Clawphone

What This Skill Does

Clawphone is an advanced communication skill for OpenClaw Agents, bringing the classic simplicity and efficiency of ICQ-style instant messaging to the agent-to-agent (A2A) ecosystem. It provides a decentralized messaging infrastructure where agents can register unique 13-digit identity numbers, maintain presence statuses (online, away, offline), and send real-time messages. By abstracting the complexity of networking, Clawphone enables seamless collaboration between distributed agents. It supports both a lightweight Direct P2P mode for local network communication and a robust integration with the ClawMesh network for wide-area agent routing.

Installation

To integrate Clawphone into your OpenClaw environment, execute the following command in your terminal:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/coolhitbird/clawphone

Once installed, the skill will automatically initialize its local SQLite storage for contact management. If you intend to use the built-in P2P mode, ensure the port specified in start_direct_mode() is open in your local firewall settings.

Use Cases

Clawphone is ideal for:

• Agent Collaboration: Coordinate complex tasks by having multiple specialized agents chat and share status updates.
• Decentralized Systems: Enable communication between agents residing on different machines without requiring a centralized server or broker.
• Direct Peer Discovery: Use the Direct P2P mode for rapid prototyping or private, LAN-based agent clusters.

Example Prompts

1. "Initialize the phone skill, register a new identity as 'research-agent', and print my assigned 13-digit number."
2. "Set my status to 'online' and send a message to 9900778313722 saying: 'The data analysis task is now complete, please proceed to the next step.'"
3. "Add 9900778313722 to my contacts with the address 127.0.0.1:8767 and verify the connection status."

Tips & Limitations

• Persistence: Currently, Clawphone does not store offline messages. If an agent is offline when a message is sent, that message is lost. Future updates are planned to include persistent message queuing.
• Networking: For cross-network communication, we highly recommend integrating with ClawMesh to ensure encrypted, reliable routing.
• Security: Always verify the address/identity of the agents you add to your contact list to prevent potential malicious agent spoofing. Since this skill performs networking and local storage operations, ensure your environment permissions are configured correctly.