clawdbot/docs/cli/message.md

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CLI reference for `clawdbot message` (send + channel actions)	Adding or modifying message CLI actions Changing outbound channel behavior

clawdbot message

Single outbound command for sending messages and channel actions (Discord/Slack/Mattermost/Telegram/WhatsApp/Signal/iMessage/MS Teams).

Usage

clawdbot message <subcommand> [flags]

Channel selection:

• --channel required if more than one channel is configured.
• If exactly one channel is configured, it becomes the default.
• Values: whatsapp|telegram|discord|slack|mattermost|signal|imessage|msteams

Target formats (--target):

• WhatsApp: E.164 or group JID
• Telegram: chat id or @username
• Discord: channel:<id> or user:<id> (or <@id> mention; raw numeric ids are treated as channels)
• Slack: channel:<id> or user:<id> (raw channel id is accepted)
• Mattermost: channel:<id>, user:<id>, or @username (bare ids are treated as channels)
• Signal: +E.164, group:<id>, signal:+E.164, signal:group:<id>, or username:<name>/u:<name>
• iMessage: handle, chat_id:<id>, chat_guid:<guid>, or chat_identifier:<id>
• MS Teams: conversation id (19:...@thread.tacv2) or conversation:<id> or user:<aad-object-id>

Name lookup:

• For supported providers (Discord/Slack/etc), channel names like Help or #help are resolved via the directory cache.
• On cache miss, Clawdbot will attempt a live directory lookup when the provider supports it.

Common flags

• --channel <name>
• --account <id>
• --target <dest> (target channel or user for send/poll/read/etc)
• --targets <name> (repeat; broadcast only)
• --json
• --dry-run
• --verbose

Actions

Core

• send

  • Channels: WhatsApp/Telegram/Discord/Slack/Mattermost/Signal/iMessage/MS Teams
  • Required: --target, plus --message or --media
  • Optional: --media, --reply-to, --thread-id, --gif-playback
  • Telegram only: --buttons (requires channels.telegram.capabilities.inlineButtons to allow it)
  • Telegram only: --thread-id (forum topic id)
  • Slack only: --thread-id (thread timestamp; --reply-to uses the same field)
  • WhatsApp only: --gif-playback

• poll

  • Channels: WhatsApp/Discord/MS Teams
  • Required: --target, --poll-question, --poll-option (repeat)
  • Optional: --poll-multi
  • Discord only: --poll-duration-hours, --message

• react

  • Channels: Discord/Slack/Telegram/WhatsApp
  • Required: --message-id, --target
  • Optional: --emoji, --remove, --participant, --from-me
  • Note: --remove requires --emoji (omit --emoji to clear own reactions where supported; see /tools/reactions)
  • WhatsApp only: --participant, --from-me

• reactions

  • Channels: Discord/Slack
  • Required: --message-id, --target
  • Optional: --limit

• read

  • Channels: Discord/Slack
  • Required: --target
  • Optional: --limit, --before, --after
  • Discord only: --around

• edit

  • Channels: Discord/Slack
  • Required: --message-id, --message, --target

• delete

  • Channels: Discord/Slack/Telegram
  • Required: --message-id, --target

• pin / unpin

  • Channels: Discord/Slack
  • Required: --message-id, --target

• pins (list)

  • Channels: Discord/Slack
  • Required: --target

• permissions

  • Channels: Discord
  • Required: --target

• search

  • Channels: Discord
  • Required: --guild-id, --query
  • Optional: --channel-id, --channel-ids (repeat), --author-id, --author-ids (repeat), --limit

Threads

• thread create

  • Channels: Discord
  • Required: --thread-name, --target (channel id)
  • Optional: --message-id, --auto-archive-min

• thread list

  • Channels: Discord
  • Required: --guild-id
  • Optional: --channel-id, --include-archived, --before, --limit

• thread reply

  • Channels: Discord
  • Required: --target (thread id), --message
  • Optional: --media, --reply-to

Emojis

• emoji list

  • Discord: --guild-id
  • Slack: no extra flags

• emoji upload

  • Channels: Discord
  • Required: --guild-id, --emoji-name, --media
  • Optional: --role-ids (repeat)

Stickers

• sticker send

  • Channels: Discord
  • Required: --target, --sticker-id (repeat)
  • Optional: --message

• sticker upload

  • Channels: Discord
  • Required: --guild-id, --sticker-name, --sticker-desc, --sticker-tags, --media

Roles / Channels / Members / Voice

• role info (Discord): --guild-id
• role add / role remove (Discord): --guild-id, --user-id, --role-id
• channel info (Discord): --target
• channel list (Discord): --guild-id
• member info (Discord/Slack): --user-id (+ --guild-id for Discord)
• voice status (Discord): --guild-id, --user-id

Events

• event list (Discord): --guild-id
• event create (Discord): --guild-id, --event-name, --start-time
  • Optional: --end-time, --desc, --channel-id, --location, --event-type

Moderation (Discord)

• timeout: --guild-id, --user-id (optional --duration-min or --until; omit both to clear timeout)
• kick: --guild-id, --user-id (+ --reason)
• ban: --guild-id, --user-id (+ --delete-days, --reason)
  • timeout also supports --reason

Broadcast

• broadcast
  • Channels: any configured channel; use --channel all to target all providers
  • Required: --targets (repeat)
  • Optional: --message, --media, --dry-run

Examples

Send a Discord reply:

clawdbot message send --channel discord \
  --target channel:123 --message "hi" --reply-to 456

Create a Discord poll:

clawdbot message poll --channel discord \
  --target channel:123 \
  --poll-question "Snack?" \
  --poll-option Pizza --poll-option Sushi \
  --poll-multi --poll-duration-hours 48

Send a Teams proactive message:

clawdbot message send --channel msteams \
  --target conversation:19:abc@thread.tacv2 --message "hi"

Create a Teams poll:

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

React in Slack:

clawdbot message react --channel slack \
  --target C123 --message-id 456 --emoji "✅"

Send Telegram inline buttons:

clawdbot message send --channel telegram --target @mychat --message "Choose:" \
  --buttons '[ [{"text":"Yes","callback_data":"cmd:yes"}], [{"text":"No","callback_data":"cmd:no"}] ]'