Bitchat

This skill enables decentralized messaging using the Bitchat protocol within OpenClaw.

Features

• Send and receive messages over mesh or peer-to-peer Bitchat networks.
• Node-based integration for scriptable console usage.
• CLI commands to configure network peers, encryption, and channels.
• Relies on bitchat-node (npm) for the underlying BLE or other mesh transport.

Security & Dependencies

• Bitchat uses local BLE or LAN for discovery and connectivity.
• The skill does not automatically connect to arbitrary external URLs.
• All network connections are user-initiated and require local config.
• We have pruned unneeded dependencies. Only bitchat-node is included.

Usage

1. Install the skill from ClawHub: clawhub install bitchat
2. Add or configure your Bitchat node/peers.
3. Use OpenClaw commands to dispatch or read messages.

# example
openclaw bitchat start
openclaw bitchat send --to=peerID --message="Hello"

Implementation Details

• TypeScript-based, compiles to dist/.
• Exposes integration points so OpenClaw can manage channels.
• Minimizes third-party dependencies to reduce security surface area.

Future Plans

• Enhanced encryption and key management.
• Multi-network bridging beyond BLE.

Release Notes

• 0.1.2: Points to bitchat-node@0.1.2, further pruned dist dependencies, updated skill doc.