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 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-25",
 "id": "openclaw-openclaw--message-your-assistant-from-whatsapp-or-telegram",
 "repo": "openclaw/openclaw",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw",
 "repo_slug": "openclaw-openclaw",
 "title": "Message your assistant from WhatsApp, Telegram or Slack",
 "page_title": "How to message your assistant from WhatsApp, Telegram or Slack with OpenClaw",
 "summary": "Connect channels to the Gateway so the same assistant answers you wherever you already chat, with pairing for unknown senders.",
 "who": "Someone who wants to ask their assistant things from their phone without opening a laptop or a new app.",
 "problem": "A desktop-only assistant is useless when you are away from the computer.",
 "outcome": "The assistant replying in your chat apps, with strangers held back until you approve a pairing request.",
 "steps": [
  "Finish onboarding so the Gateway is running",
  "Follow the getting started guide's channel setup for WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Signal or iMessage",
  "Send the assistant a direct message from the connected app",
  "Unknown senders are paired by default; approve a request with the `openclaw pairing approve` command only for people you trust",
  "Read the security guide before connecting other users or exposing the Gateway remotely"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Help me connect my running openclaw/openclaw Gateway to <Telegram or WhatsApp>. Walk me through the channel setup from the docs, keep DM pairing on, and list every token or credential I am adding and where it is stored.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "Treat inbound messages as untrusted input: tools run on the host for the main session unless you configure sandboxing.",
 "category": "Personal productivity",
 "tags": [
  "Personal productivity"
 ],
 "lang": "typescript",
 "requirements": [
  "macOS, Linux, Windows or WSL2 (the installer provisions Node.js if needed)",
  "An API key or plan for a model provider, or a local model",
  "Accounts for the chat apps you want to connect"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [
  {
   "tag": "credentials",
   "notice": "Each channel adds a bot token or linked session on your machine; anyone with that machine can act as your assistant."
  }
 ],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.9,
 "evidence": [],
 "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/openclaw-openclaw/message-your-assistant-from-whatsapp-or-telegram/",
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