> XMPP support isn't common in claw-type agents so I've had to patch it in.
I found this pretty baffling/sad. Why do these agent harnesses have messaging plug-ins for the most obscure messaging platforms but not XMPP? It seems like a no-brainer!
People would apparently rather pay for a second number/SIM/phone dedicated to Openclaw on WhatsApp and suffer periodic outages due to Meta actively discouraging automation use than set up a minimal XMPP server and client...
Even setting up Matrix (at least with E2E encryption) was incredibly painful. It worked in the end for me, but the amount of tokens I've had to burn... And I don't even want to think about the next update.
I did this on one project but things moved fast enough (and I've had too much going on) that I couldn't go round the review cycle fast enough and keep it architecturally aligned to get it merged.
I found this pretty baffling/sad. Why do these agent harnesses have messaging plug-ins for the most obscure messaging platforms but not XMPP? It seems like a no-brainer!
People would apparently rather pay for a second number/SIM/phone dedicated to Openclaw on WhatsApp and suffer periodic outages due to Meta actively discouraging automation use than set up a minimal XMPP server and client...
Even setting up Matrix (at least with E2E encryption) was incredibly painful. It worked in the end for me, but the amount of tokens I've had to burn... And I don't even want to think about the next update.