5bab0c2ea8
* feat(slack): add user-identity config surface (session token/cookie)
Introduce an account-level identity discriminator ("bot" default | "user") for
the Slack channel, plus sessionToken/sessionCookie secret fields for the
browser-session (user) path. Schema enforces structural coupling only
(identity="user" rejects appToken/signingSecret/relay/non-default mode);
credential presence is deferred to runtime like bot/app tokens. Account entries
inherit the top-level identity. Adds env fallback (SLACK_SESSION_TOKEN/COOKIE,
default account only), secret-contract registration, provenance *Source fields,
and UI hints. Config surface only; resolver/transport are later phases.
* refactor(slack): identity-aware operation-token resolver + dedup
Route Slack read/write token selection through a single identity-aware
resolveSlackOperationToken: identity="user" selects the browser-session token
for both operations (companion cookie attached later at client construction),
identity="bot" keeps the exact userToken/botToken + userTokenReadOnly behavior.
Delete the duplicated token-selection gate in action-runtime and route direct
sends/DM opens through the shared resolver with identity-neutral error wording.
Behavior-neutral for bot identity; net non-test LOC -2.
* refactor(slack): retarget user identity to xoxp + companion app
Replace the abandoned browser-session (xoxc/xoxd) approach for identity="user"
with the official path: authenticate as the human via the existing userToken
(xoxp) while a companion app (appToken/socket or signingSecret/http) carries
events. Remove sessionToken/sessionCookie config, env vars, secret-contract
entries, resolver fields, and their tests. Invert the schema coupling so
identity="user" permits the companion-app transport credentials, and drop the
now-vestigial user-identity structural guard entirely (identity is a permissive
discriminator; credential presence is a runtime concern). Resolver returns the
user token for user-identity reads and writes. Behavior-neutral for bot
identity.
* feat(slack): user-identity provider transport (xoxp + companion app)
Wire the identity="user" event transport. The companion Slack app runs Socket
Mode (appToken) or HTTP (signingSecret) while Bolt authenticates as the human
via the user token (no bot token). Startup auth.test runs on the user token and
its user_id becomes the self/mention target and self-send dedupe id (Bolt's
lazy per-event authorize populates context.botUserId=user_id, so the existing
self-event middleware drops the human's own messages). Identity-aware token
requirements and diagnostics; the bot-token identity warning is suppressed for
user identity. Behavior-neutral for identity="bot".
* feat(slack): user-identity setup, doctor, and docs
Add the setup wizard, doctor/status, and documentation for identity="user".
The wizard collects a user token plus the companion-app transport credential
(app token for socket, signing secret for http) and only persists identity when
"user" so bot setups keep byte-identical generated config; doctor validates the
user token via auth.test and warns on a missing transport credential; account
inspection reports user-token status. Message actions are gated on the active
identity's credential so user accounts expose actions. Docs add the exact
companion-app recipe (user scopes, on-behalf-of-user message events, socket/http
examples, the DM/group-DM-only-via-user-scope note, and self-send dedupe).
Behavior-neutral for identity="bot".
* test(slack): isolate user-identity provider tests to fix parallel flake
The new user-identity provider tests shared the globalThis-stored Slack test
client/handlers across files under parallel isolate:false, so their reaction
closures could reference a prior file's state and intermittently fail sibling
monitor tests (monitor.tool-result reactions). Track started monitors and
abort/await them all in afterEach (even on failed assertions), reset the shared
auth.test/mock state, and dispose the global Slack test runtime per file via a
new disposeSlackTestRuntime helper. Full Slack suite green across repeated
parallel runs.
* fix(slack): regenerate channel config metadata after rebase
* fix(slack): resolve setup consistent-return and doctor dead-export lint
* style: format install script test
* docs(slack): regenerate docs map for user-identity section
* test(slack): use renamed createSlackBoltApp token param in interop test
The rebase folded main's new wrapReceiver test into the renamed
createSlackBoltApp signature (botToken -> token); update the call site.
🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant
OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant you run on your own devices. It answers you on the channels you already use. It can speak and listen on macOS/iOS/Android, and can render a live Canvas you control. The Gateway is just the control plane — the product is the assistant.
If you want a personal, single-user assistant that feels local, fast, and always-on, this is it.
Supported channels include: WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Google Chat, Signal, iMessage, IRC, Microsoft Teams, Matrix, Feishu, LINE, Mattermost, Nextcloud Talk, Nostr, Synology Chat, Tlon, Twitch, Zalo, Zalo Personal, WeChat, QQ, WebChat.
Website · Docs · Vision · Third-party notices · DeepWiki · Getting Started · Updating · Showcase · FAQ · Onboarding · Nix · Docker · Discord
New install? Start here: Getting started
Preferred setup: run openclaw onboard in your terminal.
