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:

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

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

Quick Start

# 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

# 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

# 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

# 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