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EagerBots

Your First Agent

With OpenClaw installed, you’re ready to spin up your first agent. This guide gets you to “Hello” in under 10 minutes.

Create an agent

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Terminal window
openclaw agent create --name bob --model anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6

Connect Telegram

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  1. Message @BotFather on Telegram
  2. Run /newbot and follow the prompts
  3. Copy your bot token and add it to OpenClaw:
Terminal window
openclaw channel add telegram --token YOUR_BOT_TOKEN --agent bob

Start a conversation

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Open Telegram, find your new bot, and say hello. Your agent is live.

Next steps

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