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Blogwatcher

  • 8 installs
  • 33 repo stars
  • Updated April 26, 2026
  • bighardperson/computer-science-skills-collection

blogwatcher is a skill that monitors blogs and RSS/Atom feeds for updates using the blogwatcher CLI.

About

This skill tracks blog and RSS/Atom feed updates using the blogwatcher CLI. It can add and list blogs, scan for new articles, list articles, and mark them read. A developer uses it to monitor feeds from the terminal and stay on top of new posts.

  • Monitors blogs and RSS/Atom feeds for updates via the blogwatcher CLI
  • Add, list, scan, and mark-read blogs and articles from the terminal
  • Installed as a Go binary (go install .../blogwatcher)

Blogwatcher by the numbers

  • 8 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • Ranked #1,522 of 2,719 Automation & Workflows skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Jul 30, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
At a glance

blogwatcher capabilities & compatibility

Free; installs the blogwatcher Go binary (go install github.com/Hyaxia/blogwatcher), no API keys.

Use cases
research
Runs
Runs locally
Pricing
Free
From the docs

What blogwatcher says it does

Monitor blogs and RSS/Atom feeds for updates using the blogwatcher CLI.
SKILL.md
Go: `go install github.com/Hyaxia/blogwatcher/cmd/blogwatcher@latest`
SKILL.md
Scan for updates: `blogwatcher scan`
SKILL.md
npx skills add https://github.com/bighardperson/computer-science-skills-collection --skill blogwatcher

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Installs8
repo stars33
Last updatedApril 26, 2026
Repositorybighardperson/computer-science-skills-collection

What it does

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

Who is it for?

Tracking new posts across blogs and RSS/Atom feeds from the terminal.

Skip if: Content that lacks a blog page or RSS/Atom feed; it relies on feed scanning.

When should I use this skill?

you need to track blog or RSS/Atom feed updates and see new articles.

By the numbers

  • Nine documented CLI commands (add, blogs, scan, articles, read, read-all, remove, and more)

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

blogwatcher

Track blog and RSS/Atom feed updates with the blogwatcher CLI.

Install

  • Go: go install github.com/Hyaxia/blogwatcher/cmd/blogwatcher@latest

Quick start

  • blogwatcher --help

Common commands

  • Add a blog: blogwatcher add "My Blog" https://example.com
  • List blogs: blogwatcher blogs
  • Scan for updates: blogwatcher scan
  • List articles: blogwatcher articles
  • Mark an article read: blogwatcher read 1
  • Mark all articles read: blogwatcher read-all
  • Remove a blog: blogwatcher remove "My Blog"

Example output

$ blogwatcher blogs
Tracked blogs (1):

  xkcd
    URL: https://xkcd.com
$ blogwatcher scan
Scanning 1 blog(s)...

  xkcd
    Source: RSS | Found: 4 | New: 4

Found 4 new article(s) total!

Notes

  • Use blogwatcher <command> --help to discover flags and options.

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