clawdbot/docs/automation/poll.md

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Polls

Supported channels

• WhatsApp (web channel)
• Discord
• MS Teams (Adaptive Cards)

CLI

# WhatsApp
moltbot message poll --target +15555550123 \
  --poll-question "Lunch today?" --poll-option "Yes" --poll-option "No" --poll-option "Maybe"
moltbot message poll --target 123456789@g.us \
  --poll-question "Meeting time?" --poll-option "10am" --poll-option "2pm" --poll-option "4pm" --poll-multi

# Discord
moltbot message poll --channel discord --target channel:123456789 \
  --poll-question "Snack?" --poll-option "Pizza" --poll-option "Sushi"
moltbot message poll --channel discord --target channel:123456789 \
  --poll-question "Plan?" --poll-option "A" --poll-option "B" --poll-duration-hours 48

# MS Teams
moltbot message poll --channel msteams --target conversation:19:abc@thread.tacv2 \
  --poll-question "Lunch?" --poll-option "Pizza" --poll-option "Sushi"

Options:

• --channel: whatsapp (default), discord, or msteams
• --poll-multi: allow selecting multiple options
• --poll-duration-hours: Discord-only (defaults to 24 when omitted)

Gateway RPC

Method: poll

Params:

• to (string, required)
• question (string, required)
• options (string[], required)
• maxSelections (number, optional)
• durationHours (number, optional)
• channel (string, optional, default: whatsapp)
• idempotencyKey (string, required)

Channel differences

• WhatsApp: 2-12 options, maxSelections must be within option count, ignores durationHours.
• Discord: 2-10 options, durationHours clamped to 1-768 hours (default 24). maxSelections > 1 enables multi-select; Discord does not support a strict selection count.
• MS Teams: Adaptive Card polls (Moltbot-managed). No native poll API; durationHours is ignored.

Agent tool (Message)

Use the message tool with poll action (to, pollQuestion, pollOption, optional pollMulti, pollDurationHours, channel).

Note: Discord has no “pick exactly N” mode; pollMulti maps to multi-select. Teams polls are rendered as Adaptive Cards and require the gateway to stay online to record votes in ~/.clawdbot/msteams-polls.json.