💡 Smart Follow-ups

🦎 A OpenClaw Skill

Generate contextual follow-up suggestions for your AI conversations

This is a skill for OpenClaw — the AI assistant that works across Telegram, Discord, Signal, WhatsApp, and more.

After every AI response, get 3 smart suggestions for what to ask next:

• ⚡ Quick — Clarifications and immediate questions
• 🧠 Deep Dive — Technical depth and detailed exploration
• 🔗 Related — Connected topics and broader context

Telegram/Discord/Slack: Clickable inline buttons
Signal/iMessage/SMS: Numbered text list

✨ Features

• 🎯 Context-Aware — Analyzes your last 1-3 exchanges
• 🔘 Interactive Buttons — One tap to ask (Telegram, Discord, Slack)
• 📝 Text Fallback — Numbered lists for channels without buttons
• ⚡ Fast — ~2 second generation time
• 🔐 Privacy-First — Uses your existing OpenClaw auth by default
• 🔧 Flexible — Multiple provider options (see below)

🦎 What is OpenClaw?

OpenClaw is a powerful AI assistant that connects Claude to your favorite messaging apps — Telegram, Discord, Signal, WhatsApp, iMessage, and more. Skills extend OpenClaw with new capabilities.

Not using OpenClaw yet? Check out openclaw.com to get started!

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

# Via ClawHub (recommended)
clawhub install smart-followups
 
# Or manually
cd /path/to/openclaw/skills
git clone https://github.com/robbyczgw-cla/smart-followups
cd smart-followups
npm install

Usage

Just say "followups" (or "give me follow-ups", "suggestions") in any OpenClaw conversation:

You: What is Docker?
Bot: Docker is a containerization platform that...

You: followups

Bot: 💡 What would you like to explore next?
[⚡ How do I install Docker?]
[🧠 Explain container architecture]
[🔗 Docker vs Kubernetes?]

Click any button → sends that question automatically!

Note: This works as a keyword the agent recognizes, not as a registered /slash command. OpenClaw skills are guidance docs — the agent reads the SKILL.md and knows how to respond when you ask for follow-ups.

🔐 Authentication

OpenClaw Native (Default) ⭐

No API keys needed! The skill uses your existing OpenClaw authentication — same model and login as your current chat.

• ✅ No additional API keys required
• ✅ Uses your current session's model (Haiku/Sonnet/Opus)
• ✅ Works out of the box

Note (v2.1.4): The handler uses OpenClaw-native auth. External providers (OpenRouter/Anthropic) are only supported via the standalone CLI tool for testing purposes.

⚙ Configuration

The skill works out of the box with OpenClaw's native authentication. No configuration required!

Optional: Add to your openclaw.json if you want to customize:

{
  "skills": {
    "smart-followups": {
      "enabled": true,
      "autoTrigger": false
    }
  }
}

📱 Channel Support

Works on every OpenClaw channel with adaptive formatting:

📖 See CHANNELS.md for detailed channel-specific documentation.

🛠 CLI Tool (Standalone, Optional)

A standalone CLI is included for testing and scripting outside of OpenClaw:

# CLI requires explicit API key and model (not connected to OpenClaw)
export OPENROUTER_API_KEY="sk-or-..."
 
# Generate follow-ups from JSON context
echo '[{"user":"What is Docker?","assistant":"Docker is..."}]' | \
  node cli/followups-cli.js --model anthropic/claude-3-haiku --mode text
 
# Output modes: json, telegram, text, compact
node cli/followups-cli.js --model anthropic/claude-3-haiku --mode telegram < context.json

Note: The CLI is a standalone tool separate from the core skill. It requires an explicit --model flag and API key. The main skill uses OpenClaw-native auth.

See node cli/followups-cli.js --help for all options.

📖 Examples

Telegram Buttons

💡 What would you like to explore next?

[⚡ How do I install Docker?        ]
[🧠 Explain Docker's architecture   ]
[🔗 Compare Docker to Kubernetes    ]

Signal Text Mode

💡 Smart Follow-up Suggestions

⚡ Quick
1. How do I install Docker?

🧠 Deep Dive
2. Explain Docker's architecture

🔗 Related
3. Compare Docker to Kubernetes

Reply with 1, 2, or 3 to ask that question.

❓ FAQ

Why 3 suggestions instead of 6?

Cleaner UX, especially on mobile. Each category (Quick, Deep, Related) gets one focused suggestion instead of overwhelming you with options.

Can I use this without OpenClaw?

Yes! The CLI tool works standalone with OpenRouter or Anthropic API keys. But the best experience is integrated with OpenClaw.

How does it know what to suggest?

The skill analyzes your last 1-3 message exchanges and generates contextually relevant questions across three categories: quick clarifications, deep technical dives, and related topics.

Will it work with my custom model?

Yes! With provider: "openclaw" (default), it uses whatever model your current chat is using. With other providers, specify the model in config.

Is my conversation data sent anywhere?

With OpenClaw native: Same privacy as your normal chat — processed by your configured AI provider.

With OpenRouter/Anthropic: Your recent exchanges are sent to generate suggestions. See their respective privacy policies.

How much does it cost?

• OpenClaw native: Uses your existing chat's API usage
• OpenRouter/Anthropic: ~$0.001-0.01 per generation depending on model

🏗 Project Structure

smart-followups/
├── cli/
│   └── followups-cli.js    # Standalone CLI tool
├── handler.js              # OpenClaw command handler
├── package.json
├── README.md               # This file
├── SKILL.md                # OpenClaw skill manifest
├── FAQ.md                  # Frequently asked questions
├── INTERNAL.md             # Development notes
├── CHANGELOG.md            # Version history
└── LICENSE                 # MIT License

🤝 Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please read CONTRIBUTING.md first.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Test across multiple channels
5. Submit a pull request

📄 License

MIT © Robby

🙏 Credits

• Inspired by Chameleon AI Chat's smart follow-up feature
• Built for the OpenClaw ecosystem
• Powered by Claude

Made with 🦎 by the OpenClaw community