CamelCamelCamel Alerts

Automatically monitor your CamelCamelCamel RSS feed for Amazon price drops and get notified on Telegram.

Quick Start

Get your RSS feed URL from CamelCamelCamel:

- Go to and set up price alerts
- Get your personal RSS feed URL (format: ) 2. **Create a cron job** with YOUR feed URL (not someone else's!): __CODE_BLOCK_0__ **Important**: Replace YOUR_UNIQUE_ID with your own feed ID from step 1. Each person needs their own feed URL! 3. **Clawdbot will**: - Fetch your feed every 4 hours - Detect new price alerts - Send you Telegram notifications ## How It Works The skill uses two components: ### scripts/fetch_rss.py - Fetches your CamelCamelCamel RSS feed - Parses price alert items - Compares against local cache to find new alerts - Outputs JSON with new items detected - Caches item hashes to avoid duplicate notifications ### Cron Integration - Runs on a schedule you define - Triggers fetch_rss.py - Can be configured to run hourly, every 4 hours, daily, etc. ## Setup & Configuration **See [SETUP.md](references/SETUP.md)** for: - How to get your CamelCamelCamel RSS feed URL - Step-by-step cron configuration - Customizing check frequency - Cache management - Troubleshooting ## Alert Cache The script maintains a cache at /tmp/camelcamelcamel/cache.json to track which alerts have been notified. This prevents duplicate notifications. **Clear the cache** to re-test notifications: __CODE_BLOCK_1__ ## Notification Format When a new price drop is detected, you'll receive a Telegram message like: __CODE_BLOCK_2__ ## Customization ### Check Frequency Adjust the cron schedule (6th parameter in the schedule field): - 0 → every hour - 0 /4 → every 4 hours (default) - 0 /6 → every 6 hours - 0 0 * → daily ### Message Format Edit scripts/notify.sh to customize the Telegram message layout and emoji. ## Technical Details - **Language**: Python 3 (built-in libraries only) - **Cache**: JSON file at /tmp/camelcamelcamel/cache.json - **Feed Format**: Standard RSS/XML - **Dependencies**: None beyond Python standard library - **Timeout**: 10 seconds per feed fetch ## Troubleshooting If you're not receiving notifications: 1. **Verify the feed URL** works in your browser 2. **Check the cron job** exists: cron list`

Test manually:

python3 scripts/fetch_rss.py <YOUR_FEED_URL> /tmp/camelcamelcamel

Clear the cache to reset:

rm /tmp/camelcamelcamel/cache.json

Check Telegram is configured in Clawdbot

See SETUP.md for more details.