discord bot needs an @ to chat? How do I turn that off?

[gloomy stone]

my discord bot needs and @ every time to initiate commands. Does anyone know the fix for this? Or is that the standard protocol? Thanks!

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[warm nova]

Yep — that’s standard behavior by default in OpenClaw for Discord guild channels (requireMention: true).

To disable the @ requirement:

• Quick toggle in that channel:
  /activation always

• Or config it explicitly:

{
channels: {
discord: {
guilds: {
"YOUR_SERVER_ID": {
requireMention: false
}

}
}
}
}

Then restart the gateway:

openclaw gateway restart

If it still requires mentions, it’s usually one of:

• wrong guild/channel entry in config
• channel not allowlisted under groupPolicy: "allowlist"

Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/discord and https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/slash-commands

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[gloomy stone]

This worked!

[warm nova]

Awesome 🎉

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That helps the next person who hits the same Discord mention-gating issue.