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BytesAgain β€Ί Skills β€Ί Github Release Watcher
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Github Release Watcher

by @rogue-agent1

Monitor specified GitHub repositories for new releases and receive notifications of newly detected tags.

Versionv1.0.0
Downloads701
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TERMINAL
clawhub install github-release-watcher

πŸ“– About This Skill

GitHub Release Watcher

Monitor GitHub repositories for new releases and get notified.

Setup

1. Requires gh CLI (GitHub CLI), authenticated 2. Edit repos.txt β€” one owner/repo per line, # for comments

Usage

# Check all repos for new releases
bash scripts/check_releases.sh
Use custom config file

bash scripts/check_releases.sh /path/to/repos.txt
Dry run (show all latest releases regardless of state)

rm -f scripts/.last_seen.json && bash scripts/check_releases.sh

Integration

Cron (recommended)

Run daily via OpenClaw cron job to get notified of new releases: 
Schedule: daily at 09:00
Payload: "Check for new GitHub releases using the github-release-watcher skill"

Heartbeat

Add to HEARTBEAT.md for periodic checks (1x/day recommended).

Output

  • πŸ†• owner/repo β†’ tag (name) β€” new release detected
  • βœ… No new releases detected. β€” all repos up to date

    • State

    Release state stored in scripts/.last_seen.json. Delete to reset.

    Adding Repos

    Edit repos.txt: 

    # My tools
owner/repo
another/repo

    πŸ’‘ Examples

    # Check all repos for new releases
bash scripts/check_releases.sh
    Use custom config file
    
bash scripts/check_releases.sh /path/to/repos.txt
    Dry run (show all latest releases regardless of state)
    
rm -f scripts/.last_seen.json && bash scripts/check_releases.sh

    βš™οΈ Configuration

    1. Requires gh CLI (GitHub CLI), authenticated 2. Edit repos.txt β€” one owner/repo per line, # for comments