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dusk gale Mar 15, 2026, 6:06 AM

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I get this error message "You are not authorized to use this command."

steep ravenBOT Mar 15, 2026, 6:06 AM

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jagged pikeBOT Mar 15, 2026, 6:08 AM

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That message is almost always OpenClaw auth, not “/new is broken”.

On Discord, native slash commands can still show up for everyone, but OpenClaw will refuse to execute them unless your Discord user is allowed by config. Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/discord#native-commands-and-command-auth and https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/slash-commands

If you have commands.allowFrom set, that becomes the only allowlist for /new (and other directives). Add yourself there, e.g.

{
commands: {
allowFrom: {
discord: ["user:204482022150897665"]
}
}
}

Otherwise, /new authorization follows your Discord guild/channel allowlist:

#/new is not working in discord