertIn("~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/us-cpa/scripts/us-cpa", skill_doc)
+
+    def test_wrapper_prefers_local_virtualenv_python(self) -> None:
+        wrapper = (SKILL_DIR / "scripts" / "us-cpa").read_text()
+        self.assertIn('.venv/bin/python', wrapper)
+        self.assertIn('PYTHON_BIN', wrapper)
+
     def test_fixture_directories_exist(self) -> None:
         fixtures_dir = SKILL_DIR / "tests" / "fixtures"
         for name in ("irs", "facts", "documents", "returns"):