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.

modbender Updated Sep 9, 2026 12 repo stars

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Polymarket News Monitor 📰🔔

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] =
==================================================
[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

---

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

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.

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

---name: polymarket-news-monitordescription: 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.--- # Polymarket News Monitor 📰🔔 > **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 ```bash # 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 ```bash # 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) ```bash # 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) ```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] = ================================================== [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 --- ``` ## 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. --- **Created for ClawHub** 🦞 **Version:** 1.0.0 **Last Updated:** 2026-02-21

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