blogwatcher

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:

1. Check <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"> in HTML
2. Try common paths: /feed, /rss, /atom.xml, /feed.xml, /rss.xml
3. Parse the page for feed links

Process

1. Discover: Find RSS/Atom feed URLs for given websites
2. Fetch: Download and parse feed XML

   curl -s "https://example.com/feed" | head -100
   

3. Parse: Extract entries with title, link, date, summary
4. Filter: Apply date/keyword filters as requested
5. 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