NewsClawd 🦞📰

Automated news monitoring and alerting system for your personal AI assistant.

What It Does

• X/Twitter Monitoring: Track specific accounts, keywords, hashtags
• Crypto Price Alerts: Binance integration for price thresholds
• RSS News Feeds: Monitor blogs, news sites, subreddits
• Web Scraping: Check websites for changes
• Smart Filtering: AI-powered relevance scoring
• Multi-Channel Alerts: Telegram, Discord, email notifications

When to Use

• User says "monitor X for Y" or "alert me when..."
• User wants price alerts on crypto
• User wants to track specific Twitter accounts
• User mentions "news about..." or "keep me updated on..."
• Setting up cron-based monitoring jobs

Core Components

1. Quick Monitoring Setup

# Monitor a Twitter account
newsclawd twitter --account @elonmusk --keywords "AI,tesla,spacex"

# Set crypto price alert
newsclawd crypto --symbol BTCUSDT --above 70000 --below 60000

# RSS feed monitoring
newsclawd rss --url https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml --keywords "AI,technology"

# Website change detection
newsclawd web --url https://example.com --selector ".price" --interval 1h

2. Configuration

Config stored in ~/.config/newsclawd/config.json:

{
  "alerts": [
    {
      "type": "twitter",
      "account": "@notabanker1",
      "keywords": ["crypto", "AI"],
      "enabled": true
    },
    {
      "type": "crypto",
      "symbol": "BTCUSDT",
      "above": 70000,
      "below": 60000
    }
  ],
  "notifications": {
    "telegram": true,
    "discord": false,
    "email": false
  }
}

3. Cron Integration

Set up automated checks:

# Every 5 minutes for crypto
*/5 * * * * newsclawd check crypto

# Every hour for news
0 * * * * newsclawd check rss

# Every 15 min for Twitter
*/15 * * * * newsclawd check twitter

Use openclaw cron add to schedule these.

Alert Types

Twitter/X Alerts

• New tweets from followed accounts
• Keyword mentions in home timeline
• Trending topics in specific areas
• Reply/mention notifications

Crypto Alerts

• Price above/below thresholds
• 24h change percentage
• Volume spikes
• New listings

RSS/Web Alerts

• New articles matching keywords
• Website content changes
• Price/product availability
• API status changes

Scripts Reference

| Script | Purpose | |--------|---------| | monitor.py | Main monitoring daemon | | twitter.py | X/Twitter checks (requires bird CLI) | | crypto.py | Binance price checks | | rss.py | RSS feed parsing | | web.py | Website change detection | | notify.py | Send alerts via configured channels |

Usage Examples

Example 1: Crypto Price Alert

# User: "Alert me if BTC drops below 60k or goes above 70k"
python3 scripts/crypto.py --symbol BTCUSDT --below 60000 --above 70000

Example 2: Twitter Account Monitor

# User: "Watch @matrixdotorg for any matrix updates"
python3 scripts/twitter.py --account @matrixdotorg --keywords "update,release,security"

Example 3: News RSS Monitor

# User: "Keep me updated on AI news from TechCrunch"
python3 scripts/rss.py --url https://techcrunch.com/category/artificial-intelligence/feed/ --keywords "AI,LLM,OpenAI"

Example 4: Website Change Detection

# User: "Tell me when the price on this product page changes"
python3 scripts/web.py --url "https://store.example.com/product/123" --selector ".price-amount" --interval 1h

Integration with OpenClaw

When user requests monitoring:

1. Parse the request (what, where, thresholds)
2. Create/update config
3. Set up cron job if recurring
4. Confirm with user
5. Route alerts back to user's preferred channel

Alert format:

🚨 NewsClawd Alert

Type: Crypto Price
Asset: BTCUSDT
Trigger: Above $70,000
Current: $71,245 (+5.2% 24h)

Time: 2026-02-06 14:23 UTC

Dependencies

• bird CLI for X/Twitter (optional)
• python3-requests for HTTP
• python3-feedparser for RSS (optional, can use built-in)
• Binance API key for crypto (optional, public endpoints work)

Security Notes

• Store API keys in ~/.config/newsclawd/.env (gitignored)
• Rotate Twitter cookies regularly
• Use read-only API keys where possible
• Rate limit all checks to avoid bans