Summary

openclaw message thread create --channel telegram fails with:

Error: Unsupported Telegram action: thread-create

Details

The Telegram runtime layer already has full support for topic-create / createForumTopic — the action alias is registered in TELEGRAM_ACTION_ALIASES, the handler works correctly, and it successfully creates forum topics when invoked directly via the Bot API.

However, the CLI subcommand openclaw message thread create only routes to Discord's threadCreate action. It does not dispatch to Telegram's createForumTopic when --channel telegram is specified.

Steps to Reproduce

openclaw message thread create \
  --channel telegram \
  --target "-100XXXXXXXXXX" \
  --thread-name "Test Topic" \
  --message "Hello"

Expected: Creates a forum topic in the Telegram supergroup.
Actual: Error: Unsupported Telegram action: thread-create

Workaround

Calling the Telegram Bot API directly (createForumTopic) works fine. The runtime-level topic-create action is fully functional — it's just the CLI entry point that's missing the Telegram routing.

Environment

• OpenClaw version: 2026.3.23-2
• OS: macOS (arm64)
• Node: v22.22.1