Slack + OpenClaw integration
Connect Slack to OpenClaw
ConnectChats brings your Slack chats into OpenClaw. Ask OpenClaw to catch you up, find any message and draft replies. Nothing gets sent until you approve it.
Free to start. No app to install. Every send needs your OK.
What OpenClaw can do with your Slack
ConnectChats gives OpenClaw a small set of tools. OpenClaw calls them when you ask about your Slack chats, and only for the chats you share.
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Catch you up
Ask what you missed and OpenClaw reads your unread Slack chats, then gives you the short version: who needs an answer, what was decided, what can wait.
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Find any message
The address someone sent last month, the price a client agreed to, the link from a group chat. OpenClaw searches your Slack history and quotes the message.
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Draft replies
OpenClaw writes the reply in your tone, in the chat's language, with the context of the whole thread. You read it, edit it, and send it.
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Send with your OK
When you approve a draft, ConnectChats sends it from your own Slack account and confirms delivery. Auto-send only runs in chats where you switch it on.
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Things to ask OpenClaw
Type these in OpenClaw once Slack is linked.
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Summarize the Slack channels I missed this morning.
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What did the team decide about the launch date on Slack?
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List every Slack message that is waiting on me.
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Find the Slack thread where we discussed the pricing change.
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Draft a reply in Slack confirming I'll send the report by Thursday.
How to connect Slack to OpenClaw
It takes about two minutes. You do it once, and the same account then works in every AI app you add.
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Add ConnectChats to OpenClaw
- Add ConnectChats with openclaw mcp add connectchats --url https://api.connectchats.com/mcp --transport streamable-http.
- Set auth to oauth for that server in your OpenClaw config.
- Stop the Gateway, run openclaw mcp login connectchats and sign in with your passkey in the browser.
- Start the Gateway again, and your agent can use your shared chats.
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Link your Slack account
- Open https://connectchats.com/app and choose Link a chat app, then Slack.
- Sign in to your Slack workspace with your own Slack account.
- ConnectChats lists your channels and direct messages, and you choose which ones to share with your AI app.
- To add another workspace, repeat the sign-in for it.
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Pick the chats OpenClaw can see
Every chat is listed in your ConnectChats dashboard. Share all of them or only the ones you choose. OpenClaw never sees the rest.
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Ask OpenClaw about your Slack
Open a new conversation in OpenClaw and ask about your chats. OpenClaw calls ConnectChats when it needs your messages.
How Slack and OpenClaw work together
ConnectChats links to Slack when you sign in to your workspace from the ConnectChats dashboard. Your AI app sees the channels and direct messages your own account can see. ConnectChats does not install a bot in your workspace or read channels you are not in.
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Slack in ConnectChats
Direct messages, group messages and the channels you belong to are supported, including thread replies. Each linked chat starts with its last 200 messages, then every new message arrives as it is sent. On Slack's free plan, Slack only shows the last 90 days of messages, so older ones cannot be imported either. Messages your AI app sends go out from your own Slack account, after you approve them. The free plan links 2 chat apps and keeps messages for 30 days.
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ConnectChats in OpenClaw
OpenClaw adds remote MCP servers from its command line or its config file, and ConnectChats works there as one of them. Add it once, sign in with your passkey, and your agent can catch you up on your chats and draft replies you approve. OpenClaw was called Clawdbot, then Moltbot, before taking its current name. OpenClaw runs on your own machine or server, so you control where it lives. ConnectChats itself is hosted, so your chat apps stay linked even when your OpenClaw machine is off. OpenClaw already talks to you through chat apps. ConnectChats is different: it gives the agent read and draft access to your own chats, with approval before anything is sent. The same ConnectChats account works in every AI app, so the chats you already linked are available in OpenClaw without linking them again.
Your Slack stays under your control
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You pick the chats
OpenClaw only sees the Slack chats you share. Unshare a chat and it disappears from every AI app at once.
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Drafts by default
OpenClaw prepares replies. You approve each one before it reaches Slack, unless you turn on auto-send for that chat.
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Stored messages are encrypted
Stored messages are encrypted with a key that only your passkey can unlock. We never train models on your messages.
Questions
Can OpenClaw read my Slack messages?
Yes, once you link Slack in ConnectChats and add ConnectChats to OpenClaw. OpenClaw reads only the chats you share, and only when you ask it something that needs them.
Can OpenClaw send Slack messages for me?
OpenClaw can draft a reply and send it after you approve it. Messages go out from your own Slack account. You can allow automatic sending for specific chats, and it stays off everywhere else.
Is the Slack to OpenClaw integration free?
Yes. The free plan links two chat apps and works in every supported AI app, with no limit on what you ask. No card needed.
Do I need to install anything?
No. You add ConnectChats inside OpenClaw and link Slack from your browser. There is no app to download and nothing runs on your computer.
Does it work with other AI apps too?
Yes. The same ConnectChats account works in ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Manus, Muse and any AI app that supports remote MCP servers. Link Slack once and use it everywhere.
Does my Slack admin need to approve ConnectChats?
ConnectChats signs in as you rather than installing an app in the workspace, so there is nothing for an admin to add. Some companies forbid third party clients in their policies, so check yours before you link a work account.
Does it see private channels?
Only the ones you are a member of, because it sees what your own account sees. You still choose which channels are shared with your AI app.
Is OpenClaw the same as Clawdbot or Moltbot?
Yes. The project was renamed from Clawdbot to Moltbot, then to OpenClaw. The setup is the same whichever name your install uses.
Do I need to restart OpenClaw after adding ConnectChats?
Yes. Stop the Gateway before you run openclaw mcp login connectchats, then start it again so your agent picks up the new server.
Related pages
Slack with other AI apps
Other chat apps in OpenClaw
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