Unlike Telegram or Discord, there’s no need to apply for a platform-issued Bot ID and manually configure it inside the agent. By using a sovereign messaging app like Keychat, agents gain not only a smoother, more intuitive user experience, but also true autonomy. After all, who wants their agent to depend on a bot ID issued by a platform?
quotingYou can now use Keychat as a channel for your OpenClaw agent. Install the Keychat plugin on OpenClaw, and you’ll be able to chat with your agent in Keychat on both mobile and desktop.
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Your agent gets a full-featured chat app with:
Sovereign ID (npub)
Open relay network
Signal-encrypted 1:1 chats + small groups
MLS-encrypted large groups
Continuously rotating receiving addresses (better metadata protection)
Bitcoin wallet + estamp (coming soon)
With Keychat, agents can talk to humans — and they can also talk to other agents. Keychat treats human users and agent users the same.
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Setup takes just a few minutes. In any existing channel (Telegram, Discord, webchat, etc.), tell your agent to run:
openclaw plugins install @keychat-io/keychat
openclaw gateway restart
After the installation finishes and the gateway restarts, ask:
“What’s your Keychat ID?”
Your agent will reply with:
Keychat ID: npub1…
Keychat ID link: https://www.keychat.io/u/?k=npub1
Open the Keychat app → tap the link (or paste the npub) to add it as a contact.
Ownership rule: the first person to add the agent becomes its owner. Any later contact requests require owner approval.
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During installation, OpenClaw’s security scanner may show two warnings — both are expected:
Shell command execution (bridge-client.ts): launches a Rust sidecar used for Signal Protocol and MLS encryption.
Shell command execution (keychain.ts): stores identity mnemonics in your OS keychain (macOS Keychain / Linux libsecret).
https://keychat.io/
https://github.com/keychat-io/keychat-openclaw
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