What problem does it solve?
Manually checking external sources like RSS feeds, GitHub repositories, and JSON APIs for new updates is time-consuming, easy to forget, and often leads to duplicate alerts or missed new items. This Skill automates the monitoring process with built-in deduplication so you only receive notifications for genuinely new changes.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Watermark-based deduplication: Tracks previously seen items via a bounded state file to eliminate duplicate alerts and avoid replaying existing items on the first run.
- Pre-built watcher scripts: Out-of-the-box support for RSS/Atom feeds, GitHub repo activity (issues, pull requests, releases, commits), and arbitrary JSON API endpoints with configurable ID fields.
- Flexible scheduling: Run watchers ad-hoc from the terminal or schedule them via cron jobs to run on any interval you choose.
- Common use cases: Monitor news feeds for new articles, track GitHub repo activity for projects you follow, poll internal business APIs for new order or event data, and set up custom alerts for any public or private data source with a feed or API.
Quick Start
Ask your AI assistant to set up a watcher for the Hacker News RSS feed that sends you alerts only when new top stories are published.