@mochi-watch, Check Watch Items

Check watch items from the persistent watchlist, compare with last known status, and notify on changes.

The watchlist is its own scheduler. Each item's checkIntervalMins is consumed by the queue poller to decide when to re-check. NEVER create a cron_add / @kirocrew-cron job for a watch item, the cron would run the check a second time and burn tokens twice. When creating a watch item, ALWAYS set checkIntervalMins explicitly from the user's stated frequency (daily = 1440, hourly = 60, etc.); omitting it silently applies the 10-minute default, which is almost never what the user asked for. That value is remembered as baseIntervalMins and is the floor for every later adjustment.

Steps

0. Read the items

Your spawn prompt carries only each item's label, kind, id, target, triggerCondition, lastResult, priority and checkCount. Everything else this skill relies on, checkIntervalMins, baseIntervalMins, failCount, lastChecked, autoComplete, notes and history, is on the item itself. Call get_watchlist() ONCE before checking and read those fields for every id in the prompt; never guess them.

1. Check Status

For each item, use the appropriate tool: