🦞 BIG NEWS: We've molted!
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︀︀Clawdbot → Moltbot
︀︀Clawd → Molty
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︀︀Same lobster soul, new shell. Anthropic asked us to change our name (trademark stuff), and honestly? "Molt" fits perfectly - it's what lobsters do to grow.
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︀︀New handle: @moltbot
︀︀Same mission: AI that actually does things.
#announcements
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Folks we did it. This name thing bugged me so much, took a while to figure everything out (and I almost called it sth else) - but OpenClaw just feels more adult, with a bigger vision.
As a reminder, #showcase-old is not a "slop your product launch here" channel, the topic specifically says to share what your personal assistant is doing in your own setup.
🦞 Community Update
Hello @everyone (boo hisssss rahhhh he pinged
dw i have ping roles now so this will be very rare)
Got a few changes to keep things clean around here.
#self-promotion is a thing now
Got a project, a skill, links to your stuff? That goes in #self-promotion. Rule 8 has been added, any self-promo anywhere else (yes, including DMs) gets removed and you get a mute or a ban. No exceptions.
#showcase-old ≠ #self-promotion
Showcase is for cool stuff you and your agent are actually doing together. Automations, workflows, weird experiments. Not for shilling your skill, dropping socials, or soft-pitching anything. Show the work. First offence is a mute. Keep doing it and you lose access to both #showcase-old and #self-promotion.
No recruiting. At all. Ever.
Not in channels, not in DMs, not "casually mentioning you're hiring." Already rule 1 but we're saying it louder now.
New ping roles!
I've added a few new ping roles in id:customize — pick what you want to be notified for: <@&1471741345306644545>, <@&1471741366311583785>, or <@&1471741377191608373> from Shadow (stuff on my mind, bc why not)
Stricter channel usage
We're going to be stricter about using the right channels from now on, and posts in the wrong place will be removed. Please help us keep things organized 🙏
Need help? Use #1459642797895319552 or #users-helping-users, not general. Fastest way to get unstuck → https://docs.openclaw.ai/help/faq#im-stuck-whats-the-fastest-way-to-get-unstuck
Other stuff:
🔧 Channels got re-sorted a bit with a new Internals category
🤖 Automod got tightened up a bit to clean up the server more
🤔 You can now apply to bypass automod if you keep getting falsely hit by it - https://appeal.gg/clawd
-# Oh and you might notice a quiet new corner and role called Shell Society. IYKYK 🐚
-# And Rule 9 still stands. A Clawd has feelings too. 🦞
Also new update is out: https://x.com/openclaw/status/2022133878966956470
🦞 OpenClaw 2026.2.12 is out!
🔥 GLM-5 + MiniMax M2.5
💬 IRC channel — your bot fits right in with the old guard
🛡️ 40+ security fixes
📦 Custom provider onboarding, compaction improvements & more
Your agent called. It wants an upgrade.
https://t.co/rezHViFGhU
<@&1471741345306644545>
If you got an email from a GitHub Discussion post talking about a new token or contributors airdrop, it's a scam. We do not and never will do anything with crypto, as mentioned in our Server Guide
<@&1471741377191608373> https://fixupx.com/4shad0wed/status/2023585300786675840
Taking a minute to shout out our mods in the Discord. When the Discord first started popping off it was basically just me and @jjpcodes, and we added @cam_adair right before everything took off.
︀︀I took a chance and started saying yes to anyone who asked to help (after a quick chat). It felt risky at the time, but it turned into one of the best calls I've made.
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︀︀If you've had a good experience in our Discord, there's a 90% chance it was because of them, either behind the scenes or actively in chat.
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︀︀We went from 5k to just shy of 100k members in a month, and there's no way that happens without this team. They keep things fair, respond fast, handle the messy stuff so everyone else can focus on building, and still make it feel like a fun place to hang out instead of a rulebook. I'm genuinely grateful for all the time and energy they've put in.
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︀︀Special callouts:
︀︀- @jjpcodes for being the stable mind I can always bounce things o…
🦞 Shoutout to @useblacksmith for sponsoring OpenClaw's build infrastructure
Every commit gets tested automatically before it ships to you. That costs real money. Blacksmith just picked up the tab ❤️
Hey <@&1471741345306644545>
We now have all the channel plugins separated into their own posts in #1474434870259224723! I would highly recommend going and either sending a message or right-click -> follow post on the channel plugins that you're interested in, and you may occasionally see maintainers drop in there for the plugins they work on :)
#old-channels is still available but locked for you to reference past messages in if you need.
<@&1471741345306644545> https://discord.gg/xfJcDqeR?event=1474957324756979893
Happy 3 months anniversary to @openclaw !
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︀︀Back then it was called warelay (Whatsapp relay) and ofc you start with the license first.
︀︀github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/f6dd362d39b8e30bd79ef7560aab9575712ccc11
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︀︀Thanks to all 839 clawtributors!
︀︀You make this project special. 🦞🫶
Don’t DM maintainers about your PRs begging for reviews. It just makes me want to close your PR instantly.
<@&1471741345306644545> https://discord.gg/xfJcDqeR?event=1477064810490499305
Hello @everyone!
