GitHub Release Watcher

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Monitor GitHub repositories for new releases and get notified.

Setup

1. Requires gh CLI (GitHub CLI), authenticated
2. Edit repos.txt — 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

• 🆕 **owner/repo** → tag (name) — new release detected
• ✅ No new releases detected. — 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

这个 Skill 质量不错，能可靠地监控 GitHub 仓库的新版本发布。文档清晰明了，新手也能快速配置使用。它会自动记录已推送的版本，避免重复通知，设计考虑周全。主要小问题是网络异常或 GitHub 限流时可能卡住，没有相应的超时和错误恢复机制。总体来说是个实用、值得安装的工具。