OpenClaw Multi-Channel Messaging: Discord, Slack, Telegram, and More

Communication happens across many platforms. OpenClaw unifies them, letting you send messages, build bots, and automate notifications across Discord, Slack, Telegram, and more from a single interface.

Supported Messaging Platforms

Official Skills

1. discord 💬 Full Discord integration:

# Send message to channel
openclaw skill run discord \
  --channel "#announcements" \
  --message "🚀 New deployment live!"

# Send embed
openclaw skill run discord \
  --channel "#general" \
  --embed title "Weekly Update" \
  --embed description "Check out this week's progress..."

2. slack 💼 Enterprise messaging:

# Post to channel
openclaw skill run slack \
  --channel "#engineering" \
  --message "Build completed successfully"

# Thread reply
openclaw skill run slack \
  --channel "#general" \
  --thread "{{message.ts}}" \
  --message "Following up..."

3. telegram ✈️ Fast and simple:

# Send to chat
openclaw skill run telegram \
  --chat "-100123456789" \
  --message "Hello from OpenClaw!"

Building Notification Workflows

Development Notifications

# dev-notifications.yaml
name: "Development Alerts"

triggers:
  - github:pr:opened
  - github:check:failed

steps:
  - name: send-to-discord
    skill: discord
    action: send
    params:
      webhook: "alerts"
      message: "{{trigger.message}}"
      
  - name: send-to-slack
    skill: slack
    action: send
    params:
      channel: "#dev-alerts"
      blocks: "{{formatted.blocks}}"

Daily Digest

# daily-digest.yaml
name: "Daily Team Digest"
trigger: "0 9 * * 1-5"

steps:
  - name: collect-activity
    skill: github
    action: get-activity
    
  - name: post-to-discord
    skill: discord
    action: send
    params:
      channel: "#daily-updates"
      embed: "{{activity.summary}}"

Building Chatbots

Discord Bot Commands

# discord-bot.yaml
name: "Project Assistant Bot"

commands:
  - name: "status"
    trigger: "!status"
    steps:
      - skill: github
        action: get-repo-status
      - skill: discord
        action: reply
        
  - name: "deploy"
    trigger: "!deploy"
    permission: "admin"
    steps:
      - skill: deploy
        action: trigger
      - skill: discord
        action: reply

Cross-Platform Routing

Smart Routing

# smart-routing.yaml
name: "Intelligent Notification Routing"

router:
  rules:
    - condition: "priority == 'critical'"
      channels:
        - telegram: "${ADMIN_GROUP}"
        - slack: "#critical-alerts"
        
    - condition: "priority == 'normal'"
      channels:
        - slack: "#general"

Community Management

New Member Onboarding

# onboarding.yaml
name: "New Member Welcome"
trigger: "member:join"

steps:
  - name: send-welcome
    skill: discord
    action: dm
    params:
      user: "{{trigger.user_id}}"
      message: "Welcome to the community!"
      
  - name: add-roles
    skill: discord
    action: add-roles
    params:
      user: "{{trigger.user_id}}"
      roles: ["Member"]

Recommended Skills

For Team Communication

• slack - Primary team chat
• discord - Community and voice
• telegram - Quick mobile notifications

For Automation

• github - Trigger notifications
• summarize - Create digests
• session-logs - Track activity

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Learn more OpenClaw messaging in our tutorials.