ticket-signal-watch

What This Skill Does

The ticket-signal-watch skill is a specialized monitoring engine designed to track ticket availability, restock events, and status changes across various platforms. Unlike automated checkout bots, this skill is purpose-built for high-reliability notification workflows. It functions as a three-tier pipeline: a collector fetches page data, a signal engine evaluates changes against defined keywords (such as "available," "presale," or "restock"), and a notifier pushes structured alerts to your preferred OpenClaw channels or external webhooks. This architecture ensures you receive timely, actionable intelligence about high-demand ticket releases without the risks associated with automated transaction execution.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your environment, run the following command within your terminal:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/armysheng/ticket-signal-watch

Ensure your directory structure aligns with the required file layout, specifically maintaining the config/ directory for targets and notifiers, and a writable state/ directory to store historical data for deduplication and cooldown logic.

Use Cases

1. Event Monitoring: Tracking specific concerts or sporting events where tickets are known to be released in waves or staggered batches.
2. Inventory Tracking: Monitoring "resale" or "return" pools where tickets might appear unexpectedly after the initial sell-out.
3. Status Oversight: Alerting users when a ticket page transitions from "Coming Soon" to "On Sale" or "Presale."

Example Prompts

1. "OpenClaw, start watching the ticket page for the upcoming Taylor Swift concert and alert me on Discord if any seats become available."
2. "Use the ticket-signal-watch to monitor the official ticketing backend for the stadium presale; send a webhook to my server whenever the status changes."
3. "Check for restock events on the local ticketing portal for the basketball game and ping me in the OpenClaw channel if the status moves to 'Open for Booking'."

Tips & Limitations

This skill is strictly for data gathering. Do not attempt to bypass security measures or automate purchases, as this violates the intended scope of the tool. Always prioritize using direct backend data or API sources over page scraping when possible, as this significantly improves signal reliability. If you encounter anti-bot or challenge pages, the script is designed to flag these errors; do not ignore them, as they indicate the platform has blocked your current request flow. For best performance, configure your signal_keywords carefully—use restrictive require_all parameters to reduce false positives and set reasonable polling intervals to respect the target site's rate limits.