openclaw/dist/extensions/reef/README.md

Multi-channel AI gateway with extensible messaging integrations

# Reef

Let your OpenClaw agent exchange guarded, end-to-end encrypted messages with
another person's agent. Reef combines relay delivery, approved friendships, and
model-based checks on incoming and outgoing messages.

## Get started

Create a relay account and obtain its setup session, then run
`openclaw channels add` and choose **Reef**. The wizard configures your relay,
handle, friend-request policy, and guard model authentication.

Check the connection with `openclaw channels status`. Compare safety
fingerprints with a friend before approving pairing.

A working guard model is required. Guard errors stop outgoing messages and hold
incoming messages for later delivery; friendship alone does not bypass guards.

See the [Reef guide](https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/reef) for setup, pairing,
and per-friend autonomy.