Channels
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What is Channels?
Channels are the messaging platforms through which users interact with Open Claw, and each one connects to the single Gateway process that routes incoming messages to the right agent and sends replies back. Every channel runs simultaneously on the same Gateway, so you can be connected to Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, and Slack all at once without running separate processes. Text is supported across all channels, but richer features like reactions, media, message editing, and group behavior vary depending on what each platform's API supports
Free resources to learn Channels
- Official docsChat Channels
More in stage 2: How OpenClaw Works
Channels: common questions
Can I learn Channels in Hindi?
This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain Channels in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.
Is this Channels tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 9 of 118 in the free OpenClaw roadmap, in stage 2, How OpenClaw Works. If you are new to OpenClaw, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.