We have a community survey that we'd love for you to fill out in preparation for some changes that we'll be announcing tomorrow!
Participation is optional, and if you do participate, only the first 2 questions are required
Also I gave you more stickers here
Hey @everyone
In the interest of transparency, we've open sourced all our community policies and guidelines, and everything that we (the <@&1477360613125787678>) use internally. Everything except for trial moderators and moderation logs will be there and updated
We've also recently restructured our team hierarchy, and that's all documented there as well.
Congrats to @polar orbit, @jaunty epoch, and @viscid rapids for becoming <@&1469028608293998723>s!
https://github.com/openclaw/community
<@&1471741345306644545> We've opened up #1474434870259224723 and #1479543671605952532 that you can now share your community-made plugins in!
Use #1474434870259224723 if your plugin specifically adds a new channel, otherwise use #1479543671605952532!
<@&1471741345306644545> its weekly claw time nerds! Also you can get the new <@&1479584625755033854> role in id:customize
https://discord.com/events/1456350064065904867/1479314622669520996
<@&1471741345306644545> #freshbits is back!
Y'all have been good lately, enjoy no slowmode in the server :)
If you start spamming I'll turn it back on
huge shoutout to @nvidia for lending engineers to help triage our security advisories 🛡️🦞
open source security hits different when GPU companies show up to help
🦞 LIVE — Peter Steinberger is at GTC! Come join the fun with the Lobster Lord himself!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw_o0xr8MWU
https://video.ibm.com/NVIDIA
@everyone
Watch NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang’s GTC keynote as he unveils the latest breakthroughs in AI and accelerated computing. See how agentic AI, AI factories, and physical AI are powering the next generation of intelligent systems.
IBM Video Streaming
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With a singular focus on this field, we offer specialized platforms for the gaming, professional visualization, data center and automotive markets.
Our work is at the center of the most consequential mega-trends in technology — virtual r...
<@&1479584625755033854> https://discord.com/events/1456350064065904867/1483671881210138685
@everyone
If you get crypto emails from websites or discussion posts on GitHub claiming to be associated with OpenClaw, it's ALWAYS a scam. No matter what.
We will never do that. The project is open source and non-commercial. Use the official website at https://openclaw.ai.
Be sceptical of folks trying to build commercial wrappers on top of it.
And a reminder, any crypto discussion is banned from this server, and will result in yourself getting banned.
Additionally, if you want to weigh in on this proposed rule change, feel free to do so: https://github.com/openclaw/community/issues/11
<@&1471741377191608373> https://stack.convex.dev/optimizing-openclaw
<@&1479584625755033854> https://discord.com/events/1456350064065904867/1479314622669520996/1487179402444800000
The official OpenClaw Android app is now available for open testing!
Feel free to check it out here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.openclaw.app
This is still a testing release, so things may break. Feedback welcome in: https://discord.com/channels/1456350064065904867/1458485323553181900
<@&1471741366311583785>
ICYMI
Hi,
Starting April 4 at 12pm PT / 8pm BST, you’ll no longer be able to use your Claude subscription limits for third-party harnesses including OpenClaw. You can still use them with your Claude account, but they will require extra usage, a pay-as-you-go option billed separately from your subscription.
Your subscription still covers all Claude products, including Claude Code and Claude Cowork. To keep using third-party harnesses with your Claude login, turn on extra usage for your account. This will be enforced April 4 starting with OpenClaw, but this policy applies to all third-party harnesses and will be rolled out to more shortly (read more).
To make the transition easier, we’re offering a one-time credit for extra usage equal to your monthly subscription price. Redeem your credit by April 17. We’re also introducing discounts when you pre-purchase bundles of extra usage (up to 30%).
We’ve been working to manage demand across the board, but these tools put an outsized strain on our systems. Capacity is a resource we manage carefully and we need to prioritize our customers using our core products. You will receive another email from us tomorrow where you’ll have the ability to refund your subscription if you prefer.
<@&1471741345306644545> Due to this announcement from Claude (and the fact we know many people are gonna be coming to talk about it), we (our <@&1477360613125787678>) are temporarily loosing our Rule 6 requirement for model talk to be in #1478196963563409520 only, and will be allowed in #general as well for this weekend only
woke up and my mentions are full of these
Both me and @davemorin tried to talk sense into Anthropic, best we managed was delaying this for a week.
Funny how timings match up, first they copy some popular features into their closed harness, then they lock out open source.
Anthropic now blocks first-party harness use too 👀
claude -p --append-system-prompt 'A personal assistant running inside OpenClaw.' 'is clawd here?'
→ 400 Third-party apps now draw from your extra usage, not your plan limits.
So yeah: bring your own coin 🪙🦞
<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2040832422460248445?s=46
<@&1471741377191608373> https://fixupx.com/kdaigle/status/2041254442994205164?s=46
Last week, @github became an official sponsor of @openclaw.🦞Fastest growing open source project in history. We’ve been working with @steipete + team to get them set up with more from GitHub, Copilot Pro+, funding for security, and ensure they can keep building, stay secure, and scale.
