Overview

Connect OpenClaw to multiple chat platforms and interact with your AI agent from anywhere — all managed through a single Gateway.

How to Choose a Channel

Your situation	Recommended
Fastest 5-minute setup	Telegram
China-based users, teams	Feishu
Developer community, Discord server	Discord
Apple devices, personal use	BlueBubbles (iMessage proxy)
Overseas business, global customers	WhatsApp
Corporate Slack workspace	Slack (stable)
Self-hosted, privacy-first	Matrix or Mattermost

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Channel Support Matrix

🌏 China-Friendly

Channel	Status	DM	Group	Notes
Feishu	✅ Stable	✅	✅	Best China experience, widely used in enterprises
WeChat Official Account	🔄 In Progress	✅	-	Conversational public account integration
WeCom (Enterprise WeChat)	🔄 Planned	✅	✅	Enterprise collaboration
DingTalk	🔄 Planned	✅	✅	Alibaba ecosystem

🌍 International

Channel	Status	DM	Group	Notes
Telegram	✅ Stable	✅	✅	Developer favorite, most feature-complete
Discord	✅ Stable	✅	✅	Communities and server bots
WhatsApp	✅ Stable	✅	✅	Global business communication
Signal	✅ Stable	✅	✅	High-privacy use cases
BlueBubbles	✅ Stable	✅	✅	iMessage relay proxy

🏢 Enterprise Collaboration

Channel	Status	DM	Group	Notes
Slack	✅ Stable	✅	✅	Most popular enterprise platform
Microsoft Teams	✅ Stable	✅	✅	Microsoft 365 orgs
Mattermost	✅ Stable	✅	✅	Open-source self-hosted option
Google Chat	✅ Stable	✅	✅	Google Workspace users

🛠️ Technical / Advanced

Channel	Status	DM	Group	Notes
Matrix	✅ Stable	✅	✅	Fully decentralized, self-hosted
IRC	✅ Stable	✅	✅	Classic developer networks
Nostr	🧪 Experimental	✅	✅	Decentralized protocol
Twitch	🧪 Experimental	-	✅	Livestream chat bot

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Multi-Channel Config Example

{
  channels: {
    telegram: { enabled: true, botToken: "xxx" },
    discord: { enabled: true, token: "xxx" },
    whatsapp: { dmPolicy: "pairing", allowFrom: ["+1xxxxxxxxxx"] },
  },
}

Pairing Mechanism

OpenClaw uses dmPolicy: "pairing" to control who can message your bot:

# View pending pairing requests
openclaw pairing list telegram

# Approve a pairing
openclaw pairing approve telegram <code>

Only paired users can interact with the bot, preventing unauthorized access.

Group Chat Behavior

In group chats, the bot only replies when mentioned by default. Control this with requireMention:

{
  channels: {
    telegram: {
      groups: {
        "*": { requireMention: true },
      },
    },
  },
}

Troubleshooting

Check the Gateway logs when a channel isn't connecting:

openclaw logs --follow

Common issues:

• No DM replies: Check bot token and gateway status
• No group replies: Bot needs to be @mentioned, or disable privacy mode
• Network issues: Configure a proxy: proxy: "socks5://127.0.0.1:7890"