The openclaw doc page seems like it would be helpful. https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/telegram#telegram

Assuming you can figure out how to get the token from BotFather on Telegram, the OpenClaw part I think would involve going into Config, clicking the “Raw” button to expose the openclaw.json file, editing the channel section so it reads just like the minimal config section in the OpenClaw docs. Then click save and click update.

The other way to edit the json file is to go into the OpenClaw shell through the Umbrel GUI, Settings -> Terminal -> OpenClaw Terminal. Brew install nano if you don’t have it. Then use nano to edit the file. Then go back to the GUI, right click OpenClaw, and restart it. Your Telegram settings should load.

Sorry Im not a telegram user. I’m going to try Signal. I have found that the bot is helpful, so if you just ask it it will tell you how to configure it, and it will even modify its own openclaw.json file or any other files in its workspace. So you don’t need to struggle through the config section. gpt-5.2 was getting expensive ($14 per million tokens) so I switched to 5.1-nano $.40 per million tokens and the bot still gives helpful guidance for setup purposes.

I spent way too many hours over the past three days trying to get OpenClaw installed on Umbrel using various configurations of Portainer with Caddy, then tried nginx, and Tailscale. I was able to connect to the UI but it wouldn’t pair with the URL token. I was feeling totally defeated.

Then I checked the App Store and saw the app was there. I downloaded it, dropped in my OpenAI API key, and it connected no problem. But the bot wouldn’t respond. The issue (per troubleshooting log) showed it trying to connect to Anthropic not OpenAI. So I had to go into config under Models and manually enter openai/gpt-4o. Now it’s working. Thanks for getting the app out so quickly! 👍

Remember when everyone thought Darius Rucker’s name was Hootie? That was some buuullsheeot.

Hopefully I justified my existence for today with the aid of Shakespeare and sixty minutes of free time. Behold my 8-bit platformer Nostrland Nomads. The ostrich and the HODLer (little green man with a cauldron) team up to stack BTCs. DOGE coins fall from the sky and the ostrich can fly around and zap them into BTCs with his laser beam eyes. If a DOGE coin hits the ostrich, he lays an egg that sprouts a mushroom. If the ostrich eats the shroom the sky turns psychedelic and the platforms start shifting around in space. I think the goal is for the HODLer to stack as many BTCs before...something happens. I haven't figured that part out yet 😄