| name | blogwatcher |
| description | Monitor blogs and RSS/Atom feeds for updates. Discover feeds, parse entries, and track changes. |
| metadata | {"version":"1.0.0","author":"erebus","tags":["research","rss","feeds","monitoring","blogs"]} |
Blog & Feed Watcher
Use this skill to monitor blogs, RSS feeds, and Atom feeds for new content.
When to Use
- User wants to monitor a blog or website for updates
- User needs to read RSS/Atom feed content
- User wants to discover feeds on a website
- User needs to aggregate content from multiple sources
Feed Discovery
Given a URL, try these feed locations:
- Check
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"> in HTML
- Try common paths:
/feed, /rss, /atom.xml, /feed.xml, /rss.xml
- Parse the page for feed links
Process
- Discover: Find RSS/Atom feed URLs for given websites
- Fetch: Download and parse feed XML
curl -s "https://example.com/feed" | head -100
- Parse: Extract entries with title, link, date, summary
- Filter: Apply date/keyword filters as requested
- Summarize: Present entries in a readable format
Output Format
Present feed entries as a table:
| Date | Title | Source |
|---|
| 2024-01-15 | Article Title | blog.example.com |