OpenClaw and WhatsApp Plugin Application

Preparation Before Use

!!! Confirm that OpenClaw has been configured and can interact normally.

If it cannot interact normally, the following content cannot be implemented.

1. Configure the Bot

Enter the root environment (if the installation was performed in the root directory using root privileges).

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sudo su

Enter configuration mode

openclaw onboard  --install-daemon

Select QuickStart

Select Use existing values

Select Skip for now

Select All providers

Select Keep current. Note: The content in parentheses is the model you configured yourself

Select WhatsApp (QR link)

Select Link WhatsApp now (QR)

Then a connection QR code will appear

Open WhatsApp on your phone, click on yourself ---- Linked devices

Click Link new device, then scan the OpenClaw QR code

After scanning, wait for the connection to succeed. After successful connection, the following image appears, select This Is my personal phone number

Enter your phone number, including country code (for domestic numbers in China, add +86 before the phone number)

Skip Search provider

Also skip Skills, install later as needed

Also skip hooks, select Skip for now, then press space to select, then press Enter

Select restart gateway.

You can choose TUI interactive interface, or choose Do this later.

2. Interact with the Bot

Open WhatsApp, click Chat ---- "+"

Click Send message to yourself

Just send the content you want to interact with.