Hermes-agent blogwatcher

Monitor blogs and RSS/Atom feeds for updates using the blogwatcher-cli tool. Add blogs, scan for new articles, track read status, and filter by category.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/research/blogwatcher" ~/.claude/skills/nousresearch-hermes-agent-blogwatcher-3249c5 && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/research/blogwatcher/SKILL.md

Blogwatcher

Track blog and RSS/Atom feed updates with the

blogwatcher-cli

tool. Supports automatic feed discovery, HTML scraping fallback, OPML import, and read/unread article management.

Installation

Pick one method:

Go:

go install github.com/JulienTant/blogwatcher-cli/cmd/blogwatcher-cli@latest

Docker:

docker run --rm -v blogwatcher-cli:/data ghcr.io/julientant/blogwatcher-cli

Binary (Linux amd64):

curl -sL https://github.com/JulienTant/blogwatcher-cli/releases/latest/download/blogwatcher-cli_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar xz -C /usr/local/bin blogwatcher-cli

Binary (Linux arm64):

curl -sL https://github.com/JulienTant/blogwatcher-cli/releases/latest/download/blogwatcher-cli_linux_arm64.tar.gz | tar xz -C /usr/local/bin blogwatcher-cli

Binary (macOS Apple Silicon):

curl -sL https://github.com/JulienTant/blogwatcher-cli/releases/latest/download/blogwatcher-cli_darwin_arm64.tar.gz | tar xz -C /usr/local/bin blogwatcher-cli

Binary (macOS Intel):

curl -sL https://github.com/JulienTant/blogwatcher-cli/releases/latest/download/blogwatcher-cli_darwin_amd64.tar.gz | tar xz -C /usr/local/bin blogwatcher-cli

All releases: https://github.com/JulienTant/blogwatcher-cli/releases

Docker with persistent storage

By default the database lives at

~/.blogwatcher-cli/blogwatcher-cli.db

. In Docker this is lost on container restart. Use

BLOGWATCHER_DB

or a volume mount to persist it:

# Named volume (simplest)
docker run --rm -v blogwatcher-cli:/data -e BLOGWATCHER_DB=/data/blogwatcher-cli.db ghcr.io/julientant/blogwatcher-cli scan

# Host bind mount
docker run --rm -v /path/on/host:/data -e BLOGWATCHER_DB=/data/blogwatcher-cli.db ghcr.io/julientant/blogwatcher-cli scan

Migrating from the original blogwatcher

If upgrading from

Hyaxia/blogwatcher

, move your database:

mv ~/.blogwatcher/blogwatcher.db ~/.blogwatcher-cli/blogwatcher-cli.db

The binary name changed from

blogwatcher

blogwatcher-cli

Common Commands

Managing blogs

Add a blog:

blogwatcher-cli add "My Blog" https://example.com

Add with explicit feed:

blogwatcher-cli add "My Blog" https://example.com --feed-url https://example.com/feed.xml

Add with HTML scraping:

blogwatcher-cli add "My Blog" https://example.com --scrape-selector "article h2 a"

List tracked blogs:
```
blogwatcher-cli blogs
```
Remove a blog:
```
blogwatcher-cli remove "My Blog" --yes
```

Import from OPML:

blogwatcher-cli import subscriptions.opml

Scanning and reading

Scan all blogs:
```
blogwatcher-cli scan
```
Scan one blog:
```
blogwatcher-cli scan "My Blog"
```
List unread articles:
```
blogwatcher-cli articles
```
List all articles:
```
blogwatcher-cli articles --all
```

Filter by blog:

blogwatcher-cli articles --blog "My Blog"

Filter by category:

blogwatcher-cli articles --category "Engineering"

Mark article read:
```
blogwatcher-cli read 1
```
Mark article unread:
```
blogwatcher-cli unread 1
```
Mark all read:
```
blogwatcher-cli read-all
```

Mark all read for a blog:

blogwatcher-cli read-all --blog "My Blog" --yes

Environment Variables

All flags can be set via environment variables with the

BLOGWATCHER_

prefix:

Variable	Description
`BLOGWATCHER_DB`	Path to SQLite database file
`BLOGWATCHER_WORKERS`	Number of concurrent scan workers (default: 8)
`BLOGWATCHER_SILENT`	Only output "scan done" when scanning
`BLOGWATCHER_YES`	Skip confirmation prompts
`BLOGWATCHER_CATEGORY`	Default filter for articles by category

Example Output

$ blogwatcher-cli blogs
Tracked blogs (1):

  xkcd
    URL: https://xkcd.com
    Feed: https://xkcd.com/atom.xml
    Last scanned: 2026-04-03 10:30

$ blogwatcher-cli scan
Scanning 1 blog(s)...

  xkcd
    Source: RSS | Found: 4 | New: 4

Found 4 new article(s) total!

$ blogwatcher-cli articles
Unread articles (2):

  [1] [new] Barrel - Part 13
       Blog: xkcd
       URL: https://xkcd.com/3095/
       Published: 2026-04-02
       Categories: Comics, Science

  [2] [new] Volcano Fact
       Blog: xkcd
       URL: https://xkcd.com/3094/
       Published: 2026-04-01
       Categories: Comics

Notes

Auto-discovers RSS/Atom feeds from blog homepages when no
```
--feed-url
```
is provided.
Falls back to HTML scraping if RSS fails and
```
--scrape-selector
```
is configured.
Categories from RSS/Atom feeds are stored and can be used to filter articles.
Import blogs in bulk from OPML files exported by Feedly, Inoreader, NewsBlur, etc.

Database stored at

~/.blogwatcher-cli/blogwatcher-cli.db

by default (override with

--db

BLOGWATCHER_DB

Use
```
blogwatcher-cli <command> --help
```
to discover all flags and options.