Steam Games Updates

Fetch and accumulate game news from the Steam News API for a configurable list of games.

First run

On first run, skill-config.json is created with Counter-Strike 2 and PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS as defaults. Tell the user which games are configured and ask if they want to add or remove any.

Usage

Fetch updates for all tracked games:

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/updates.py

List currently tracked games:

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/updates.py --list

Adding a game

When the user asks to add a game (even with an imprecise name), search Steam to resolve it:

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/updates.py --search "game name"

This returns a JSON array of matches with appid and name. Show the user the top results and ask them to confirm which one. Then add it:

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/updates.py --add <appid>

The canonical game name is fetched automatically from Steam when adding.

Removing a game

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/updates.py --remove <appid>

Changing settings

All settings live in {baseDir}/skill-config.json:

{
  "games": [
    {"name": "Counter-Strike 2", "appid": 730},
    {"name": "PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS", "appid": 578080}
  ],
  "lookback_days": 3,
  "exclude_patterns": {
    "578080": ["Weekly Ban"]
  }
}

| Key | What it does | How to change | |-----|-------------|---------------| | games | List of tracked games with Steam appids. | Use --add / --remove commands, or edit directly. | | lookback_days | Max days to look back for updates. | Set to any positive integer. | | exclude_patterns | Per-game title regex filters (keyed by appid). | Add regex strings to skip unwanted posts (e.g. ban waves). |

Data files

All data lives in data/ (gitignored):

• updates.json — accumulated update records
• .state.json — last-run timestamp

Notes

• No API key required. Uses the public Steam Web API (ISteamNews) and Steam Community search.
• Each update record contains: game, appid, title, url, date, content, discovered_at, status.
• Re-running merges new updates without duplicates.