Google Chat

Google Workspace

Send messages and manage spaces in Google Chat

What You Can Do

Google Chat is the team messaging platform inside Google Workspace. OpenClaw gives you the ability to send, read, and manage Chat programmatically.

  • List spaces — See all Chat spaces (rooms and DMs) you belong to
  • Get space details — Name, type, member count, and threading model
  • List members — See who is in a given space
  • Send messages — Post text messages to any space
  • Send DMs — Create or continue a direct message with a specific person
  • Read messages — Retrieve message history from a space with pagination
  • Reply to threads — Post replies in existing message threads
  • Update messages — Edit previously sent messages (within edit window)
  • Delete messages — Remove messages you sent
  • Create spaces — Set up new team rooms with a name and description
  • Add/remove members — Manage space membership
  • Formatted messages — Send messages with bold, italic, monospace, links, and @mentions

    • Try Asking

  • "Send a message to the #engineering space: 'Deployment is done, staging is live'"
  • "Post a DM to alex@company.com with a quick status update"
  • "Read the last 20 messages in the #product channel"
  • "Reply to the thread in #design about the new mockups"
  • "Create a new Chat space called 'Project Phoenix' and add the team"
  • "What spaces am I currently a member of?"
  • "Send a formatted message with bold headers to the #announcements space"

    • Pro Tips

  • Space resource names follow the format `spaces/AAA...` — the agent resolves by display name
  • Thread replies require a `thread.name` identifier, which comes from message metadata
  • Formatted text: `*bold*`, `_italic_`, `~strikethrough~`, `` `code` ``
  • Mentions: `` or `` for @everyone
  • Google Chat has two threading models: spaces (flat) and threaded spaces
  • Combine with Gmail: read an email and forward the summary as a Chat message to your team