Library Book Monitor

Monitor library book availability and get notified when books become available for borrowing. Supports Shenzhen Library and extensible for other libraries.

Shuai YUAN@yszheda

Install

openclaw skills install @yszheda/skill-openclaw-library-monitor

Library Book Monitor Skill

A skill to monitor library book availability and get notified when books become available for borrowing.

When to Use

Use this skill when you want to:

Track book availability at Shenzhen Library
Get notified when a book becomes available for borrowing
Monitor multiple books and their availability status
Automate library book availability checking

Setup

Before using this skill, ensure:

Python 3.8+ is installed
Dependencies are installed: pip install -r requirements.txt
Configuration file config.yaml is set up (copy from config.yaml.example)

Commands

Add a Book

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Add book "Python Programming" by "Guido van Rossum" with monitoring enabled

List All Books

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List all monitored books

Check Book Availability

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Check availability of all books

Remove a Book

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Remove book with ID abc123

Toggle Monitoring

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Toggle monitoring for book abc123

Start Scheduled Monitoring

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Start monitoring scheduler

Configuration

The skill uses config.yaml for settings:

yaml

library:
  name: "Shenzhen Library"
  base_url: "https://www.szlib.org.cn/"
  search_url: "https://www.szlib.org.cn/opac/"
  timeout: 30

scheduler:
  enabled: true
  interval_minutes: 30
  retry_on_failure: true
  max_retries: 3

notification:
  enabled: true
  methods:
    - console
    - email
  email:
    smtp_server: smtp.qq.com
    smtp_port: 587
    sender: your_email@qq.com
    password: your_smtp_password
    recipients:
      - recipient@example.com

Notes

The skill supports Shenzhen Library by default
Other libraries can be added by implementing custom scrapers
Book data is stored in book_list.json
Please set reasonable check intervals to avoid overloading library servers