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Track and compare prices across e-commerce websites using stealth scraping.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/CoWork-OS/CoWork-OS/blob/HEAD/resources/skills/price-tracker/SKILL.md

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Price Tracker

Purpose

Track and compare prices across e-commerce websites using stealth scraping.

Routing

  • Use when: Use when the user wants to check prices, compare products, track deals, or monitor e-commerce listings.
  • Do not use when: Don't use for general web browsing or non-commerce content.
  • Outputs: Structured price and product data in comparison table format.
  • Success criteria: Successfully extracts current prices and product details from the target e-commerce sites.

Trigger Examples

Positive

  • Use the price-tracker skill for this request.
  • Help me with price tracker.
  • Use when the user wants to check prices, compare products, track deals, or monitor e-commerce listings.
  • Price Tracker: provide an actionable result.

Negative

  • Don't use for general web browsing or non-commerce content.
  • Do not use price-tracker for unrelated requests.
  • This request is outside price tracker scope.
  • This is conceptual discussion only; no tool workflow is needed.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
urlsstringYesProduct URL(s) to track (comma-separated for multiple)

Runtime Prompt

  • Current runtime prompt length: 856 characters.
  • Runtime prompt is defined directly in ../price-tracker.json.