Polymarket News Monitor

Monitor official Polymarket sources (The Oracle blog, API status) for important updates, security alerts, and breaking news. Automatic importance scoring with instant notifications for critical events.

Stay informed about Polymarket updates, security alerts, and critical events

Automatically monitors official Polymarket sources and alerts you when something important happens.

Features

📊 Monitored Sources

• The Oracle (news.polymarket.com) - Official Polymarket blog
• Breaking News - Real-time updates from polymarket.com
• API Status - CLOB API health monitoring

🚨 Alert Types

• 🔴 Critical: Security incidents, API outages, exploits
• 🟠 High: Breaking changes, maintenance, regulatory updates
• 🟡 Medium: General announcements, feature updates

🎯 Smart Detection

• Keyword-based importance scoring
• Duplicate detection (remembers seen articles)
• Configurable alert thresholds
• Multiple notification methods

Quick Start

Installation

# Clone skill
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/polymarket-news-monitor.git
cd polymarket-news-monitor

# Install (no dependencies!)
python3 scripts/polymarket-monitor.py

Basic Usage

# Run once
python3 scripts/polymarket-monitor.py

# With custom data directory
python3 scripts/polymarket-monitor.py --data-dir /path/to/data

# Lower threshold (more alerts)
python3 scripts/polymarket-monitor.py --min-importance 2

Cron Setup (Recommended)

# Check every 30 minutes
*/30 * * * * /path/to/polymarket-monitor.py --data-dir /path/to/data

# Check every hour with notifications
0 * * * * /path/to/polymarket-monitor.py --config config.json

Configuration

Config File (config.json)

{
  "data_dir": "./data",
  "check_interval": 1800,
  "min_importance": 4,
  "notification": {
    "enabled": true,
    "method": "webhook",
    "webhook": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/YOUR/WEBHOOK/URL"
  }
}
}

Notification Methods

Method	Description	Setup
console	Print to stdout	Default, no setup
webhook	HTTP POST to URL	Set webhook URL
telegram	Telegram bot (coming soon)	Set telegram_token and chat_id
email	Email alerts (coming soon)	Set SMTP credentials

Importance Scoring

Keywords (2 points each)

• security, maintenance, api, update, regulation
• usdc, withdrawal, deposit, outage, downtime

Security Alerts (5 points each)

• phishing, hack, exploit, scam, fraud
• private key, seed phrase, credential, attack

Critical Patterns (+3 points)

• system.*down, security.*incident
• api.*deprecated, withdrawal.*disabled

Alert Levels

Score	Level	Action
≥ 7	🔴 Critical	Immediate notification
4-6	🟠 High	Standard notification
2-3	🟡 Medium	Log only (if min_importance ≤ 3)

Output Example

🔍 Polymarket News Monitor
==================================================
[2026-02-21 14:08:16] Starting Polymarket News Monitor
[2026-02-21 14:08:16] =
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[2026-02-21 14:08:16] Checking The Oracle...
[2026-02-21 14:08:17] Found: 5 new articles
[2026-02-21 14:08:17] Checking API status...
[2026-02-21 14:08:18] Found: 0 issues
[2026-02-21 14:08:18] =
==================================================
[2026-02-21 14:08:18] Total: 5 items, 2 important
[2026-02-21 14:08:18] 🚨 IMPORTANT ALERTS:

🔴 **Polymarket Alert** (The Oracle) - HIGH

**New Security Guidelines Released**

🔗 URL: https://news.polymarket.com/p/security-update
📅 Time: Mon, 21 Feb 2026 13:00:00 GMT
⚡ Importance: 8/10
🏷️ Keywords: security, phishing, credential

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Data Files

File	Description
data/news_state.json	Seen articles hash (deduplication)
data/alerts.json	Important alerts history
data/monitor.log	Runtime log

API Endpoints Used

• https://news.polymarket.com/feed - RSS feed
• https://clob.polymarket.com/health - API health

Security

✅ No sensitive data stored
✅ No API keys required
✅ Read-only monitoring
✅ Local data only

Official Sources

• Blog: https://news.polymarket.com/
• Platform: https://polymarket.com
• Docs: https://docs.polymarket.com/
• Twitter: @Polymarket

Disclaimer

This is an unofficial monitoring tool. Always verify information on official Polymarket channels. Not affiliated with Polymarket.

License

MIT - Free for personal and commercial use.

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Created for ClawHub 🦞
Version: 1.0.0
Last Updated: 2026-02-21