OpenClaw Onboard guides you step by step through setting up the gateway, workspace, channels, and skills. It is the recommended CLI setup path and works on macOS, Linux, and Windows.
Windows desktop users can start with the native Windows Hub companion app for setup, tray status, chat, node mode, and local MCP mode.
Works with npm, pnpm, or bun.
Sponsors
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subscriptions (OAuth):
- OpenAI (ChatGPT/Codex)
Model note: while many providers and models are supported, prefer a current flagship model from the provider you trust and already use. See Onboarding.
Install (recommended)
Runtime: Node 24.15+ (recommended), Node 22.22.3+, or Node 25.9+.
npm install -g openclaw@latest
# or: pnpm add -g openclaw@latest
openclaw onboard --install-daemon
OpenClaw Onboard installs the Gateway daemon (launchd/systemd user service) so it stays running.
Quick start (TL;DR)
Runtime: Node 24.15+ (recommended), Node 22.22.3+, or Node 25.9+.
Full beginner guide (auth, pairing, channels): Getting started
Recommended daemon mode:
openclaw onboard --install-daemon
openclaw gateway status
Foreground/debug mode:
openclaw gateway stop
openclaw gateway --port 18789 --verbose
Send a test message or ask the assistant after either startup mode is running:
# Send a message
openclaw message send --target +1234567890 --message "Hello from OpenClaw"
# Talk to the assistant (optionally deliver back to any connected channel: WhatsApp/Telegram/Slack/Discord/Google Chat/Signal/iMessage/IRC/Microsoft Teams/Matrix/Feishu/LINE/Mattermost/Nextcloud Talk/Nostr/Synology Chat/Tlon/Twitch/Zalo/Zalo Personal/WeChat/QQ/WebChat)
openclaw agent --message "Ship checklist" --thinking high
Upgrading? Updating guide (and run openclaw doctor).
Models config + CLI: Models. Auth profile rotation + fallbacks: Model failover.
Security defaults (DM access)
OpenClaw connects to real messaging surfaces. Treat inbound DMs as untrusted input.
Full security guide: Security. Before remote exposure, use the Gateway exposure runbook.
Default behavior on Telegram/WhatsApp/Signal/iMessage/Microsoft Teams/Discord/Google Chat/Slack:
- DM pairing (
dmPolicy="pairing"/channels.discord.dmPolicy="pairing"/channels.slack.dmPolicy="pairing"; legacy:channels.discord.dm.policy,channels.slack.dm.policy): unknown senders receive a short pairing code and the bot does not process their message. - Approve with:
openclaw pairing approve <channel> <code>(then the sender is added to a local allowlist store). - Public inbound DMs require an explicit opt-in: set
dmPolicy="open"and include"*"in the channel allowlist (allowFrom/channels.discord.allowFrom/channels.slack.allowFrom; legacy:channels.discord.dm.allowFrom,channels.slack.dm.allowFrom).
Run openclaw doctor to surface risky/misconfigured DM policies.
Highlights
- Local-first Gateway — single control plane for sessions, channels, tools, and events.
- Multi-channel inbox — WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Google Chat, Signal, iMessage, IRC, Microsoft Teams, Matrix, Feishu, LINE, Mattermost, Nextcloud Talk, Nostr, Synology Chat, Tlon, Twitch, Zalo, Zalo Personal, WeChat, QQ, WebChat, macOS, iOS/Android.
- Multi-agent routing — route inbound channels/accounts/peers to isolated agents (workspaces + per-agent sessions).
- Voice Wake + Talk Mode — wake words on macOS/iOS and continuous voice on Android (ElevenLabs + system TTS fallback).
- Live Canvas — agent-driven visual workspace with A2UI.
- First-class tools — browser, canvas, nodes, cron, sessions, and Discord/Slack actions.
- Companion apps — Windows Hub, macOS menu bar app, and iOS/Android nodes.
- Onboarding + skills — onboarding-driven setup with bundled/managed/workspace skills.
Security model (important)
- Default: tools run on the host for the
mainsession, so the agent has full access when it is just you. - Group/channel safety: set
agents.defaults.sandbox.mode: "non-main"to run non-mainsessions inside sandboxes. Docker is the default sandbox backend; SSH and OpenShell backends are also available. - Typical sandbox default: allow
bash,process,read,write,edit,sessions_list,sessions_history,sessions_send,sessions_spawn; denybrowser,canvas,nodes,cron,discord,gateway. - Before exposing anything remotely, read Security, Gateway exposure runbook, Sandboxing, and Configuration.
