Skill: mig6671/polymarket-news-monitor (version 1.0.0)

--- name: polymarket-news-monitor description: 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


Security scan verdicts — ClawScan: clean | static analysis:  | VirusTotal: clean | SkillSpector: suspicious (MEDIUM)