OpenClaw

The plugin gives your own OpenClaw chats the Inbox tool. Your reply comes back into the same chat as a new message.

Native plug-in · Inbox built in and your reply wakes it

Set it up

Install Plannotator 0.28.63 or newer. The same command updates an older one.

curl -fsSL https://plannotator.ai/install.sh | bash
Add the plugin. It needs OpenClaw 2026.11.5-beta.1 or newer. Until 2026.11.5 comes out that means OpenClaw’s beta (tested on 2026.11.5-beta.2). The running Gateway loads it without a restart.

openclaw plugins install @plannotator/openclaw
Open the Inbox. It connects the agents it finds on this computer.

plannotator inbox

You should see The Inbox opens in your browser. Settings → Agents lists OpenClaw.
plannotator inbox turned the tool on when it found the plugin. Send a new message in one of your own OpenClaw chats.

You should see The agent has a plannotator_inbox tool.

Other ways

Turn the tool on by hand

Merge this into your Plannotator config. The Inbox must have run once on this computer. It applies from the next message in each chat.

~/.plannotator/config.json

{ "inboxTool": { "openclaw": true } }

Check it works

Paste this into OpenClaw.

Send me a test question in the Plannotator Inbox, and read my answer when I tell you I sent it.

You should see A question arrives in the Inbox. Answer it and press Send. The thread reads Delivered to OpenClaw and OpenClaw goes on with your answer.

Troubleshooting

OpenClaw has no plannotator_inbox tool: Run plannotator inbox once: it turns the tool on when it finds the plugin. If you turned the tool off yourself, turn it on in Settings → Agents. It applies from the next message in each chat.
OpenClaw has no plannotator_inbox tool in a group or channel: Only your own chats get it: OpenClaw on this computer and your own direct messages. Never a group or a channel, even when you write there.
OpenClaw refuses to install the plugin: The plugin needs OpenClaw 2026.11.5-beta.1 or newer. Older OpenClaw, such as 2026.11.3, refuses to install it.
The plugin does nothing after you installed it again: After openclaw plugins uninstall OpenClaw keeps the plugin turned off. Turn it back on.

openclaw plugins enable plannotator
No Send now: A plugin can’t steer a running OpenClaw turn, so your reply waits for the turn to end.
The Inbox doesn’t open: Read ~/.plannotator/inbox/inbox.log. Stop a stuck Inbox process and run plannotator inbox again.

What works

Inbox tool Built in, off at first
Reply wakes it Wakes it
Start from Inbox No
Permission cards No

Plan review No
Code review No
Annotate No
Ask this session No

After /new your reply goes into the chat’s new conversation.
OpenClaw must run on the same computer as the Inbox. An OpenClaw on a VPS can’t reach it yet.
Not verified on Windows.

Examples

Ask OpenClaw to send you a question. Answer it in the Inbox and OpenClaw goes on with your answer in the same chat.

Every agent