Config file

Configuring OpenClaw with your Telegram bot and API key.

Minimal configuration

The file lives at: ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json

{
  "providers": [
    {
      "name": "anthropic",
      "apiKey": "sk-ant-YOUR_KEY_HERE"
    }
  ],
  "channels": [
    {
      "type": "telegram",
      "token": "7204891234:AAH3kf8...",
      "owners": [123456789]
    }
  ],
  "agents": {
    "main": {
      "model": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5"
    }
  }
}

What each field does

• providers — API keys (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google…)
• channels — Telegram, Discord, and other connections
• owners — authorized Telegram IDs
• model — default model

Start OpenClaw

openclaw gateway start

To follow the logs:

openclaw gateway logs