My agent will not respond in different channels
What I'm trying to do:
Get my bot to respond to messages in my private Discord server channels. It works perfectly in DMs but completely ignores messages in guild channels.
What's happening instead:
Every gateway startup shows this in the logs:
[discord] channels unresolved:
SERVER_ID/CHANNEL_ID_1,
SERVER_ID/CHANNEL_ID_2,
SERVER_ID/CHANNEL_ID_3,
SERVER_ID/CHANNEL_ID_4
The bot logs in fine, can read channels and send messages via the message tool, but never responds to incoming messages in real time.
What I've tried:
- Enabled all 3 Privileged Gateway Intents (Presence, Server Members, Message Content)
- Reset bot token and updated config
- Re-invited bot via OAuth2 URL with
- Set
- Ran
- Killed duplicate gateway processes and did clean restart
Relevant config (secrets redacted):
"discord": {
"enabled": true,
"groupPolicy": "allowlist",
"guilds": {
"SERVER_ID": {
"requireMention": false,
"channels": {
"CHANNEL_ID_1": { "allow": true },
"CHANNEL_ID_2": { "allow": true },
"CHANNEL_ID_3": { "allow": true },
"CHANNEL_ID_4": { "allow": true }
}
}
}
}
Setup:
- macOS (MacBook Pro, arm64)
- OpenClaw 2026.2.25 (4b5d4a4)
- Local install via Homebrew
- Discord is the primary channel
- Gateway running as LaunchAgent
Get my bot to respond to messages in my private Discord server channels. It works perfectly in DMs but completely ignores messages in guild channels.
What's happening instead:
Every gateway startup shows this in the logs:
[discord] channels unresolved:
SERVER_ID/CHANNEL_ID_1,
SERVER_ID/CHANNEL_ID_2,
SERVER_ID/CHANNEL_ID_3,
SERVER_ID/CHANNEL_ID_4
The bot logs in fine, can read channels and send messages via the message tool, but never responds to incoming messages in real time.
openclaw channels status --probeintents:content=limitedWhat I've tried:
- Enabled all 3 Privileged Gateway Intents (Presence, Server Members, Message Content)
- Reset bot token and updated config
- Re-invited bot via OAuth2 URL with
botapplications.commands- Set
requireMention: false- Ran
openclaw doctor --fix- Killed duplicate gateway processes and did clean restart
Relevant config (secrets redacted):
"discord": {
"enabled": true,
"groupPolicy": "allowlist",
"guilds": {
"SERVER_ID": {
"requireMention": false,
"channels": {
"CHANNEL_ID_1": { "allow": true },
"CHANNEL_ID_2": { "allow": true },
"CHANNEL_ID_3": { "allow": true },
"CHANNEL_ID_4": { "allow": true }
}
}
}
}
Setup:
- macOS (MacBook Pro, arm64)
- OpenClaw 2026.2.25 (4b5d4a4)
- Local install via Homebrew
- Discord is the primary channel
- Gateway running as LaunchAgent
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