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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.

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Install via CLI (Recommended)

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/madan-wego/approve-pairing

Or

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approve-pairing

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)

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

Example:

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

The script:

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

Manual Steps (if script unavailable)

Read ~/.openclaw/credentials/<channel>-pairing.json to get id and meta.accountId
Write/update ~/.openclaw/credentials/<channel>-<accountId>-allowFrom.json:
```
{ "version": 1, "allowFrom": ["<sender_id>"] }
```
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

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Add to Configuration

Paste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.

{
  "plugins": {
    "official-madan-wego-approve-pairing": {
      "enabled": true,
      "auto_update": true
    }
  }
}

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