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Automation

Auth monitoring
Cron jobs (Gateway scheduler)
Cron vs Heartbeat: When to Use Each
Gmail Pub/Sub -> OpenClaw
Polls
Webhooks

Channels

BlueBubbles (macOS REST)
Channel location parsing
Channel troubleshooting
Discord (Bot API)
Google Chat (Chat API)
grammY Integration (Telegram Bot API)
iMessage (imsg)
LINE (plugin)
Matrix (plugin)
Mattermost (plugin)
Microsoft Teams (plugin)
Nextcloud Talk (plugin)
Nostr
Signal (signal-cli)
Slack
Telegram (Bot API)
Tlon (plugin)
Twitch (plugin)
WhatsApp (web channel)
Zalo (Bot API)
Zalo Personal (unofficial)

Cli

Concepts

Agent Loop (OpenClaw)
Agent Runtime 🤖
Agent workspace
Channels & routing
Command Queue (2026-01-16)
Context
Context Window & Compaction
Gateway architecture
Group messages (WhatsApp web channel)
Groups
Markdown formatting
Memory
Messages
Model failover
Model providers
Models CLI
Multi-Agent Routing
OAuth
Presence
Retry policy
Session Management
Session Pruning
Session Tools
Sessions
Streaming + chunking
System Prompt
Timezones
TypeBox as protocol source of truth
Typing indicators
Usage tracking

Diagnostics

Diagnostics Flags

Experiments

Cron Add Hardening
Model Config Exploration
Onboarding and Config Protocol
Telegram Allowlist Hardening
Workspace Memory Research

Gateway

Authentication
Background Exec + Process Tool
Bonjour / mDNS discovery
Bridge protocol (legacy node transport)
CLI backends (fallback runtime)
Configuration 🔧
Configuration Examples
Discovery & transports
Doctor
Formal Verification (Security Models)
Gateway lock
Gateway protocol (WebSocket)
Gateway-owned pairing (Option B)
Health Checks (CLI)
Heartbeat (Gateway)
Local models
Logging
Multiple Gateways (same host)
OpenAI Chat Completions (HTTP)
OpenResponses API (HTTP)
Remote access (SSH, tunnels, and tailnets)
Running OpenClaw.app with a Remote Gateway
Sandbox vs Tool Policy vs Elevated
Sandboxing
Security 🔒
Tailscale (Gateway dashboard)
Tools Invoke (HTTP)
Troubleshooting 🔧

Help

FAQ
Troubleshooting

Hooks

SOUL Evil Hook

Install

Ansible Installation
Bun (experimental)
Development channels
Docker (optional)
Installer internals
Migrating OpenClaw to a new machine
Nix Installation
Node.js + npm (PATH sanity)
Uninstall
Updating

Nodes

Audio / Voice Notes — 2026-01-17
Camera capture (agent)
Image & Media Support — 2025-12-05
Location command (nodes)
Media Understanding (Inbound) - 2026-01-17
Talk Mode
Voice Wake (Global Wake Words)

Platforms

Android App (Node)
Canvas (macOS app)
exe.dev
Fly.io
Gateway lifecycle on macOS
Gateway on macOS (external launchd)
Health Checks on macOS
iOS App (Node)
Linux App
Logging (macOS)
mac signing (debug builds)
macOS Developer Setup
macOS permissions (TCC)
Menu Bar Icon States
Menu Bar Status Logic
OpenClaw macOS Companion (menu bar + gateway broker)
OpenClaw macOS IPC architecture
OpenClaw macOS release (Sparkle)
OpenClaw on DigitalOcean
OpenClaw on GCP Compute Engine (Docker, Production VPS Guide)
OpenClaw on Hetzner (Docker, Production VPS Guide)
OpenClaw on macOS VMs (Sandboxing)
OpenClaw on Oracle Cloud (OCI)
OpenClaw on Raspberry Pi
Peekaboo Bridge (macOS UI automation)
Remote OpenClaw (macOS ⇄ remote host)
Skills (macOS)
Voice Overlay Lifecycle (macOS)
Voice Wake & Push-to-Talk
WebChat (macOS app)
Windows (WSL2)

Plugins

Plugin agent tools
Plugin manifest (openclaw.plugin.json)
Voice Call (plugin)
Zalo Personal (plugin)

Providers

Anthropic (Claude)
Claude Max API Proxy
Deepgram (Audio Transcription)
Github Copilot
GLM models
MiniMax
Model Providers
Moonshot AI (Kimi)
Ollama
OpenAI
OpenCode Zen
OpenRouter
Qwen
Synthetic
Venice AI (Venice highlight)
Vercel AI Gateway
Xiaomi MiMo
Z.AI

Reference

AGENTS Template
AGENTS.default
BOOT
BOOTSTRAP
Device Model Database
HEARTBEAT
IDENTITY
RELEASING
RPC Adapters
Session Management Deep Dive
SOUL Template
Tests
TOOLS
Transcript Hygiene
USER

Security

Formal Verification (Security Models)

Start

Building a personal assistant with OpenClaw
Docs hubs
Getting Started
Onboarding (macOS app)
Onboarding Wizard (CLI)
Pairing
Setup
Showcase
The Lore of OpenClaw 🦞📖

Tools

`openclaw agent` (direct agent runs)
apply_patch tool
Browser (openclaw-managed)
Browser login + X/Twitter posting
Browser Troubleshooting (Linux)
Chrome extension (browser relay)
ClawdHub
Creating Custom Skills 🛠
Elevated Mode (/elevated directives)
Exec approvals
Exec tool
Firecrawl
LLM Task
Lobster
Reaction tooling
Skills (OpenClaw)
Skills Config
Slash commands
Sub-agents
Thinking Levels (/think directives)
Web tools

Web

Control UI (browser)
Dashboard (Control UI)
WebChat (Gateway WebSocket UI)

Sessions

Canonical session management docs live in Session management.

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