diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 79a5f07f..4177d4c5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ sentry-sdk>=0.11.1
 click>=7.0
 keyring>=19.2.0
 urllib3>=1.25.6
+feedparser>=5.2.1
diff --git a/royalnet/monitors/__init__.py b/royalnet/monitors/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/royalnet/monitors/monitor.py b/royalnet/monitors/monitor.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1a1761b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/royalnet/monitors/monitor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import asyncio
+import time
+
+
+class Monitor:
+    def __init__(self, interval: float, *, loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop):
+        self.interval: float = interval
+        self._loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop = loop
+        self.last_check_start: float = 0.0
+        self.last_check_end: float = 0.0
+
+    @property
+    def last_check_duration(self):
+        return self.last_check_end - self.last_check_start
+
+    def run_blocking(self):
+        self._loop.run_until_complete(self.run())
+
+    async def run(self):
+        while True:
+            self.last_check_start = time.time()
+            await self.check()
+            self.last_check_end = time.time()
+            await asyncio.sleep(self.interval - self.last_check_duration, loop=self._loop)
+
+    async def check(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f"<{self.__class__.__qualname__} running every {self.interval} seconds>"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 057c07e4..01d020bb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ setuptools.setup(
                       "sortedcontainers>=2.1.0",
                       "sentry-sdk>=0.11.1",
                       "click>=7.0",
-                      "keyring>=19.2.0"],
+                      "keyring>=19.2.0",
+                      "feedparser>=5.2.1"],
     python_requires=">=3.7",
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",