Approve Pairing

Approve a pending DM pairing request without the openclaw CLI, by directly editing credential files. Use when openclaw pairing approve is unavailable (CLI not in PATH, elevated access not configured, sandbox environment). Supports telegram, whatsapp, signal, imessage, discord, slack, feishu.

Approve pending DM pairing requests by writing directly to OpenClaw credential files — no CLI required.

How It Works

Pairing state lives in two files under ~/.openclaw/credentials/:

• <channel>-pairing.json — pending requests (sender ID, code, accountId)
• <channel>-<accountId>-allowFrom.json — approved senders allowlist

Approving = add sender ID to allowFrom file + remove code from pairing file.

Quick Approval (script)

bash

python3 skills/approve-pairing/scripts/approve_pairing.py <channel> <code>

Example:

bash

python3 skills/approve-pairing/scripts/approve_pairing.py telegram PWVW264M

The script:

1. Reads ~/.openclaw/credentials/<channel>-pairing.json
2. Finds the request matching the code
3. Appends the sender ID to the allowFrom file
4. Removes the code from pending requests

Manual Steps (if script unavailable)

1. Read ~/.openclaw/credentials/<channel>-pairing.json to get id and meta.accountId
2. Write/update ~/.openclaw/credentials/<channel>-<accountId>-allowFrom.json:

   json

   { "version": 1, "allowFrom": ["<sender_id>"] }
   

3. Clear the pending request from <channel>-pairing.json

Notes

• Codes expire after 1 hour — check createdAt if approval fails
• A gateway restart may be needed: openclaw gateway restart
• If accountId is "default" or empty, the file is <channel>-default-allowFrom.json
• Pending requests capped at 3 per channel; old ones must expire before new ones are created