Create Interactive Polls with OpenClaw in Seconds

Getting a quick vote from your team often turns into a long thread of messages that are hard to track. If you are building automation, you want a way to trigger these polls without worrying about the underlying API differences of each chat platform.

Polls

Supported channels

You can currently send polls to these platforms:

• WhatsApp (web channel)
• Discord
• MS Teams (Adaptive Cards)

CLI

If you prefer the command line, you can fire off a poll with a single command. Here are the examples for each channel:

# WhatsApp
openclaw message poll --target +15555550123 \
  --poll-question "Lunch today?" --poll-option "Yes" --poll-option "No" --poll-option "Maybe"
openclaw message poll --target 123456789@g.us \
  --poll-question "Meeting time?" --poll-option "10am" --poll-option "2pm" --poll-option "4pm" --poll-multi

# Discord
openclaw message poll --channel discord --target channel:123456789 \
  --poll-question "Snack?" --poll-option "Pizza" --poll-option "Sushi"
openclaw message poll --channel discord --target channel:123456789 \
  --poll-question "Plan?" --poll-option "A" --poll-option "B" --poll-duration-hours 48

# MS Teams
openclaw message poll --channel msteams --target conversation:19:abc@thread.tacv2 \
  --poll-question "Lunch?" --poll-option "Pizza" --poll-option "Sushi"

Options:

• --channel: whatsapp (default), discord, or msteams
• --poll-multi: allow selecting multiple options
• --poll-duration-hours: Discord-only (defaults to 24 when omitted)

Gateway RPC

For those building integrations, the poll method is available via the Gateway RPC.

Method: poll

Params:

• to (string, required)
• question (string, required)
• options (string[], required)
• maxSelections (number, optional)
• durationHours (number, optional)
• channel (string, optional, default: whatsapp)
• idempotencyKey (string, required)

Channel differences

Each platform handles polls differently, so keep these limits in mind:

• WhatsApp: 2-12 options, maxSelections must be within option count, ignores durationHours.
• Discord: 2-10 options, durationHours clamped to 1-768 hours (default 24). maxSelections > 1 enables multi-select; Discord does not support a strict selection count.
• MS Teams