polymarket-monitor

What This Skill Does

The polymarket-monitor skill is a specialized agent utility designed to track and analyze activity on the Polymarket prediction market platform. It functions as a real-time bridge between the agent and the Polymarket CLOB (Central Limit Order Book) API. By providing a wallet address, the agent can monitor specific traders or whales, capturing transaction events such as new order placements, position changes, and significant trading volume. The tool maintains a stateful connection to the market data, allowing users to stay informed about market shifts without manual intervention. It excels at parsing complex transaction logs into actionable alerts.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your environment, use the OpenClaw installation command:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/dagangtj/prediction-market-sentinel

Ensure that you have your environment variables configured correctly, specifically POLL_INTERVAL and ALERT_THRESHOLD, to match your desired monitoring frequency and financial sensitivity.

Use Cases

• Whale Watching: Keep tabs on known high-net-worth Polymarket traders to gauge market sentiment.
• Risk Management: Monitor your own or tracked accounts for unexpected position shifts.
• Market Alpha Generation: Detect significant volume spikes in specific prediction markets as they happen.
• Trend Analysis: Automate the collection of trading data for post-event analysis and strategy refinement.

Example Prompts

1. "Start monitoring wallet 0x17db3fcd93ba12d38382a0cade24b200185c5f6d and notify me every time they place an order over 500 USDC."
2. "Show me the recent activity log for the whale wallet I'm currently tracking and summarize the top positions."
3. "Set the alert threshold for my Polymarket monitor to 2000 USDC and increase the polling frequency to every 30 seconds."

Tips & Limitations

• Rate Limiting: Be aware that excessive polling may trigger API rate limits; adjust POLL_INTERVAL conservatively for long-term monitoring.
• Data Latency: As an agent-based observer, there may be a slight lag between the blockchain transaction and the API update.
• Filtering: Utilize the ALERT_THRESHOLD variable effectively to reduce noise from smaller, less significant trades.
• Security: Always verify the wallet address you are tracking to ensure it is the intended entity. This skill only provides visibility and does not execute trades on behalf of the user.