Connect Slack, Signal, or iMessage
channels
// what it does
Each is one openclaw channels add --channel <name> away, pulling its plugin from ClawHub when needed. Slack uses a Bolt workspace app (bot plus app token); Signal talks through a local signal-cli install; iMessage rides a BlueBubbles server on a Mac. After adding, approve the first DM with openclaw pairing approve.
// shell
$ openclaw channels add --channel slack$ openclaw channels add --channel signal$ openclaw channels add --channel imessage// gotcha
Signal and iMessage are not self-contained — Signal needs signal-cli registered to a phone number, and iMessage needs an always-on macOS machine running BlueBubbles. Neither runs headless on Linux by itself.