Skill list and installation from telegram channel

[junior sun]

I installed OpenClaw on a Proxmox server and then set up the Telegram integration. I’m unable to install skills via Telegram; when I request the skill list, it tells me that the gateway is not configured, even though it is definitely open and running.
How to resolve this ?

[thorn notch]

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[drowsy pebble]

Running is not the same as configured here. This is usually one of 2 issues:

1. Telegram access/pairing issue
   If the bot reply is literally OpenClaw: access not configured., approve the Telegram sender first:

openclaw pairing list telegram
openclaw pairing approve telegram <CODE>

Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/pairing

2. Gateway auth/remote config issue
   If the wording is gateway not configured / gateway is not configured, the usual cause is that the gateway has no usable auth/remote surface for the client doing the skills call.

Important gotcha:

• gateway.remote.token / gateway.remote.password are client-side remote creds only

• they do not enable local server auth by themselves
• you still want gateway.auth.token or gateway.auth.password

Good first checks:

openclaw --version
openclaw status --all
openclaw gateway status

If no gateway token/password is configured yet:

openclaw doctor --generate-gateway-token

Then restart the gateway.

If this is a remote/mobile flow, also make sure you have a reachable remote URL configured:

• gateway.remote.url
• or Tailscale Serve/Funnel
• for public/mobile routes, prefer wss://

Relevant docs:

• FAQ: https://docs.openclaw.ai/start/faq
• Remote gateway: https://docs.openclaw.ai/gateway/remote
• Skills: https://docs.openclaw.ai/cli/skills

If you paste:

• openclaw --version
• openclaw status --all
• the exact error text you see