This video covers two of the more fun parts of setting up an OpenClaw multi-agent team: creating Telegram bots for each agent and developing unique personas with custom avatar images. You'll see why Telegram works better than Slack for agent communication — no threading confusion, good markdown support, and a typing indicator — plus the security considerations around bot pairing.
On the persona side, you'll walk through the actual process of creating agent characters using Claude for personalities and communication styles, then Google Gemini for generating avatar images. There's a live demo showing an agent responding in Telegram and the dashboard updating between idle and active states in real time.
Topics covered in this video:
- Setting up Telegram bots using BotFather
- Why Telegram over Slack (no threads, typing indicator, markdown support)
- Bot security and DM policy pairing to prevent unauthorized access
- Creating agent personas with Claude and generating avatar images with Google Gemini
- Idle and active state images in the dashboard with a live demo
- Starting with more agents and pairing down (eight to four)
- Flexibility in chat platform choice (Telegram, Slack, WhatsApp)