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Day 2: Pick Your Channel

Your claw lives in the cloud. Now decide where it talks to you — web chat, Telegram, Slack, Discord, or your phone. Set up your preferred channel, test it, and wake up tomorrow to your first real Morning Briefing.

Brendan O'Leary
Brendan O'Leary

Developer Relations Engineer @ Kilo

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"Your assistant is online. Now the question is: where do you want to hear from it?"


What you will learn today

  • How to choose the right delivery channel for your workflow
  • Step-by-step setup for each channel option
  • How to test that your connection works
  • How to confirm your Morning Briefing schedule
  • What to expect when you wake up tomorrow

Your briefing needs a home

Yesterday you signed up, connected your calendar and email, and saw a preview of your Morning Briefing. Right now, that briefing lives inside the KiloClaw web app — which is fine, but not great. You want your briefing to find you where you already are.

OpenClaw supports five delivery channels. Pick the one that fits how you already work:

ChannelBest forSetup time
Web chatStaying in the browser, quick access from your deskAlready done
TelegramPersonal mobile access, rich features (buttons, files, voice)~3 minutes
SlackTeams already using Slack, work-context delivery~5 minutes
DiscordCommunities, personal servers, always-on desktop app~5 minutes
iOS / Android appNative mobile experience, push notifications~1 minute

You are not locked in. You can add more channels later, or use several at once.


Option A: Stay in web chat

If you prefer the browser, there is nothing to set up. Bookmark your KiloClaw dashboard and your briefing will appear there every morning. Skip ahead to "Confirm your schedule" below.

Tip: Pin the tab. Your claw is always on, and the web chat updates in real time.


Option B: Connect Telegram

Telegram is the most popular choice — it is free, works on every device, and has the richest bot API (buttons, file sharing, voice messages, inline queries).

Set up your bot

  1. Open Telegram and search for @BotFather
  2. Send /newbot
  3. Pick a display name (e.g. "My Morning Claw")
  4. Pick a username (e.g. my_morning_claw_bot)
  5. BotFather gives you a token — copy it

Connect it to KiloClaw

  1. In your KiloClaw dashboard, go to Channels > Telegram
  2. Paste the bot token
  3. KiloClaw auto-detects your Telegram user ID for security — only you can talk to your claw

That is it. Open a chat with your new bot in Telegram. You are connected.


Option C: Connect Slack

If Slack is where you live during the workday, this keeps your claw one /slash command away.

  1. In your KiloClaw dashboard, go to Channels > Slack
  2. Click Connect Slack Workspace — you will authorize via OAuth
  3. Choose which channel or DM your claw should use
  4. Your claw appears as a bot in that channel

Morning briefings arrive as a DM from your claw. You can also message it anytime, right from Slack.


Option D: Connect Discord

If you run a personal Discord server or want your claw available alongside your communities:

  1. In your KiloClaw dashboard, go to Channels > Discord
  2. Follow the setup guide to create a Discord bot and invite it to your server
  3. Paste the bot token
  4. Choose a channel for your briefings

Option E: Download the mobile app

For native push notifications and a clean mobile experience:

  1. Download the KiloClaw app from the App Store or Google Play
  2. Sign in with your KiloClaw account
  3. Enable notifications

Your briefings arrive as push notifications. Tap to expand and interact.


Test your connection

Whichever channel you chose, test it now. Send a simple message:

Send me a test message

Your claw should respond within seconds. If it replies, the connection is solid.

Try something more useful:

What is on my calendar tomorrow?

If it pulls up your real schedule, everything from Day 1 is working end to end — calendar connected, channel connected, claw responsive.


Confirm your briefing schedule

Your Morning Briefing is pre-set to run at 7:00am in your local timezone. If you want to change it:

Set my morning briefing to 6:30am

Or adjust it later in the KiloClaw dashboard under Schedules.

What matters is this: when you wake up tomorrow, your briefing will be waiting for you in the channel you just set up. No app to open. No prompt to write. It just shows up.


What happens tomorrow morning

Here is what to expect when you check your phone (or Slack, or Discord, or browser) tomorrow:

Good morning! Here is your briefing for Thursday, April 17:

Weather: 58°F, clear skies. Great day to walk to that 11:30 lunch.

Calendar:

  • 9:00am — Standup (Zoom)
  • 11:30am — Lunch with Sarah
  • 2:00pm — Design review
  • No conflicts detected

Email highlights:

  • Client replied to your proposal — flagged as needing response
  • 2 newsletters summarized
  • Package delivery notification from FedEx

Reply to this message to ask me anything, or say "draft a reply to the client" and I will get started.

That last line is important. Your claw is not just delivering information — it is ready to act on it. Reply right there in your channel and it will draft emails, reschedule meetings, or look things up. The line between "reading your briefing" and "getting things done" disappears.


What just happened

In a few minutes, you:

  1. Chose your preferred delivery channel
  2. Connected it to your claw
  3. Verified the connection with a test message
  4. Confirmed your briefing schedule

Tomorrow morning, your claw delivers its first real briefing. This is the moment it starts feeling less like a tool and more like an assistant.


Key takeaways

  • Five channel options — web chat, Telegram, Slack, Discord, mobile app — pick what fits your life
  • You are not locked in — add more channels anytime, or switch
  • Test before you sleep — send a test message to make sure everything works
  • Tomorrow is the payoff — your first real Morning Briefing arrives automatically
  • Your claw is interactive — reply to your briefing to take action immediately

Coming tomorrow: Day 3

Your briefing arrives. It is useful, but it is generic. What if it knew your communication style? What if it pulled from your task tracker? What if it checked your GitHub repos? Tomorrow you will make your claw truly yours — personality, integrations, and the self-improving loop that makes each briefing better than the last.

Next: Day 3: Make It Yours