Costco Inventory Monitor#

Goal#

Provide a repeatable workflow to check Costco inventory for one or more products across multiple ZIP codes, then write a report for downstream channels (for example WeCom).

Repository Safety Rules#

• The skills/costco-inventory-monitor directory must contain scripts, templates, and docs only.
• Never store real AK/SK, tokens, passwords, or proxy credentials inside skills/.
• Real runtime secrets must be stored in /root/.openclaw/workspace/.secrets/costco-monitor.env.
• .secrets/ must stay in .gitignore and should not be committed.

Files#

• Runner: scripts/run_monitor.sh
• Inventory checker: scripts/check_costco_inventory.py
• Config template (safe to commit): config/monitor.env.example
• Standard reference: references/costco-inventory-standard.md

Runtime Setup#

1. Create the real secret config from template:

bash

mkdir -p /root/.openclaw/workspace/.secrets
cp /root/.openclaw/workspace/skills/costco-inventory-monitor/config/monitor.env.example /root/.openclaw/workspace/.secrets/costco-monitor.env
chmod 600 /root/.openclaw/workspace/.secrets/costco-monitor.env

1. Edit /root/.openclaw/workspace/.secrets/costco-monitor.env and fill real values:

• PRODUCT_1, PRODUCT_2, ...
• ZIP_CODES
• PROXY_URL
• output paths ( OUTPUT_JSONL, STATE_FILE, REPORT_FILE, LOG_FILE)

1. Run once to validate:

bash

/root/.openclaw/workspace/skills/costco-inventory-monitor/scripts/run_monitor.sh

OpenClaw Cron (every 5 minutes)#

Use OpenClaw cron, not system crontab, for this skill.

bash

openclaw cron create \
  --name costco-inventory-monitor-5m \
  --every 5m \
  --session isolated \
  --model hunyuan/hunyuan-t1-latest \
  --delivery none \
  --message 'Run /root/.openclaw/workspace/skills/costco-inventory-monitor/scripts/run_monitor.sh and then return only the contents of /root/.openclaw/workspace/ops/costco-monitor/latest_report.txt.'

Existing production job id (created): 29515da3-2b5b-491b-b516-69875b4376a6.

Example Products and ZIPs#

• Product: 4000362984|TCL 55" Q77K|https://www.costco.com/p/-/tcl-55-class-q77k-series-4k-uhd-qled-smart-tv-allstate-3-year-protection-plan-bundle-included-for-5-years-of-total-coverage/4000362984?langId=-1
• ZIPs: 03051, 97230

Output Locations#

• Report: /root/.openclaw/workspace/ops/costco-monitor/latest_report.txt
• Log: /root/.openclaw/workspace/ops/costco-monitor/monitor.log
• Snapshot JSONL: /root/.openclaw/workspace/ops/costco-monitor/snapshots.jsonl
• State: /root/.openclaw/workspace/ops/costco-monitor/state.json

GitHub Checklist#

• Commit: skills/costco-inventory-monitor/** and optional ops wrapper scripts.
• Do not commit: /root/.openclaw/workspace/.secrets/**, real proxy/account credentials, runtime logs, local state files.