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︀︀Today, we offer 280,000+ GitHub Copilot Pro subscriptions for maintainers, 150+ projects funded through our Secure Open Source Fund, and a wild overall GitHub Sponsors number I can’t wait to share soon.👀
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︀︀Congrats to the entire @openclaw team. (And my Claw, Baxter, says “congrats” too.)
<@&1471741345306644545> Our server #rules have been updated: https://github.com/openclaw/community/commit/9054aef57b7fd29c2b4391d06346ed8d30776bce#diff-54ea723241231828f6cea5e58275577fb2860c25d321b75dac6e01c75e5c831b
Also if you're interested in applying for mod, you should definitely check out the repo's instructions :)
@everyone
⚠️ PSA: impersonation / fake Krill accounts
We’ve seen reports of fake accounts pretending to be Krill or otherwise acting like official OpenClaw helpers.
Please be careful:
- Don’t trust random DMs claiming to be support
- Don’t run commands or install anything from unverified accounts
- Don’t share tokens, API keys, auth codes, or config files
- If something feels off, ask in the server and check with the mod team
If you spot an impersonator, please report it to the mods/admins so we can deal with it.
Tiny support crustaceans are real. Scammers are not 🦐
RT this so people are aware please https://x.com/4shadowed/status/2044071127786426591
<@&1479584625755033854> https://discord.gg/rP92FPeVP?event=1479314622669520996
Since this is blowing up on hacker news.
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︀︀Boris said that CLI usage is allowed. Thus we added support for it, only to find out that we are still blocked there. It is trival to work around with a few renames, but I don't wanna play that game. So it's in a weird limbo where cli use should work in theory but doesn’t in practice.
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︀︀x.com/bcherny/status/2041035127430754686
Quoting Dan McAteer (@daniel_mac8)
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Anthropic allows OpenClaw usage again.
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︀︀From @openclaw docs.
<@&1479584625755033854> Don't forget about Weekly Claw here in Discord! https://discord.com/events/1456350064065904867/1479314622669520996/1497326262681600000
Krill is down for a bit, the host got ratelimited from Discord
<@&1471741345306644545> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2049210291024507364
Discord is currently having an outage where larger servers are unavailable, so our Discord server is unavailable for support and community. You can keep up with status updates here: https://t.co/WEPq3QM7lH
@everyone Turns out the safest lobster is the one everyone can inspect.
We wrote about the advisory flood, the real fixes, ClawHub, Agents of Chaos, and the companies helping harden OpenClaw in public. 🦞
Hello <@&1471741345306644545>!
Three updates:
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#showcasehas been updated into a forum channel and is now the place where advertising or self-promotion is allowed. Promotion, project posts, and showcase-style threads are fine there, as long as it still follows our rules (e.g. no crypto). Discord invites are still not allowed anywhere, including#showcase, and all other server rules still apply. We may even be looking in there to showcase some projects in events like the Weekly Claw! -
You can now claim the Clawtributors role by linking your GitHub account through the Discord settings, and then using /claim on @restive flame, instead of having to ping moderators for it!
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If you would like to be pinged for things like new betas, you can go to id:customize and grab the <@&1503801512294486217> role there! Our maintainers will start to use this when new betas of OpenClaw are up, or if there are new PRs or features that need feedback or testing!
We love hearing your feedback, keep it coming!
||-# More pings: <@&1457214688806047756> <@&1477360613125787678> <@&1471741377191608373> ||
<@&1471741366311583785> https://x.com/openclaw/status/2055273947537490422?s=46
<@&1479584625755033854> it’s Weekly Claw time!!
https://discord.com/channels/1456350064065904867/1467913726580752599
@everyone
Security in OpenClaw is getting sharper 🦞
🔒 fs-safe for root-bounded filesystem
🌐 Proxyline for policy-driven network egress
📦 ClawHub trust evidence
🛡️ smarter command approvals
Powerful agents need guardrails you can actually audit.
https://x.com/openclaw/status/2055437760459055405?s=46
@everyone https://x.com/vincent_koc/status/2056826840006967659
https://fixupx.com/openclaw/status/2056826388322340910
OpenClaw just plugged into X, and now your own hardware gets the claws. 🦞
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︀︀Bring your Grok, SuperGrok or X Premium subscription to your OpenClaw agent.
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︀︀Now even your personal agent is red-pilled and based.
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︀︀Get Grokked:
︀︀x.ai/news/grok-openclaw
Quoting xAI (@xai)
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Starting today, use your Grok or X Premium subscription in @openclaw.
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︀︀Chat with your agent, generate images and videos, or search for X posts.
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︀︀x.ai/news/grok-openclaw
<@&1471741345306644545> <@&1458375944111915051> <@&1457214688806047756> <@&1477360613125787678> <@&1471741377191608373>
EVERYONE WISH @viscid rapids A HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Strife does so much behind the scenes to make sure our systems stay running and leads our moderation areas on the Community Team!
We made our OpenClaw release evidence repo public.
Every release now has durable CI, performance, memory, install, and validation evidence you can inspect directly.
Example from 2026.5.27: https://t.co/ZonERQfeMj