Integration & Channels Guides
Connect OpenClaw to WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Teams, and more messaging platforms.
How to Connect OpenClaw to WhatsApp
Connecting OpenClaw to WhatsApp requires navigating Meta's WhatsApp Business API, which involves business account verification, webhook configuration, and template message approval. This advanced guide walks you through every step of the integration process, from Meta Business account creation to handling media and rich messages.
How to Set Up an OpenClaw Telegram Bot
Telegram bots are one of the easiest ways to make OpenClaw accessible to your team or customers. This beginner-friendly guide walks you through creating a bot with BotFather, configuring OpenClaw for Telegram, and setting up webhooks, commands, and group support.
How to Integrate OpenClaw with Slack
Integrating OpenClaw with Slack enables your team to access AI capabilities directly from your workspace. This intermediate guide covers Slack app creation, OAuth configuration, event subscriptions, slash commands, and handling Slack's 3-second response limit.
How to Add OpenClaw to Discord
Discord bots bring AI capabilities directly to your community server. This intermediate guide walks you through creating a Discord application, configuring bot permissions, setting up slash commands, and integrating OpenClaw so your server members can interact with AI without leaving Discord.
How to Connect OpenClaw to Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams integration requires navigating Azure Bot Service, Bot Framework, and Teams app manifests. This advanced guide walks you through registering an Azure Bot, creating a Teams app package, configuring OpenClaw for Bot Framework compliance, and deploying a production-ready Teams bot.
How to Set Up OpenClaw Multi-Channel Inbox
A multi-channel inbox lets users start a conversation on Slack and continue it on WhatsApp without losing context. This advanced guide covers configuring multiple channel adapters, message routing, user identity mapping, context preservation, and priority rules across platforms.
How to Connect OpenClaw to iMessage on Mac
iMessage doesn't have an official API, but OpenClaw can integrate via Messages.app automation on macOS. This advanced guide walks you through enabling automation, configuring an AppleScript bridge, setting up contact filtering, and handling media — with all the caveats of an unofficial integration.
How to Connect OpenClaw to Signal
Signal prioritizes privacy and encryption, which makes integration more complex than other messaging platforms. This advanced guide walks you through installing signal-cli, registering or linking a phone number, configuring OpenClaw's Signal adapter, handling encrypted messages, and setting up group support.
How to Automate OpenClaw Workflows with n8n
n8n is a workflow automation platform that connects OpenClaw to hundreds of apps without writing code. This intermediate guide walks you through setting up n8n Cloud, creating webhook-triggered workflows that call OpenClaw, building multi-step automations, and handling errors — turning OpenClaw into the AI engine behind complex business processes.
How to Handle Rate Limits Across OpenClaw Channels
Every messaging platform enforces rate limits: Slack allows 1 message per second, WhatsApp limits template messages, Discord restricts burst sending. This intermediate guide shows you how to configure OpenClaw's rate limiting system to handle per-platform limits, message queuing, retry logic, and overflow scenarios.
How to Connect OpenClaw to Notion
Notion's flexible workspace makes it ideal for AI-powered knowledge management, but the integration requires understanding Notion's API authentication, database structures, and page hierarchies. This intermediate guide walks you through creating a Notion integration, configuring API access, setting up OpenClaw's Notion skill, and building automation workflows that read from and write to your workspace.
How to Connect OpenClaw to Google Sheets
Google Sheets is a powerful data store for AI workflows, but integration requires navigating Google Cloud Console, OAuth 2.0 credentials, and API quotas. This intermediate guide walks you through creating a Google Cloud project, enabling the Sheets API, configuring OAuth, installing the Sheets skill, and building automation workflows that read from and write to spreadsheets.
How to Connect OpenClaw to Shopify
Shopify's Admin API enables powerful ecommerce automation, but integration requires understanding custom app creation, API scopes, webhook configuration, and rate limits. This intermediate guide walks you through creating a Shopify custom app, configuring API access, setting up webhooks, testing order and product queries, and building customer support workflows powered by AI.
How to Connect OpenClaw to HubSpot
HubSpot's CRM platform offers powerful APIs for sales and marketing automation, but integration requires understanding private app authentication, contact object mapping, and workflow triggers. This intermediate guide walks you through creating a HubSpot private app, configuring API scopes, installing the CRM skill, mapping contact fields, testing CRUD operations, and building sales automation workflows that leverage AI.
How to Build an OpenClaw Slack Bot for Your Team
Building a Slack bot with OpenClaw lets your team automate workflows, answer questions, and manage tasks directly from Slack. This guide walks you through creating a Slack app, configuring bot permissions, and deploying an OpenClaw-powered bot for your workspace.
How to Connect OpenClaw to Email
Email integration lets OpenClaw monitor an inbox via IMAP and send replies via SMTP, turning any email address into an AI-powered support channel. This intermediate guide walks you through enabling IMAP access, generating app-specific passwords, configuring OpenClaw for email, and setting up filters and auto-reply behavior.
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