parallel-monitor
Continuously track the web for changes on a recurring cadence. Use when the user asks to 'monitor', 'track changes to', 'watch', or 'alert me when' something on the web changes — e.g., 'Track price changes for iPhone 16', 'Alert me when Tesla files a new 8-K', 'Monitor competitor pricing pages weekl
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npx skills add parallel-web/parallel-agent-skills --skill parallel-monitor
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Web Monitor
Action: $ARGUMENTS
Requires parallel cli ≥ 0.4.0 for the GA Monitor commands. If a Monitor command or option is missing, tell the user to update through their installation method (see <https://docs.parallel.ai/integrations/cli ), then retry.
What this skill does
Monitors are long running, server side jobs that re check the web on a cadence and emit events when something changes. Unlike search/research/findall (one shot lookups), monitors persist until cancelled and can optionally deliver detected events through a webhook.
Decide the action
Parse the user's request and pick one:
Intent Action
"Track / watch / monitor / alert me when X" create
"What am I monitoring?" / "List monitors" list
"What changed?" / "Show me events for monitor X" events
"Show monitor X" / "Get details for X" get
"Change cadence / webhook for X" update
"Check monitor X now" / "Run it now" trigger
"Show me the full payload for event group X" events with event group id
"Stop / delete monitor X" cancel (always confirm before cancelling)
Create a monitor
Frequency accepts <n <unit with h , d , or w (for example 1h , 1d , or 1w ). The aliases hourly , daily , weekly , and every two weeks are also accepted. Match cadence to how often the source actually changes — hourly for prices/news, weekly for filings/staffing.
Optional flags:
webhook https://example.com/hook — deliver detected events to a URL
metadata '{"team":"competitive intel"}' — attach JSON metadata for your own bookkeeping
output schema '<json ' — structure the event payload (advanced)
Parse the JSON to extract the monitor id . Tell the user:
The monitor has been created with its ID
The frequency (so they know how often the monitor checks)
That recent events are available server side — they can run parallel cli monitor events $MONITOR ID later to see what changed
List monitors
Default to n 10 for concise output. list returns active monitors only by default; add status active status cancelled when the user asks to include cancelled monitors. Raise the limit only for a larger set. Present as a table: ID, query or Task Run (truncated), frequency, created.
Note: monitor list is sorted newest first. If a user is verifying creation, prefer monitor get $MONITOR ID (using the ID returned by create) over scanning the list.
View events for a monitor
Events are returned newest first. If the response contains next cursor , pass it with cursor to retrieve another page.
For deeper detail on a specific event group:
Summarize for the user: count of events, then a bulleted list of what changed with dates or timestamps. Cite source URLs from the event payload.
Get / update / trigger / cancel
The current CLI does not expose query updates; create a new monitor to change the query.
trigger enqueues a real off schedule run without changing the regular schedule. It is not a synthetic webhook test, and it emits an event only if the run detects a material change.
Always confirm before cancelling — cancellation is permanent.
Setup
Requires parallel cli (installed and authenticated). If parallel cli version fails, or if a later command fails with an authentication error, tell the user to see <https://docs.parallel.ai/integrations/cli and stop.