Clank Website Monitor

Monitor websites for changes, new content, and price alerts. Perfect for tracking competitors, job postings, or product prices.

Website Monitor Skill

Monitor websites for changes and get alerts when something happens.

Features

• Change Detection – Track content changes on any website
• Price Tracking – Monitor product prices and get alerts
• New Content – Detect new articles, posts, or listings
• Screenshot Comparison – Visual diff of page changes
• Cron Integration – Automatic periodic checks

Usage

Add a website to monitor

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website-monitor add "https://example.com/jobs" --name "Job Board" --selector ".job-listing"

Check for changes

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website-monitor check

View change history

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website-monitor history --last 7d

Use Cases

For Businesses

• Monitor competitor pricing changes
• Track industry news and blog posts
• Watch for new job postings
• Monitor customer review sites

For Individuals

• Track product prices on e-commerce sites
• Monitor event ticket availability
• Watch for new apartment/car listings
• Track social media mentions

Implementation

This skill uses curl + diff for simple monitoring:

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Save current state
curl -s "$URL" | md5sum > "$STATE_FILE"

# Compare with previous
if ! diff "$STATE_FILE" "$STATE_FILE.prev" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
    echo "CHANGE DETECTED!"
    # Send alert via OpenClaw
fi

Requirements

• curl
• md5sum
• OpenClaw (for notifications)

License

MIT