What chat interface is the best for Openclaw?
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The telegram interface is unstable and the formatting is messy
The Whatspp interface has the same issues.
I have not tried discord.
I like the web interface running directly on the gateway
and TUI is also good.
What is the best channel?
The Whatspp interface has the same issues.
I have not tried discord.
I like the web interface running directly on the gateway
and TUI is also good.
What is the best channel?
Solution
That status line is the smoking gun:
In practice that often means the bot can connect, but it won’t reliably receive message content in guild channels unless you enable the privileged intent (and/or you only get partial events like mentions).
- turn ON Message Content Intent
- (recommended) turn ON Server Members Intent
Then restart OpenClaw gateway.
If you want it to respond without mentions, you need to set
https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/discord
intents:content=limitedIn practice that often means the bot can connect, but it won’t reliably receive message content in guild channels unless you enable the privileged intent (and/or you only get partial events like mentions).
Fix 1: Enable Message Content Intent (most likely)
Discord Developer Portal → Your App → Bot → Privileged Gateway Intents- turn ON Message Content Intent
- (recommended) turn ON Server Members Intent
Then restart OpenClaw gateway.
Fix 2: Guild messages are mention-gated by default
When testing in a server channel/thread, try mentioning the bot in the message.If you want it to respond without mentions, you need to set
requireMention: falsechannels.discord.guilds...https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/discord
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