Use Case
watchdog is a powerful AI agent skill that extends your assistant with new capabilities. Monitors websites, APIs, and cron jobs (watchdogs) using Watch.dog. Use it when the user asks to "check the status of my monitors", "check uptime", "review w... This guide walks you through installing watchdog, configuring it for your setup, and running your first commands β so you can start getting value in minutes.
Install watchdog: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install watchdog
Restart your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or OpenClaw)
Type a natural language request related to developer & devops to trigger watchdog
Review the output and refine your prompt for better results
Combine watchdog with other skills to build multi-step workflows
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing watchdog
Help me get started with watchdog
What can watchdog do for my developer & devops workflow?
Show me an example of using watchdog
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install watchdogOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install watchdogβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/watchdog/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.