How to Connect OpenClaw to Telegram: Your AI Agent in Your Pocket

The killer use case for OpenClaw isn't the CLI — it's Telegram. Imagine messaging your AI agent from your phone, while walking the dog, and it's SSHing into your server, checking logs, and reporting back.

What You Can Do From Telegram

• ●Send a voice memo → agent transcribes and acts on it
• ●"Check if my servers are healthy" → agent SSHs in and reports
• ●"Draft a reply to that email" → agent composes and sends
• ●"What happened in AI today?" → agent searches and summarizes
• ●"Turn off the living room lights" → agent controls Home Assistant

The Traditional Setup

1. 1.Create a Telegram bot via @BotFather
2. 2.Get your bot token
3. 3.Configure OpenClaw's gateway settings
4. 4.Set up environment variables
5. 5.Run the gateway process
6. 6.Pair your Telegram account
7. 7.Test the connection

This takes 30-60 minutes if everything goes right. It usually doesn't.

The AgentCub Way

We're building one-click Telegram connection. In the meantime, you can see exactly how it works:

See the agent receive a voice memo on Telegram, transcribe it, SSH into a server, set up a cron job, and continue the conversation on Discord — all in one trace.