watchers

Automate polling RSS feeds and GitHub repositories by scheduling a script to periodically check external data sources and report new items. The Skill uses a persistent watermark-based deduplication mechanism to ensure you are only alerted to genuinely new content.

Watermark-based deduplication for JSON APIs works by persisting a state marker to the local filesystem, tracking the last processed item. This prevents duplicate notifications by comparing new polling results against the saved watermark and only surfacing genuinely new data updates.

Scheduled terminal-based polling requires a standard Python 3 environment with access to the local filesystem for state persistence. No external dependencies are needed, allowing the scripts to run directly via standard cron job scheduling on your system.

The best way to watch a GitHub repository for new releases and commits automatically is configuring a scheduled polling script. It detects repository activity, filters out previously seen items using persistent watermarks, and summarizes only the new updates.

Yes, you can monitor arbitrary JSON APIs alongside RSS feeds without duplicate notifications. The Skill supports multi-source monitoring and applies its persistent watermark deduplication mechanism across all polled data sources to prevent repeated alerts.

Repeated alerts when polling external data sources on a cron schedule occur when state persistence fails or is absent. This Skill prevents duplicates by maintaining a persistent watermark on the local filesystem, ensuring only new items trigger notifications.