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Group Rules with requireMention and mentionPatterns

Set group requireMention and messages mentionPatterns so OpenClaw only responds when explicitly addressed.

Calm in Group Chats

In a busy group, you do not want your assistant replying to everything. Group rules let it stay quiet until it is actually addressed. 🤫

Meet requireMention

The key for this is requireMention. Turn it on for a group and OpenClaw only answers when someone explicitly mentions it.

groups: {
  "*": { requireMention: true }
}

All lessons in this course

  1. The openclaw.json Config File
  2. Allowlisting Senders with allowFrom
  3. Group Rules with requireMention and mentionPatterns
  4. Defaults When You Configure Nothing
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