Agent skill

Topic Monitor

by sundial-org in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills

Monitor topics of interest and proactively alert when important developments occur.

No licenceAuto-check: warningsProductivity & Automation

Install Topic Monitor

The automated check flagged lines worth reading first. See the safety section below.

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill topic-monitor -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills topic-monitor --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/topic-monitor .claude/skills/topic-monitor && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
topic-monitor
GitHub stars
663
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~3.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
829 words
Files
11 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Monitor topics of interest and proactively alert when important developments occur.

  • Works in 6 steps: Topic Configuration - Define subjects… → Scheduled Monitoring - Automated… → AI Importance Scoring - Smart filtering:… → …
  • User wants automated monitoring of specific subjects (e.g.
  • SKILL.md covers Core Capabilities, First Run, Quick Start and Topic Configuration, plus 8 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3; reaches discord.com

What it does

Topic Monitor is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. Monitor topics of interest and proactively alert when important developments occur. Use when user wants automated monitoring of specific subjects (e.g., product releases, price changes, news topics, technology updates). Supports scheduled web searches, AI-powered importance scoring, smart alerts vs weekly digests, and memory-aware contextual summaries.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 11 other files, including scripts (for example `README.md`, `config.example.json` and `scripts/config.py`).

It sits in Productivity & Automation, covering Newsletters and Web search. The repository describes itself as: Top OpenClaw skills, with the most popular and useful ones.

When your agent uses it

  • User wants automated monitoring of specific subjects (e.g.
  • Product releases
  • Technology updates)

Example prompts

  • “/topic-monitor”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Topic Configuration - Define subjects with custom parameters
  2. Scheduled Monitoring - Automated searches at configurable intervals
  3. AI Importance Scoring - Smart filtering: immediate alert vs digest vs ignore
  4. Contextual Summaries - Not just links—meaningful summaries with context
  5. Weekly Digest - Low-priority findings compiled into readable reports
  6. Memory Integration - References your past conversations and interests

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b80cde2. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 7 files in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python3

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • discord.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Topic Monitor loads about 3.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 92 tokens; SKILL.md has 829 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~92
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.7k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: warnings

The automated check found patterns that need a careful read before installing.

  • WarningMentions a paste, webhook or tunnelling service often used to send data outSKILL.md:376
    "webhook_url": "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/...",

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 829 words (~3,654 tokens).

“Monitor what matters. Get notified when it happens.”

— opening of SKILL.md by sundial-org
name
topic-monitor

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 10 other files (scripts) in skills/topic-monitor of sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • README.md
  • config.example.json
  • scripts/config.py
  • scripts/digest.py
  • scripts/importance_scorer.py
  • scripts/manage_topics.py
  • scripts/monitor.py
  • scripts/setup.py
  • scripts/setup_cron.py
  • skill.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b80cde2

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 9, 2026.

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Questions about Topic Monitor

What does Topic Monitor do?

Monitor topics of interest and proactively alert when important developments occur. Topic Monitor is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. Monitor topics of interest and proactively alert when important developments occur.

When should I use Topic Monitor?

Topic Monitor fits situations like: user wants automated monitoring of specific subjects (e.g; product releases; technology updates).

How do I install Topic Monitor in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill topic-monitor -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/topic-monitor in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .claude/skills/topic-monitor in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Topic Monitor in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill topic-monitor -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/topic-monitor in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .agents/skills/topic-monitor in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Topic Monitor in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill topic-monitor -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/topic-monitor, .gemini/skills/topic-monitor, .github/skills/topic-monitor and .opencode/skills/topic-monitor in your project.

What does Topic Monitor need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Topic Monitor needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Topic Monitor access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: discord.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Topic Monitor safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md flagged 1 warning(s): mentions a paste, webhook or tunnelling service often used to send data out. Read the flagged lines before installing; the check is not a guarantee either way. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Topic Monitor use?

No licence was found for Topic Monitor or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Topic Monitor use?

About 3.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 15k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Topic Monitor?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Topic Monitor: WeChat Article Search (zjp1997720/wechat-article-search, 269 stars), Felo Search (Felo-Inc/felo-skills, 249 stars), Kagi Usage (Microck/kagi-cli, 180 stars) and Triage Superhuman Inbox (superset-sh/superset, 15k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Topic Monitor?

sundial-org (a GitHub organization) maintains it in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills, which has 663 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 7, 2026.

Source: sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.