Website monitoring automatically checks web pages for changes on a schedule you define. Instead of manually visiting websites to check for updates, your robot does it for you and alerts you when something changes.

Common monitoring use cases:

Track competitor price changes.
Monitor product availability.
Watch for new job postings
Get alerts for new real estate listings.
Follow content updates and news.

How to set up web monitoring

You can add a monitor (1) when you are building a robot, or (2) you can add a monitor to any approved robot via the Monitor tab.

Adding a monitor during robot creation

✅ If you don't have a robot trained and approved, this is the best method.

Select Monitor site changes when creating a new robot.
Train your robot to capture the specific data you want to monitor.
Configure your monitoring preferences and click Save when you're done to activate the monitor.

Adding a monitor to an existing robot

✅ You need to have trained and approved a robot in order to add a monitor.

Go to your robot's dashboard and click the Monitor tab.
Select + Create new monitor
Configure your monitoring preferences and click Save when you're done to activate the monitor.

Monitor settings and types

When you're setting up your monitor you'll have a few options (depending on what you're monitoring).

Setting	Options	Available for	What it does
Monitor frequency	Hourly, daily, weekly, minute	All robots	Determines how often your robot will check for changes.
Days of week	Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday	All robots	Determines which days of the week your robot checks for changes.
Time	Time, Any time	All robots	Determines the time of day (and timezone) your robots checks for changes.
Origin URL	URL	All robots	The URL you're monitoring.
Email notifications	On/Off	All robots	Select if you would like email notifications when web changes occur.
Change sensitivity	Small change (1%), Medium change (5%), Large change (10%)	Screenshots	Sets threshold for visual changes—higher percentage = less sensitive to minor changes
Input parameters	Custom values	Text with input parameters	Allows different search terms, filters, or form values for each monitor run.

Monitor types explained

Text monitoring

Detects any change in captured text, lists, or HTML.
Perfect for prices, inventory counts, or content updates.
Changes shown with color coding.

Screenshot monitoring

Tracks visual changes on a page.
Ideal for layout monitoring or when text extraction isn't possible.
Requires setting sensitivity level.

Text with input parameters

Monitors search results or filtered content.
Each monitor can use different search terms.
Great for tracking multiple queries without creating separate robots.

What happens when changes are detected?

When your monitor detects changes:

Change highlighting:
- 🟢 Green = New content added
- 🟡 Yellow = Existing content modified
- 🔴 Red = Content removed
Notifications sent (if enabled) showing exactly what changed.
Data saved to your Browse AI account for historical tracking.
Integrations triggered (if configured) to send data to other tools.