OpenClaw Telegram Bot Debug Playbook

When to use

• User says Telegram bot is online but not replying.
• OpenClaw gateway is running, but Telegram behavior is inconsistent.

1) Configure token from file (safe path)

openclaw config set channels.telegram.enabled true --strict-json
openclaw config set channels.telegram.tokenFile '"/root/.config/faftech/openclaw_telegram_bot_token"' --strict-json
systemctl --user restart openclaw-gateway.service

2) Verify channel health (probe)