Claude Code Changelog Monitor

Monitor Claude Code releases and get Telegram alerts when new versions ship. Zero AI credits — pure bash monitoring.

cc-changelog-monitor

Monitors @anthropic-ai/claude-code on npm and sends Telegram alerts when a new version is detected, including a diff summary of what changed between versions.

Zero AI credits used during monitoring — pure bash + curl + jq.

Quick Start

1. Setup (one-time)

bash ~/clawd/skills/cc-changelog-monitor/scripts/setup.sh

This will:

• Auto-detect your Telegram bot token from OpenClaw config
• Ask for your Telegram chat ID (defaults to your personal ID)
• Initialize the version tracker at the current Claude Code version
• Make scripts executable

2. Manual run

bash ~/clawd/skills/cc-changelog-monitor/scripts/monitor.sh

Output when no new version:

✓ Claude Code is at v2.1.69 — no change.

Output when new version detected:

🔔 New version detected: v2.1.69 → v2.1.70
📦 Downloading @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.1.70...
✅ Telegram alert sent!
✅ Saved v2.1.70 as current version.

3. Add to OpenClaw Cron

See cron-payload.md for the exact payload to set up automatic monitoring every 2 hours.

How It Works

1. Polls npm registry — curl https://registry.npmjs.org/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/latest
2. Compares with ~/.cc-changelog-version (stored version)
3. If new version: downloads the tarball, extracts it, diffs against previous
4. Sends Telegram alert with version info + diff summary
5. Saves new version to disk

Config

Credentials stored in ~/.cc-changelog-config:

TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN="your-bot-token"
TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID="your-chat-id"

Files Created by Monitor

• ~/.cc-changelog-version — tracks the last seen version
• ~/.cc-changelog-config — Telegram credentials
• ~/clawd/projects/cc-changelog/{version}/ — extracted npm packages for diffing

Force Test Alert

# Reset version to trigger an alert
echo "0.0.0" > ~/.cc-changelog-version
bash ~/clawd/skills/cc-changelog-monitor/scripts/monitor.sh

Skill Invocation (from OpenClaw chat)

You can ask OpenClaw to run the monitor manually:

"Check if there's a new Claude Code version"

OpenClaw will run monitor.sh and report the result.