blogwatcher

What This Skill Does

The blogwatcher skill provides a robust command-line interface for monitoring RSS and Atom feeds directly from your terminal. It acts as an automated news aggregator, allowing you to track your favorite blogs, news sites, and web comics without needing to visit each site individually. By leveraging the blogwatcher CLI, the OpenClaw agent can periodically scan your subscribed sources, identify newly published articles, and keep you updated on the latest content as it becomes available. It maintains a state of which articles you have already seen, ensuring you only spend time on fresh, unread information.

Installation

You can install the skill by using the following command via the OpenClaw hub: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/steipete/blogwatcher

Additionally, ensure the underlying Go binary is installed on your system by running: go install github.com/Hyaxia/blogwatcher/cmd/blogwatcher@latest

Use Cases

• Stay Updated: Automatically check for new entries from technical blogs or news outlets to keep up with industry trends.
• Content Aggregation: Centralize multiple scattered information sources into a single, manageable list of articles.
• Streamlined Workflow: Mark items as read within the CLI, keeping your attention focused and your reading list organized without leaving the command line.
• Automation: Use the agent to scan for new entries periodically, so you are always prepared to digest new information the moment you begin your workday.

Example Prompts

1. "OpenClaw, please add the 'Engineering at Meta' blog to my blogwatcher feed using this URL: https://engineering.fb.com/feed/."
2. "Run a scan with blogwatcher to check for any new articles, and then list the unread entries for me."
3. "I have finished catching up; mark all current articles in blogwatcher as read."

Tips & Limitations

• Discovering Flags: Always run blogwatcher <command> --help if you need to filter output or adjust the scanner's behavior.
• Managing Feeds: Use descriptive names when adding blogs to ensure the output of blogwatcher blogs remains readable as your list grows.
• Limitations: This tool is strictly a terminal-based aggregator. It does not provide browser rendering of the full article text, only the metadata and availability status. Ensure the source URLs provided are valid RSS or Atom endpoints for optimal results.