michaelschecht blogwatcher
Monitor blogs and RSS or Atom feeds with blogwatcher-cli.
Overview
Use this skill to:
- Track blog updates over time
- Discover feeds automatically from a site URL
- Fall back to HTML scraping when RSS is unavailable
- Import feed subscriptions from OPML
- Maintain read and unread state locally
Installation
One option:
go install github.com/JulienTant/blogwatcher-cli/cmd/blogwatcher-cli@latest
Other supported options include Docker and prebuilt binaries from the upstream releases page.
Common Commands
Managing blogs
blogwatcher-cli add "My Blog" https://example.com
blogwatcher-cli add "My Blog" https://example.com --feed-url https://example.com/feed.xml
blogwatcher-cli add "My Blog" https://example.com --scrape-selector "article h2 a"
blogwatcher-cli blogs
blogwatcher-cli remove "My Blog" --yes
blogwatcher-cli import subscriptions.opml
Scanning and reading
blogwatcher-cli scan
blogwatcher-cli scan "My Blog"
blogwatcher-cli articles
blogwatcher-cli articles --all
blogwatcher-cli articles --blog "My Blog"
blogwatcher-cli read 1
blogwatcher-cli unread 1
blogwatcher-cli read-all
Environment Variables
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
BLOGWATCHER_DB |
SQLite database path |
BLOGWATCHER_WORKERS |
Concurrent scan workers |
BLOGWATCHER_SILENT |
Reduced scan output |
BLOGWATCHER_YES |
Skip confirmations |
BLOGWATCHER_CATEGORY |
Default article category filter |
Notes
- Default database path:
~/.blogwatcher-cli/blogwatcher-cli.db - Supports OPML import from feed readers such as Feedly and Inoreader
- Categories from feeds can be stored and filtered
- HTML scraping can be used when feed discovery fails