| name | newsletter-monitor |
| description | Scan an AgentMail inbox for newsletter signals using configurable keyword campaigns. Extracts matched keywords, context snippets, and company mentions from incoming emails. Use for monitoring accounting industry newsletters for buying signals like acquisitions, migrations, and staffing news.
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Newsletter Monitor
Scan an AgentMail inbox for newsletter signals using configurable keyword campaigns. Designed for monitoring accounting industry newsletters for buying signals like acquisitions, Sage Intacct migrations, staffing challenges, and technology adoption.
Quick Start
export AGENTMAIL_API_KEY="your_key_here"
python3 skills/newsletter-monitor/scripts/scan_newsletters.py --output summary
python3 skills/newsletter-monitor/scripts/scan_newsletters.py --campaign acquisitions --days 7 --output summary
python3 skills/newsletter-monitor/scripts/scan_newsletters.py --output json --limit 50
Dependencies
pip3 install agentmail python-dotenv
Configuration
Keyword campaigns are defined in config/campaigns.json. Each campaign has a description and a list of keywords for case-insensitive substring matching.
Built-in campaigns:
- acquisitions - CPA firm M&A activity
- sage_intacct - Sage Intacct migration and implementation signals
- staffing - Accounting talent and staffing challenges
- technology - Accounting technology adoption
CLI Options
| Flag | Description | Default |
|---|
--campaign NAME | Run only a specific campaign | All campaigns |
--days N | Only scan emails from last N days | No limit |
--keywords "a,b,c" | Custom keywords (overrides campaigns) | Use campaigns.json |
--output json|summary | Output format | json |
--inbox ADDRESS | Override inbox address | AGENTMAIL_INBOX env or supergoose@agentmail.to |
--limit N | Max messages to fetch | 100 |
Output
JSON mode (default)
Returns an array of matched messages with:
message_id, from, subject, datematched_campaigns - which campaigns triggeredmatched_keywords - specific keywords foundcontext_snippets - 200-char window around each matchcompanies_mentioned - capitalized multi-word phrases near matches
Summary mode
Human-readable report showing matched emails grouped by campaign with snippets and detected companies.
Downstream Skills
When newsletter signals are found, chain to:
- company-contact-finder - look up contacts at mentioned companies
- accounting-news-monitor - combine with direct news monitoring for fuller signal coverage
