---
title: "Connect Buffer to OpenClaw"
description: "Authorize the Buffer connector so your assistant can draft and schedule social posts across your Buffer channels."
updated: 2026-06-11
canonical: https://holaclaw.ai/docs/connectors/connect-buffer
---

Connect Buffer and your assistant can turn ideas into a posting schedule — drafting social posts and queueing them across your Buffer channels without you opening the app. Describe what you want to say and when, and your assistant handles the drafting and scheduling, answering you in whatever channel you're chatting in.

```provider-card
name: Buffer
company: buffer.com
tagline: Draft and schedule social posts across your channels.
hue: 220
auth: Sign in with Buffer
best-for: Turning ideas into a posting schedule
```

## What you'll need

- A Buffer account you can sign in to in a browser, with the channels you want to post to already connected in Buffer.
- A running assistant. Connectors are set up per-assistant — your assistant (powered by OpenClaw under the hood) does the authorizing inside its own private VM, so it needs to be awake.

## Connect it

1. Open the assistant you want to give access to, and make sure it's running.
2. Click **Connectors** in the sidebar to open the catalog.
3. Type `Buffer` in the search box to find it.
4. Click **Authorize** on the Buffer card.
5. Your browser opens **Buffer's own consent screen** — on Buffer's site, not in HolaClaw.
6. Sign in if you're not already, then review what's being requested and approve it.
7. Switch back to HolaClaw. The connector verifies the connection and moves to the **Active** section. That's it.

For the full generic walkthrough and troubleshooting, see [Connect a service](/docs/connectors/connect-a-service).

## Try it

Once Buffer is active, ask your assistant to put something on the calendar:

- *Draft a post announcing the new release.*
- *What's scheduled for this week in Buffer?*
- *Queue that announcement for Monday morning.*

If your draft lands in Buffer, the connection is live.

## If it stops working

If the connector shows **Re-authorize**, your Buffer sign-in has expired or was revoked. Click **Re-authorize** and approve again in the browser — nothing to reconfigure, you're just refreshing the access. For anything else, see the troubleshooting in [Connect a service](/docs/connectors/connect-a-service).

## A quick word on privacy

Buffer's access token lives **inside this assistant's private VM on your Mac**. It's never stored on HolaClaw's servers, and we never see your password — you sign in on Buffer's own page. Connectors are **per-assistant**, so authorizing Buffer here gives no other assistant access to it. You can also revoke access anytime from Buffer's own authorized-apps settings.

## Next steps

Want the bigger picture on how connectors fit together? See [What are connectors](/docs/connectors/what-are-connectors). And if Buffer won't cooperate, the [HolaClaw Discord](https://discord.gg/FbxAbS5sGQ) is a friendly place to ask.