Connect to OpenClaw

Connect Zigpoll to OpenClaw with MCP so your personal AI agent can analyze survey responses and build surveys from WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, and more.

Connect your Zigpoll surveys to OpenClaw — the open-source, multi-channel AI agent gateway — using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Once connected, you can ask your OpenClaw agent about survey results, run analytics, and even create surveys from any channel it lives in: WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, and more. No coding required.

For other AI clients, see the MCP overview.

Prerequisite: get your Zigpoll API key

1. Log into your Zigpoll dashboard.

2. Go to Settings → Manage Integrations.

3. Scroll to API Key, click Add Key under Private Keys, label it "MCP", and copy it.

You won't paste this key into a config file. When you connect, OpenClaw gives you an authorization link to open in your browser, and you paste the key on the Zigpoll authorization page. OpenClaw then stores a secure token, so you only do this once.

Add Zigpoll to OpenClaw

1. On the machine running your OpenClaw gateway, add the Zigpoll MCP server:

openclaw mcp add zigpoll \
  --url https://mcp.zigpoll.com/mcp \
  --transport streamable-http \
  --auth oauth \
  --oauth-scope mcp:read

1. Start the login flow:

openclaw mcp login zigpoll

1. OpenClaw prints an authorization URL. Open it in your browser — you'll land on the Zigpoll authorization page. Paste the API key from the previous step and click Authorize.

2. If your browser can't redirect back automatically (for example, when OpenClaw runs on a remote server), copy the authorization code shown after approving and finish the login from the terminal:

openclaw mcp login zigpoll --code <paste-code-here>

How authentication works: mcp.zigpoll.com uses a standard browser-based OAuth login. Setting a static Authorization: Bearer <api-key> header will not work — the key is exchanged for a token through the authorization page.

Verify your connection

Check the server from the terminal:

openclaw mcp list
openclaw mcp doctor zigpoll --probe

Then message your agent on any connected channel:

"List my Zigpoll accounts"

or

"Show me my recent surveys"

Your agent will use the Zigpoll tools automatically to fetch your data.

Optional: limit which tools your agent can use

Zigpoll exposes 38 tools, including ones that create surveys and send emails or SMS. If you want your agent to be read-only, add a tool filter so only data and analytics tools are available:

openclaw mcp set zigpoll '{
  "url": "https://mcp.zigpoll.com/mcp",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "auth": "oauth",
  "toolFilter": {
    "include": ["get_*", "list_*", "analyze_*", "compare_*", "correlate_*", "group_answers"]
  }
}'

Remove the toolFilter block (or re-run the openclaw mcp add command above) to restore full access.

Example prompts

• "Summarize the responses for my NPS survey from the last 30 days"

• "What devices and browsers are my respondents using?"

• "How do NPS scores correlate with purchase type?"

• "Create a new post-purchase survey for my account"

For the full list of tools and more examples, see the MCP overview. For ideas on what to build, see Ideas for Using Zigpoll MCP.

Troubleshooting

• Running OpenClaw on a headless server — the OAuth login needs a browser somewhere. Open the authorization URL on your laptop, approve, then pass the code back with openclaw mcp login zigpoll --code <code>. Until login completes, OpenClaw simply leaves Zigpoll out of the agent's tools rather than erroring.

• Tools not appearing — run openclaw mcp status --verbose to confirm the server is authorized and connected, and check that a toolFilter isn't excluding the tools you expect.

• Authentication errors — make sure you're using a valid API key that hasn't been revoked. You can regenerate one from Settings → Manage Integrations → API Key, then re-run openclaw mcp login zigpoll.