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.