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blissful maple Apr 5, 2026, 9:17 AM

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how do i set up gmail? i have the creds from oauth

rustic finchBOT Apr 5, 2026, 9:18 AM

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If you already have Gmail OAuth creds, the easiest path is:

openclaw webhooks gmail setup --account your@gmail.com

Then run (or restart) the gateway:

openclaw gateway restart

That setup command wires the Gmail Pub/Sub config for OpenClaw automatically.

If you want to run the watcher manually (usually not needed if gateway auto-start is enabled):

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openclaw webhooks gmail run

Quick verify:

openclaw logs --follow
gog gmail watch status --account your@gmail.com

If it doesn’t work, paste:

openclaw --version
openclaw status --all

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Docs:

blissful maple Apr 5, 2026, 9:19 AM

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its a dedicated gmail for the agent

rustic finchBOT Apr 5, 2026, 9:19 AM

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Perfect — dedicated Gmail for the agent is actually the best setup 👍

Use that address directly:

openclaw webhooks gmail setup --account your-agent@gmail.com
openclaw gateway restart

A key detail: OpenClaw doesn’t use raw Gmail OAuth JSON directly in openclaw.json; it expects gog to be authorized for that account, and the setup command wires the rest (hooks.gmail.* + preset mapping).

Then test:

openclaw logs --follow
gog gmail watch status --account your-agent@gmail.com

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If you want, I can also give you a ready-to-paste hooks.mappings snippet so new emails get summarized and delivered back into your chat automatically.

Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/automation/gmail-pubsub

blissful maple Apr 5, 2026, 9:20 AM

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nah i want my agent to be able to send and recieve texts from its own mail

rustic finchBOT Apr 5, 2026, 9:20 AM

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Yep — that’s doable, but the current path is Gmail hooks + gog, not a native “Gmail chat channel.”

For true 2-way email with a dedicated mailbox:

Inbound (receive mail into agent flow)

openclaw webhooks gmail setup --account agent-mail@gmail.com
openclaw gateway restart

This wires Gmail Pub/Sub so new emails wake the agent.

Outbound (send mail from that mailbox)

gog gmail send --account agent-mail@gmail.com --to you@domain.com --subject "..." --body "..."

(Agent can do this when gog is installed/authorized and available to its tools.)

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So yes: dedicated Gmail account is exactly the right setup for send + receive.

If you want, I can paste a minimal hooks.mappings block so inbound emails are auto-summarized and delivered back to your chat thread.

blissful maple Apr 5, 2026, 9:21 AM

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it says gcloud not installed

rustic finchBOT Apr 5, 2026, 9:21 AM

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Yep, that error is expected if you’re on Linux — openclaw webhooks gmail setup only auto-installs deps on macOS.

Quick fix:

# install Google Cloud SDK
curl -sSL https://sdk.cloud.google.com | bash
exec -l $SHELL

# verify
gcloud --version

# login + set project
gcloud auth login
gcloud config set project <your-project-id>

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