blog-watcher

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Monitor RSS/Atom feeds and blogs for new articles and updates. Use when you need to track industry blogs, news sites, competitor sites, or any website with an RSS/Atom feed. Automatically detects feed URLs and tracks new content.

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Added on2026-03-03

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Blog Watcher

Monitor RSS and Atom feeds for new articles using the blogwatcher CLI tool.

When to Use

Track industry blogs for new posts
Monitor competitor websites with RSS feeds
Follow news sources
Watch for updates on specific topics from multiple sources
Set up ongoing surveillance of content sources

Installation

Install blogwatcher CLI:

bash

go install github.com/Hyaxia/blogwatcher/cmd/blogwatcher@latest

Or download from: https://github.com/Hyaxia/blogwatcher

Quick Start

bash

# Add a blog/feed to track
blogwatcher add "Tech News" https://example.com/feed.xml

# List all tracked blogs
blogwatcher blogs

# Scan all feeds for new articles
blogwatcher scan

# List new articles
blogwatcher articles

# Mark article as read
blogwatcher read <article-id>

# Mark all articles as read
blogwatcher read-all

# Remove a blog
blogwatcher remove "Tech News"

Common Workflows

Initial Setup

bash

# Add multiple feeds to track
blogwatcher add "Hacker News" https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
blogwatcher add "TechCrunch" https://techcrunch.com/feed/
blogwatcher add "OpenAI Blog" https://openai.com/blog/rss.xml

Daily Check

bash

# Scan for new content
blogwatcher scan

# View new articles
blogwatcher articles

# Summarize or analyze specific articles
# (use browser-tools or summarize skill as needed)

Cleanup

bash

# After reviewing, mark all as read
blogwatcher read-all

Feed Detection

If you don't know the feed URL, try common patterns:

```
/feed
```
```
/rss
```
```
/atom.xml
```
```
/feed.xml
```
```
/blog/rss
```

Or use online feed discovery tools.

Output Format

Example output when scanning:

$ blogwatcher scan
Scanning 2 blog(s)...

  Tech News
    Source: RSS | Found: 15 | New: 3
  Hacker News
    Source: RSS | Found: 30 | New: 5

Found 8 new article(s) total!

Example article listing:

$ blogwatcher articles
ID   | Blog        | Title                          | Date
-----|-------------|--------------------------------|------------
1    | Tech News   | New AI Model Released         | 2024-01-15
2    | Tech News   | Industry Analysis Q4          | 2024-01-14
3    | Hacker News | Show HN: New coding tool      | 2024-01-15

Configuration

The blogwatcher stores data in:

Linux/macOS:
```
~/.blogwatcher/
```
Windows:
```
%APPDATA%\blogwatcher\
```

Database file:

blogwatcher.db

(SQLite)

Limitations

Only supports RSS and Atom feeds (not HTML scraping)
Requires the target site to have a working feed
Some sites may have feed limits or restrictions

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Blog Watcher

When to Use

Installation

Quick Start

Common Workflows

Initial Setup

Daily Check

Cleanup

Feed Detection

Output Format

Configuration

Limitations