Paws Overview

Paws are tool providers. They connect OpenVole to the outside world — APIs, databases, browsers, messaging platforms. Each Paw runs in an isolated subprocess with capability-based permissions.

All paws live in PawHub and are installed via npm.

Installing Paws

npx vole paw add @openvole/paw-telegram
npx vole paw add @openvole/paw-browser
npx vole paw list

All 27 Official Paws

Brain (1 + 5 legacy)

LLM providers that power the Think phase. Learn more

Paw	Purpose
paw-brain	Unified multi-provider brain (Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, xAI, Ollama)
paw-ollama	(deprecated) Local LLM via Ollama
paw-claude	(deprecated) Anthropic Claude models
paw-openai	(deprecated) OpenAI models
paw-gemini	(deprecated) Google Gemini models
paw-xai	(deprecated) xAI Grok models

Channel (6)

Receive messages from external platforms. Learn more

Paw	Purpose
paw-telegram	Telegram bot channel
paw-slack	Slack bot channel
paw-discord	Discord bot channel
paw-whatsapp	WhatsApp bot channel
paw-msteams	Microsoft Teams channel
paw-voice-call	Voice calls via Twilio (inbound + outbound)

Tool (11)

Provide tools the Brain can call. Learn more

Paw	Purpose
paw-browser	Browser automation (Puppeteer)
paw-shell	Shell command execution
paw-filesystem	File system operations
paw-mcp	MCP server bridge
paw-email	Email sending (SMTP/IMAP)
paw-resend	Email via Resend API
paw-github	GitHub integration
paw-calendar	Google Calendar integration
paw-tts	Text-to-speech (ElevenLabs, OpenAI)
paw-stt	Speech-to-text (OpenAI Whisper)
paw-computer	Desktop automation (mouse, keyboard, screen)

Infrastructure (4)

Lifecycle hooks and internal services. Learn more

Paw	Purpose
paw-memory	Persistent memory with source isolation
paw-session	Session/conversation management
paw-compact	Context compaction (in-process)
paw-dashboard	Real-time web dashboard