news-alert-tracker_skill

Overview

This skill tracks breaking news and issues alerts for specific keywords or topics. It supports monitoring multiple sources and sending real-time notifications (including Telegram). Each call is billed at 0.001 USDT via SkillPay.

How this skill works

You register keyword-based alerts and the skill continuously scans configured news sources and feeds for matches. When a match meets your criteria, the skill creates an alert record and pushes a notification to your chosen channel (e.g., Telegram). It returns a structured response with the alert ID, keywords, and status.

When to use it

• Monitor breaking news for a volatile market or asset
• Receive instant notice of policy or regulatory announcements
• Track competitor or brand mentions across news sources
• Get early warning about crisis or reputation issues
• Aggregate topic-specific headlines for research or reporting

Best practices

• Use focused, specific keywords or phrases to reduce noise
• Include negative filters or boolean terms to exclude irrelevant matches
• Set notification throttling to avoid alert fatigue during spikes
• Test alerts with sample keywords before broad deployment
• Regularly review and refine keywords based on false positives

Example use cases

• Alert when Bitcoin or Ethereum are mentioned alongside price or exchange news
• Notify on Federal Reserve announcements or interest-rate commentary
• Track competitor product launches and major media mentions
• Monitor crisis-related keywords for PR and emergency response teams
• Send curated daily digests of topic-specific headlines to a Telegram channel