watchers Skill
Poll RSS, JSON APIs, and GitHub with watermark dedup. Published by NousResearch in hermes-agent.
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Is this a fit?
Deployment, Data analysis, Includes SKILL.md, Reusable instructions
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21 days ago · MIT license
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What is watchers Skill?
Poll RSS, JSON APIs, and GitHub with watermark dedup. Published by NousResearch in hermes-agent. This profile combines repository metadata with install, compatibility, and usage signals so developers can quickly decide whether it fits their agent workflow before opening the source repository.
Automated repository signals based on public metadata such as recency, license, installation evidence, and adoption. These are not a security audit or endorsement. See how SkillIndex evaluates profiles.
Key capabilities
- Includes SKILL.md support
- Reusable instructions support
- Deployment
- Data analysis
- Deployment use cases
- Data analysis use cases
Declared skill metadata
- Declared author: Hermes Agent
- Declared license: MIT
- Source file: optional-skills/devops/watchers/SKILL.md
These fields retain source and confidence evidence from the indexed SKILL.md.
Compatibility and setup
- Install or run with Copy skill directory
When to use watchers Skill
- Use it for deployment.
- Use it for data analysis.
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Editorial notes
Source
- Creator: NousResearch
- Repository: NousResearch/hermes-agent
- Skill file: optional-skills/devops/watchers/SKILL.md
What it does
Poll RSS, JSON APIs, and GitHub with watermark dedup.
Skill instructions
Watchers Poll external sources on an interval and react only to new items. Three ready-made scripts plus a shared watermark helper; wire them into a cron job (or run them ad-hoc from the terminal). When to Use - User wants to watch an RSS/Atom feed and be notified of new entries - User wants to watch a GitHub repo's issues / pulls / releases / commits - User wants to poll an arbitrary JSON endpoint and get notified on new items - User asks for "a watcher for X" or "notify me when X changes" Mental model A watcher is just a script that: 1. Fetches data from the external source 2. Compares against a watermark file of previously-seen IDs 3. Writes the new watermark back 4. Prints new items to stdout (or nothing on no-change) The scripts below handle all three. The agent runs them via the terminal tool — from a cron job, a webhook, or an interactive chat — and reports what's new. Ready-made scripts All three live in $HERMESHOME/skills/devops/watchers/scripts/ once the skill is installed. E
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Frequently asked questions
What is watchers?
watchers is a open-source AI agent skill with Copy skill directory. Poll RSS, JSON APIs, and GitHub with watermark dedup.
Who is watchers best for?
watchers is best for reusing agent instructions, scripts, and references, deployment workflows, data analysis workflows.
How do I install watchers?
Install or run watchers using Copy skill directory. Check watchers for the latest setup command.
Is watchers actively maintained?
watchers may need a closer maintenance check before production use.
Project health auto-fetched from the source repository.
Maintain this resource?
Review this source-backed profile, send a correction with evidence, or link to it from your documentation. Claims verify your relationship to the project; profile facts still require source evidence and editorial review.
