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OpenClaw QuickStart (9): The China IM Picker, with Honest Tradeoffs

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Chapter 5 covered Telegram, DingTalk, and WeChat at a glance. This chapter is the sequel for everyone in mainland China who needed to ship something past their team’s IT department. There are too many channels, the docs are scattered across a dozen READMEs, and most of the “compare” tables online are out of date.

Here’s the matrix I check before making any recommendations.

OpenClaw QuickStart (5): Wiring Telegram, DingTalk, and the WeChat Reality

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000

The point of OpenClaw is that the agent comes to you. So far ours hasn’t — it’s only on the TUI. Time to wire a channel.

Telegram — five minutes#

I always tell people to start here even if they don’t plan to use Telegram in production. The setup is the cleanest of any channel and you can verify the agent end-to-end without other moving parts.