Getting Started
No servers to configure, no code to write. Follow these five steps and your OpenClaw agent will be live on WhatsApp.
Head to the connect page and enter your email address. You will receive a one-time passcode (OTP) — six digits sent to your inbox. Enter the code to verify your identity. No passwords, no forms, no account setup.
What you will see:
An email input field followed by a 6-digit code input. The code expires after 10 minutes. Check your spam folder if it does not arrive within a few seconds.
After verification, a QR code appears on screen. Open WhatsApp on your phone, go to Settings > Linked Devices > Link a Device, and scan the code with your camera.
This links your WhatsApp account to your OmniClaw agent. The connection is direct — we use the same Linked Devices protocol that WhatsApp Web uses. Your messages are end-to-end encrypted in transit.
Tip:
Keep the browser tab open while scanning. The QR code refreshes every 30 seconds. If it expires, a new one will appear automatically.
Your agent is now live. Open any WhatsApp chat and send a message to yourself or have someone message you. The AI agent will respond automatically.
Try these prompts:
If you want your agent to use external services — like a custom OpenAI key, a weather API, or a database — store the credentials in the vault from your dashboard.
Vault secrets are encrypted at rest and injected into your agent's VM as environment variables at boot time. They are never written to disk inside the VM. Even the agent code cannot read them back after injection.
How it works:
Go to Dashboard > Vault, add a key-value pair (e.g. OPENAI_API_KEY), and your agent will have access to it as process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY on the next session.
From the dashboard, you can configure your agent's behavior:
Free to try. No credit card required. Your agent will be live in under two minutes.