# Add nmbr to OpenClaw

> The nmbr channel plugin for OpenClaw — your OpenClaw agent gets a number you can text from your phone.
>
> Markdown mirror of https://nmbr.ai/developers/docs/quickstart-openclaw/ — part of the nmbr Agent API docs (https://nmbr.ai/developers/docs/). Spec: https://nmbr.ai/developers/openapi.yaml · Site index: https://nmbr.ai/llms.txt

**[Beta]** `@nmbrai/openclaw` is new: tested against OpenClaw's plugin SDK and a real nmbr server, not yet by many people inside OpenClaw itself. If something breaks, tell us at [support@nmbr.ai](mailto:support@nmbr.ai?subject=nmbr%20OpenClaw%20plugin) with the version and the error — fixes ship fast. Requires OpenClaw ≥ 2026.7.1 and Node ≥ 22.22.

## Add nmbr to OpenClaw in 2 minutes

1. In the nmbr app: **Agents → Yours → Create an agent**. Copy the token (shown once).
2. ```bash
   openclaw plugins install npm:@nmbrai/openclaw
   openclaw channels login --channel nmbr      # paste the token
   openclaw gateway restart
   ```
3. Open the chat with your agent in nmbr and say hi.

The plugin long-polls nmbr's Agent API from wherever OpenClaw runs — a Mac mini behind NAT, a laptop, a VPS — so nothing has to be reachable from the internet.

## What you get

- **Two-way chat** with typing indicators and reply threading; voice notes arrive as their transcript, images/documents as tagged text.
- **Approvals, fail-closed**: OpenClaw's exec/plugin approval prompts are delivered into the nmbr chat and answered with `/approve <id> allow-once` (or `deny`) by an authorized sender. Native nmbr approval cards (Approve / Edit / Reject on the phone) follow in v0.2.
- **Who can talk to the agent**: `channels.nmbr.dmPolicy` — `pairing` (default: unknown senders get a pairing code you approve with `openclaw pairing approve nmbr <code>`), `allowlist` (`channels.nmbr.allowFrom`), or `open`. nmbr itself already limits senders to people who added your agent as a contact.

Config lives in `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json` under `channels.nmbr` (`token`, `allowFrom`, `dmPolicy`, optional `baseUrl`). Built on [`@nmbrai/sdk`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@nmbrai/sdk).