SKILLbundledHermes Bundled Skills

Blogwatcher

Name: Blogwatcher
Author: JulienTant (fork of Hyaxia/blogwatcher)

Monitor blogs and RSS/Atom feeds via blogwatcher-cli tool

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Last registry verification2026-08-18v2.0.0JulienTant (fork of Hyaxia/blogwatcher)

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Plain meaning

What does it add to Hermes?

Monitor blogs and RSS/Atom feeds via blogwatcher-cli tool

Blogwatcher is a skill related to extending the agent. It adds a capability or workflow to Hermes. The publisher description explains the intent, while granted permissions determine what it can actually do.

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Use it when

Use it when your goal in extending the agent is clear and you can limit it to the data and actions it actually needs.

Skip it when

Do not add it merely to experiment when Hermes already has a simpler path, or when you cannot review its source and permissions.

Who is it for?

Best for users who want a repeatable way of working inside Hermes.

Safe first test

Start with non-sensitive data and a small task whose result can be verified and reversed.

Original publisher description

Monitor blogs and RSS/Atom feeds via blogwatcher-cli tool

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Safe setup path

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Review permissions and secrets
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Setup method

Already installed with Hermes.

This skill ships with Hermes and loads when the agent decides it is relevant. There is nothing to install; read the definition below so you know what it will do.

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The full skill definition

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Monitor blogs and RSS/Atom feeds via blogwatcher-cli tool.

Skill metadata

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Source	Bundled (installed by default)
Path	`skills/research/blogwatcher`
Version	`2.0.0`
Author	JulienTant (fork of Hyaxia/blogwatcher)
License	MIT
Platforms	linux, macos, windows
Tags	`RSS`, `Blogs`, `Feed-Reader`, `Monitoring`

Reference: full SKILL.md

Explains the idea itself. Read it slowly; the later sections build on it.

Track blog and RSS/Atom feed updates with the blogwatcher-cli tool. Supports automatic feed discovery, HTML scraping fallback, OPML import, and read/unread article management.

Installation

Ordered, practical steps. Run one and confirm it worked before moving on.

Pick one method:

Go: go install github.com/JulienTant/blogwatcher-cli/cmd/blogwatcher-cli@latest
Docker: docker run --rm -v blogwatcher-cli:/data ghcr.io/julientant/blogwatcher-cli
Binary (Linux amd64): curl -sL https://github.com/JulienTant/blogwatcher-cli/releases/latest/download/blogwatcher-cli_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar xz -C /usr/local/bin blogwatcher-cli
Binary (Linux arm64): curl -sL https://github.com/JulienTant/blogwatcher-cli/releases/latest/download/blogwatcher-cli_linux_arm64.tar.gz | tar xz -C /usr/local/bin blogwatcher-cli
Binary (macOS Apple Silicon): curl -sL https://github.com/JulienTant/blogwatcher-cli/releases/latest/download/blogwatcher-cli_darwin_arm64.tar.gz | tar xz -C /usr/local/bin blogwatcher-cli
Binary (macOS Intel): curl -sL https://github.com/JulienTant/blogwatcher-cli/releases/latest/download/blogwatcher-cli_darwin_amd64.tar.gz | tar xz -C /usr/local/bin blogwatcher-cli

All releases: https://github.com/JulienTant/blogwatcher-cli/releases

Docker with persistent storage

By default the database lives at ~/.blogwatcher-cli/blogwatcher-cli.db. In Docker this is lost on container restart. Use BLOGWATCHER_DB or a volume mount to persist it:

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# Named volume (simplest)
docker run --rm -v blogwatcher-cli:/data -e BLOGWATCHER_DB=/data/blogwatcher-cli.db ghcr.io/julientant/blogwatcher-cli scan

# Host bind mount
docker run --rm -v /path/on/host:/data -e BLOGWATCHER_DB=/data/blogwatcher-cli.db ghcr.io/julientant/blogwatcher-cli scan

Migrating from the original blogwatcher

If upgrading from Hyaxia/blogwatcher, move your database:

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mv ~/.blogwatcher/blogwatcher.db ~/.blogwatcher-cli/blogwatcher-cli.db

The binary name changed from blogwatcher to blogwatcher-cli.

Common Commands

Explains the idea itself. Read it slowly; the later sections build on it.

Managing blogs

Add a blog: blogwatcher-cli add "My Blog" https://example.com
Add with explicit feed: blogwatcher-cli add "My Blog" https://example.com --feed-url https://example.com/feed.xml
Add with HTML scraping: blogwatcher-cli add "My Blog" https://example.com --scrape-selector "article h2 a"
List tracked blogs: blogwatcher-cli blogs
Remove a blog: blogwatcher-cli remove "My Blog" --yes
Import from OPML: blogwatcher-cli import subscriptions.opml

Scanning and reading

Scan all blogs: blogwatcher-cli scan
Scan one blog: blogwatcher-cli scan "My Blog"
List unread articles: blogwatcher-cli articles
List all articles: blogwatcher-cli articles --all
Filter by blog: blogwatcher-cli articles --blog "My Blog"
Filter by category: blogwatcher-cli articles --category "Engineering"
Mark article read: blogwatcher-cli read 1
Mark article unread: blogwatcher-cli unread 1
Mark all read: blogwatcher-cli read-all
Mark all read for a blog: blogwatcher-cli read-all --blog "My Blog" --yes

Environment Variables

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All flags can be set via environment variables with the BLOGWATCHER_ prefix:

Variable	Description
`BLOGWATCHER_DB`	Path to SQLite database file
`BLOGWATCHER_WORKERS`	Number of concurrent scan workers (default: 8)
`BLOGWATCHER_SILENT`	Only output "scan done" when scanning
`BLOGWATCHER_YES`	Skip confirmation prompts
`BLOGWATCHER_CATEGORY`	Default filter for articles by category

Example Output

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$ blogwatcher-cli blogs
Tracked blogs (1):

  xkcd
    URL: https://xkcd.com
    Feed: https://xkcd.com/atom.xml
    Last scanned: 2026-04-03 10:30

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$ blogwatcher-cli scan
Scanning 1 blog(s)...

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

Found 4 new article(s) total!

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$ blogwatcher-cli articles
Unread articles (2):

  [1] [new] Barrel - Part 13
       Blog: xkcd
       URL: https://xkcd.com/3095/
       Published: 2026-04-02
       Categories: Comics, Science

  [2] [new] Volcano Fact
       Blog: xkcd
       URL: https://xkcd.com/3094/
       Published: 2026-04-01
       Categories: Comics

Notes

Settings you configure once. Change one at a time so you can see what each does. Set BLOGWATCHER_DB in your environment, not in the chat.

Auto-discovers RSS/Atom feeds from blog homepages when no --feed-url is provided.
Falls back to HTML scraping if RSS fails and --scrape-selector is configured.
Categories from RSS/Atom feeds are stored and can be used to filter articles.
Import blogs in bulk from OPML files exported by Feedly, Inoreader, NewsBlur, etc.
Database stored at ~/.blogwatcher-cli/blogwatcher-cli.db by default (override with --db or BLOGWATCHER_DB).
Use blogwatcher-cli <command> --help to discover all flags and options.