OpenClaw Container Setup

When both OpenClaw and agent-wechat run in Docker containers, they communicate over a shared Docker network.

Docker Compose

services:
  agent-wechat:
    image: ghcr.io/thisnick/agent-wechat:latest
    container_name: agent-wechat
    security_opt:
      - seccomp=unconfined
    cap_add:
      - SYS_PTRACE
      - NET_ADMIN
    ports:
      - "6174:6174"
    volumes:
      - agent-wechat-data:/data
      - agent-wechat-home:/home/wechat
      - ~/.config/agent-wechat/token:/data/auth-token:ro
    environment:
      - PROXY=${PROXY:-}
    restart: unless-stopped

  openclaw:
    image: your-openclaw-image
    # ... your OpenClaw config ...
    depends_on:
      - agent-wechat

volumes:
  agent-wechat-data:
  agent-wechat-home:

Key difference: server URL

When both services are on the same Docker network, use the container name as the hostname:

{
  "channels": {
    "wechat": {
      "serverUrl": "http://agent-wechat:6174",
      "token": "your-token"
    }
  }
}

Note

In this setup, you must explicitly set the token in the OpenClaw config — the shared token file at ~/.config/agent-wechat/token is not automatically available inside the OpenClaw container.

Generating and sharing the token

# Generate the token on the host
mkdir -p ~/.config/agent-wechat
openssl rand -hex 32 > ~/.config/agent-wechat/token
chmod 600 ~/.config/agent-wechat/token

# Read the token value
cat ~/.config/agent-wechat/token

Copy the token value into your OpenClaw configuration.