Operator quick refs
- Chat commands:
/status,/new,/reset,/compact,/think <level>,/verbose on|off,/trace on|off,/usage off|tokens|full,/restart,/activation mention|always - Session tools:
sessions_list,sessions_history,sessions_send - Skills registry: ClawHub
- Architecture overview: Architecture
Docs by goal
- New here: Getting started, Onboarding, Updating
- Channel setup: Channels index, WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack
- Apps + nodes: Windows Hub, macOS, iOS, Android, Nodes
- Config + security: Configuration, Security, Exposure runbook, Sandboxing
- Remote + web: Gateway, Remote access, Tailscale, Web surfaces
- Tools + automation: Tools, Skills, Cron jobs, Webhooks, Gmail Pub/Sub
- Internals: Architecture, Agent, Session model, Gateway protocol
- Troubleshooting: Channel troubleshooting, Logging, Docs home
Apps (optional)
The Gateway alone delivers a great experience. All apps are optional and add extra features.
If you plan to build/run companion apps, follow the platform runbooks below.
macOS (OpenClaw.app) (optional)
- Menu bar control for the Gateway and health.
- Voice Wake + push-to-talk overlay.
- WebChat + debug tools.
- Remote gateway control over SSH.
Note: signed builds required for macOS permissions to stick across rebuilds (see macOS Permissions).
iOS node (optional)
- Pairs as a node over the Gateway WebSocket (device pairing).
- Voice trigger forwarding + Canvas surface.
- Controlled via
openclaw nodes ….
Runbook: iOS connect.
Android node (optional)
- Pairs as a WS node via device pairing (
openclaw devices ...). - Exposes Connect/Chat/Voice tabs plus Canvas, Camera, Screen capture, and Android device command families.
- Runbook: Android connect.
From source (development)
Use pnpm for source checkouts. The repository is a pnpm workspace, and bundled
plugins load from extensions/* during development so their package-local
dependencies and your edits are used directly. Plain npm install at the repo
root is not a supported source setup.
For the dev loop:
git clone https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw.git
cd openclaw
pnpm install
# First run only (or after resetting local OpenClaw config/workspace)
pnpm openclaw setup
# Optional: prebuild Control UI before first startup
pnpm ui:build
# Dev loop (auto-reload on source/config changes)
pnpm gateway:watch
If you need a built dist/ from the checkout (for Node, packaging, or release validation), run:
pnpm build
pnpm ui:build
pnpm openclaw setup writes the local config/workspace needed for pnpm gateway:watch. It is safe to re-run, but you normally only need it on first setup or after resetting local state. pnpm gateway:watch hands the configured Gateway port from the installed service to a durable tmux pane; run pnpm openclaw gateway start when you want the installed service back. It does not rebuild dist/control-ui, so rerun pnpm ui:build after ui/ changes or use pnpm ui:dev when iterating on the Control UI. If you want this checkout to run onboarding directly, use pnpm openclaw onboard --install-daemon.
Note: pnpm openclaw ... runs TypeScript directly (via tsx). pnpm build produces dist/ for running via Node / the packaged openclaw binary, while pnpm gateway:watch rebuilds the runtime on demand during the dev loop.
Development channels
- stable: tagged releases (
vYYYY.M.DorvYYYY.M.D-<patch>), npm dist-taglatest. - beta: prerelease tags (
vYYYY.M.D-beta.N), npm dist-tagbeta(macOS app may be missing). - dev: moving head of
main, npm dist-tagdev(when published).
Switch channels (git + npm): openclaw update --channel stable|beta|dev.
Details: Development channels.
Agent workspace + skills
- Workspace root:
~/.openclaw/workspace(configurable viaagents.defaults.workspace). - Injected prompt files:
AGENTS.md,SOUL.md,TOOLS.md. - Skills:
~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/<skill>/SKILL.md.
Configuration
Minimal ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json (model + defaults):
{
agent: {
model: "<provider>/<model-id>",
},
}
Full configuration reference (all keys + examples).
Star History
Molty
OpenClaw was built for Molty, a space lobster AI assistant. 🦞 by Peter Steinberger and the community.
Community
See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines, maintainers, and how to submit PRs. Use the issue chooser for bugs, docs bugs, and feature requests; ask setup/support questions in Discord; and report vulnerabilities through SECURITY.md. PRs should link the relevant issue when possible and follow the PR template with problem, impact, and evidence. AI/vibe-coded PRs welcome! 🤖
Special thanks to Mario Zechner for his support and for pi-mono. Special thanks to Adam Doppelt for the lobster.bot domain.
Thanks to all clawtributors:
![github-actions[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/15368?v=4&s=48)
![clawdinator[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/2607181?v=4&s=48)
![google-labs-jules[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/842251?v=4&s=48)
