Analyst Watchdog

Automated monitoring agent that watches an API scoreboard, detects milestones, writes findings to markdown, and alerts via file-based triggers. Use when you...

Security Scan

The skill's code, runtime instructions, and requirements are coherent with its stated purpose (a local monitoring agent that polls a localhost control plane and writes local alert files).

Purpose & Capability

Name and description match the actual footprint: a Python3 watchdog that polls a local control-plane API (http://localhost:8765) and writes FINDINGS/OUTBOX/ALERT files into a workspace. Required binary (python3) and lack of declared env/credentials are appropriate for the stated purpose.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md and the included script limit activity to polling local API endpoints, reading local score/state files, and writing markdown alert files. The instructions do not instruct reading unrelated system paths, contacting external endpoints, or exfiltrating secrets. The agent is intended to run on a schedule (cron/LaunchAgent) which matches the code behavior.

Install Mechanism

No install spec is present (instruction-only with a reference Python script). That is the lowest-risk pattern and consistent with a small monitoring implementation.

Credentials

The skill requests no environment variables or credentials and only requires python3 — proportional to a local polling agent. The hardcoded control-plane base (http://localhost:8765) is consistent with the declared local-only network intent.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill does not request always:true and is user-invocable. It writes files inside a workspace-relative directory and does not modify other skills or system-wide agent settings. Autonomous invocation is allowed but is the platform default.

Assessment

This skill appears internally consistent and limited to polling a localhost control-plane and writing local markdown alerts. Before installing, confirm where the skill will be placed (it writes files relative to the script's workspace path), ensure the localhost API (http://localhost:8765) is the intended target, and verify downstream consumers (an orchestrator or Telegram sender) that read OUTBOX.md / ALERT_TELEGRAM.md are trusted — those consumers could forward alerts externally. Also review the remainder of the truncated script (if any) and consider running the agent in an isolated environment or with limited file-system permissions to prevent accidental overwriting of important files or following symlinks outside the intended workspace.

An autonomous monitoring agent pattern: watch a system, detect changes, write findings, alert when thresholds are crossed. Runs on a schedule (LaunchAgent or cron) without human intervention.

Pattern

API Endpoint → Poll → Detect Changes → Write FINDINGS.md
                                      → Write OUTBOX.md (for orchestrator)
                                      → Write ALERT_TELEGRAM.md (urgent)

What It Monitors

Configurable, but the reference implementation tracks:

• Model evaluation scores hitting milestones (n=50, 100, 150, 200)
• Promotion events (model proven equivalent to cloud baseline)
• Score anomalies (sudden drops or improvements)
• System health degradation

Alert Tiers

File	Urgency	Who Reads It
FINDINGS.md	Low	Background knowledge
OUTBOX.md	Medium	Orchestrator on next heartbeat
ALERT_TELEGRAM.md	High	Sent immediately, then deleted

Files

• scripts/analyst_agent.py — Reference watchdog implementation