diffgrab
Click on "Deploy Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@diffgrabcheck for changes on my tracked URLs"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
diffgrab
Web page change tracking with structured diffs. markgrab + snapgrab integration, MCP native.
from diffgrab import DiffTracker
tracker = DiffTracker()
await tracker.track("https://example.com")
changes = await tracker.check()
for c in changes:
if c.changed:
print(c.summary) # "3 lines added, 1 lines removed in sections: Introduction."
print(c.unified_diff) # Standard unified diff output
await tracker.close()Features
Change detection — track any URL, detect content changes via content hashing
Structured diffs — unified diff + section-level analysis (which headings changed)
Human-readable summaries — "5 lines added, 2 removed in sections: Intro, Methods"
Snapshot history — SQLite storage, browse past versions of any page
markgrab powered — HTML/YouTube/PDF/DOCX extraction via markgrab
Visual diff — optional screenshot comparison via snapgrab
MCP server — 5 tools for Claude Code / MCP clients
CLI included —
diffgrab track,check,diff,history,untrack
Related MCP server: Changeflow MCP Server
How It Works
flowchart TD
A["diffgrab track URL"] --> B["Fetch initial snapshot\n(markgrab + snapgrab)"]
B --> C["Store baseline"]
C --> D["diffgrab check"]
D --> E["Fetch current page"]
E --> F{"Content\nhash match?"}
F -->|"changed"| G["Compute structured diff\n+ section analysis"]
F -->|"unchanged"| H["No changes"]
G --> I["📊 DiffResult\nadded / removed / modified"]Install
pip install diffgrabOptional extras:
pip install 'diffgrab[cli]' # CLI with click + rich
pip install 'diffgrab[visual]' # Visual diff with snapgrab
pip install 'diffgrab[mcp]' # MCP server with fastmcp
pip install 'diffgrab[all]' # EverythingUsage
Python API
import asyncio
from diffgrab import DiffTracker
async def main():
tracker = DiffTracker()
# Track a URL (takes initial snapshot)
await tracker.track("https://example.com", interval_hours=12)
# Check for changes
changes = await tracker.check()
for change in changes:
if change.changed:
print(change.summary)
print(change.unified_diff)
# Get diff between specific snapshots
result = await tracker.diff("https://example.com", before_id=1, after_id=2)
# Browse snapshot history
history = await tracker.history("https://example.com", count=20)
# Stop tracking
await tracker.untrack("https://example.com")
await tracker.close()
asyncio.run(main())Convenience Functions
from diffgrab import track, check, diff, history, untrack
await track("https://example.com")
changes = await check()
result = await diff("https://example.com")
snaps = await history("https://example.com")
await untrack("https://example.com")CLI
# Track a URL
diffgrab track https://example.com --interval 12
# Check all tracked URLs for changes
diffgrab check
# Check a specific URL
diffgrab check https://example.com
# Show diff between snapshots
diffgrab diff https://example.com
diffgrab diff https://example.com --before 1 --after 3
# View snapshot history
diffgrab history https://example.com --count 20
# Stop tracking
diffgrab untrack https://example.comMCP Server
Add to your Claude Code MCP config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"diffgrab": {
"command": "diffgrab-mcp",
"args": []
}
}
}Or with uvx:
{
"mcpServers": {
"diffgrab": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["--from", "diffgrab[mcp]", "diffgrab-mcp"]
}
}
}MCP Tools:
Tool | Description |
| Register a URL for change tracking |
| Check tracked URLs for changes |
| Get structured diff between snapshots |
| Browse snapshot history |
| Stop tracking a URL |
DiffResult
Every diff operation returns a DiffResult:
@dataclass
class DiffResult:
url: str # The tracked URL
changed: bool # Whether content changed
added_lines: int # Lines added
removed_lines: int # Lines removed
changed_sections: list[str] # Markdown headings with changes
unified_diff: str # Standard unified diff
summary: str # Human-readable summary
before_snapshot_id: int | None # DB ID of older snapshot
after_snapshot_id: int | None # DB ID of newer snapshot
before_timestamp: str # When older snapshot was taken
after_timestamp: str # When newer snapshot was takenStorage
Snapshots are stored in SQLite at ~/.local/share/diffgrab/diffgrab.db (auto-created). Custom path:
tracker = DiffTracker(db_path="/path/to/custom.db")QuartzUnit Ecosystem
Package | Role | PyPI |
HTML/YouTube/PDF/DOCX to markdown |
| |
URL to screenshot + metadata |
| |
OCR + LLM document extraction |
| |
RSS feed collection |
| |
diffgrab | Web page change tracking |
|
Browser agent for LLMs | Coming soon |
Used in
newswatch — RSS news monitoring pipeline (feedkit → markgrab → embgrep → diffgrab)
watchdeck — Web page monitoring with visual diffs and safety guards
License
Part of the QuartzUnit ecosystem — composable Python libraries for data collection, extraction, search, and AI agent safety.
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