OzBargain Monitor

Manage OzBargain cron workflows end-to-end: creation, updates, manual runs, dedupe, and delivery troubleshooting.

User-configurable profile (set these first)

• jobId: cron job id created for the user
• schedule: user-defined time + timezone
• delivery: user-defined channel + destination (group/chat id)
• topics: user-defined priority order
• language: user-defined output language

Never hardcode a specific person, group id, job id, or topic order.

Default quality rules

Keep these rules in the cron --message prompt unless the user overrides them:

1. Keep only high-value deals
2. Keep output concise and structured
3. Include per item: title, price/benefit, why worth it, direct link
4. If nothing strong appears, explicitly output a “no high-value deals today” line
5. Avoid ad noise/low-value posts

Dedupe state (required)

Use a user-specific state file, e.g.:

• /home/<user>/.openclaw/workspace/data/ozbargain-sent-links.json

Initial content if missing:

{ "sent": [] }

Dedup key: canonical OzBargain link (node/goto preferred).

Required behavior per run:

1. Read state file first
2. Filter out links already in sent
3. Send only unseen links
4. Append newly sent links back to sent and save deduped state

Operations

Create a new job

openclaw cron add --name "<job-name>" --cron "<expr>" --tz "<timezone>" --session isolated --announce --channel <channel> --to "<destination>" --message "<prompt>"

Manual catch-up run

openclaw cron run <job-id>
openclaw cron runs --id <job-id> --limit 1

Then report whether delivery succeeded (delivered: true / deliveryStatus: delivered).

Update topic order / wording

openclaw cron edit <job-id> --message "..."

Only change schedule/channel when user asks.

Change delivery destination

openclaw cron edit <job-id> --announce --channel <channel> --to "<destination>"

Verify status

openclaw cron list --json
openclaw cron runs --id <job-id> --limit 5

Troubleshooting

If cron run succeeded but delivery failed:

1. Check run history error text
2. Check logs for channel API errors
3. Send a probe directly to destination using message.send

Common causes:

• wrong/old destination id
• bot removed from group
• permissions/visibility restrictions
• temporary provider/API failures

Useful log grep:

grep -n "message failed\|sendMessage\|announce delivery failed\|forbidden\|chat not found" /tmp/openclaw/openclaw-$(date +%F).log