topic-monitor — Claude Code skill: track topics, get alerts
This skill watches the topics you pick on a schedule, scores each finding for importance, and sends an alert or a weekly digest.
npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill topic-monitor -a claude-codeWhat topic-monitor does
The skill makes your assistant proactive instead of reactive: it searches for news on the subjects you care about and pings you only when something matters. Topics live in config.json, each with a search query, keywords, a check frequency (hourly, daily, weekly), an importance threshold and delivery channels such as telegram or discord.
A set of Python scripts does the work. setup.py runs an interactive wizard and writes config.json, manage_topics.py adds, edits and removes topics, monitor.py performs the main run, digest.py builds the weekly report, and setup_cron.py wires up automatic runs. Searching goes through web-search-plus or the built-in web_search, then an AI scorer rates every result: high importance fires an alert right away, medium is saved for the digest, low is dropped. State is updated so the same item is not sent twice.
You need Python 3 and a scheduler such as cron — without one you run monitor.py by hand. Test the setup with python3 scripts/monitor.py --dry-run before going live: it shows what would happen and sends nothing.
What it helps with
- track library releases without missing a major bump
- catch critical CVEs before a patch lands
- get a weekly roundup instead of a stream of links
- filter noise so only important news reaches you
- run several topics at different check frequencies from one config
Example prompts for the agent
- set up monitoring for the topic "AI Model Releases", daily checks, alert on high importance
- add a CVE topic with keywords critical, patch and hourly frequency
- show what the eth-price topic would find, without sending alerts
How to install topic-monitor
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill topic-monitor -a claude-code2Manually: put the files in place
~/.claude/skills/topic-monitor/SKILL.mdCopy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/topic-monitor/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill topic-monitor -a codex2Manually: put the files in place
.agents/skills/topic-monitor/SKILL.mdFor all projects use ~/.agents/skills/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill topic-monitor -a cursor2Manually: put the files in place
.cursor/skills/topic-monitor/SKILL.mdCursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/
1GitHub CLI
gh skill install sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills topic-monitor2Manually: put the files in place
.github/skills/topic-monitor/SKILL.md1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill topic-monitor -a gemini-cli2Platform CLI
gemini skills install https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --path skills/topic-monitorManually: put the files in place
.devin/skills/topic-monitor/SKILL.mdThe legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works
Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill topic-monitor -a opencodeClaude.ai
Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills
Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways
Questions about topic-monitor
How do I install topic-monitor in Claude?
Run npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill topic-monitor -a claude-code. The skill lands in ~/.claude/skills/topic-monitor/SKILL.md.
What does topic-monitor do?
It checks your topics on a schedule, scores how important each finding is, and decides whether to alert you now, save it for the weekly digest, or skip it.
What do I need to run it?
Python 3 for the scripts and a scheduler like cron for automatic runs. Before the first run, the wizard python3 scripts/setup.py creates config.json with your topics and settings.
