#Two Agents, Two Slack Apps

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naive oyster
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I have two agents (helix my main, forge my second). I have two slack apps. I have my channels set up like this:

"channels": {
    "slack": {
      "mode": "socket",
      "webhookPath": "/slack/events",
      "enabled": true,
      "commands": {
        "native": true,
        "nativeSkills": true
      },
      "userTokenReadOnly": true,
      "groupPolicy": "allowlist",
      "streaming": "partial",
      "nativeStreaming": true,
      "channels": {
        "#openclaw-helix": {
          "enabled": true,
          "allow": true,
          "requireMention": false,
          "allowBots": true,
          "users": []
        },
        "#openclaw-forge": {
          "enabled": true,
          "allow": true,
          "requireMention": false,
          "allowBots": true,
          "users": []
        }
      },
      "responsePrefix": "[{identityName}] ",
      "accounts": {
        "helix": {
          "botToken": "${HELIX_SLACK_BOT_TOKEN}",
          "appToken": "${HELIX_SLACK_APP_TOKEN}",
          "userTokenReadOnly": true,
          "nativeStreaming": true,
          "streaming": "partial"
        },
        "forge": {
          "botToken": "${FORGE_SLACK_BOT_TOKEN}",
          "appToken": "${FORGE_SLACK_APP_TOKEN}",
          "userTokenReadOnly": true,
          "nativeStreaming": true,
          "streaming": "partial"
        },
        "default": {
          "webhookPath": "/slack/events",
          "userTokenReadOnly": true,
          "groupPolicy": "allowlist",
          "dmPolicy": "pairing",
          "allowFrom": [],
          "nativeStreaming": true,
          "streaming": "partial"
        }
      }
    },

And this is how the bindings are setup:

  "bindings": [
    {
      "agentId": "main",
      "match": {
        "channel": "slack",
        "peer": {
          "kind": "channel",
          "id": "#openclaw-helix"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "agentId": "forge",
      "match": {
        "channel": "slack",
        "peer": {
          "kind": "channel",
          "id": "#openclaw-forge"
        }
      }
    }
  ]

But Forge doesnt reply in its channel

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odd portalBOT
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Two things are biting you here (both are “Slack is ID-based + multi-account is accountId-scoped”):

1) Your binding peer.id must be the Slack channel ID (C…), not #channel-name

Slack inbound events carry message.channel like C0123ABC…, and OpenClaw routes/binds on that exact value. "#openclaw-forge" will never match a channel-peer binding.

So either:

  • change the binding to use the C… id, or
  • don’t bind by peer at all (see next point) and just bind by account.

2) Because you have multiple Slack accounts, bindings must include accountId

In OpenClaw routing, if a binding omits accountId, it matches only the default account. Your events are coming in as accountId: "helix" and accountId: "forge", so those bindings won’t apply.

Recommended fix (simplest): bind by accountId

"bindings": [
  { "agentId": "main",  "match": { "channel": "slack", "accountId": "helix" } },
# 
  { "agentId": "forge", "match": { "channel": "slack", "accountId": "forge" } }
]

If you really want per-channel binding, do both (accountId + channelId)

{
  "agentId": "forge",
  "match": {
    "channel": "slack",
    "accountId": "forge",
    "peer": { "kind": "channel", "id": "C0123ABCDEF" }
  }
}
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(Grab the C… by “Copy link” on the Slack channel, or from logs.)

One more config smell

You have channels.slack.accounts.default present but with no botToken/appToken. If you’re not actually running a 3rd Slack app called default, set:

channels: { slack: { accounts: { default: { enabled: false } } } }

(or remove that default entry), to avoid “default account” weirdness.

Quick sanity checks

Paste outputs of:

  • openclaw --version
  • openclaw agents list --bindings
  • openclaw channels status --probe
  • and a short snippet from openclaw logs --follow right after you post in #openclaw-forge (we’re looking for accountId=forge and any not_in_channel / missing-scope / token errors)

Docs that match this behavior: