> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://outcrawl.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Monitor a competitor from your editor

> Set up a page watch without leaving your assistant.

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Ask your assistant to watch a competitor's pricing page and tell you when it changes, without opening the console.

## Setup

Connect the MCP server first, see [setup](/docs/mcp/setup) for the full `.mcp.json` block.

## What you'll do

* Create a monitor on a URL with a schedule
* Choose Discord, Slack or a webhook for notification
* List existing monitors to check what is already being watched

## Example exchange

**"Watch [https://competitor.example/pricing](https://competitor.example/pricing) every hour and post to our #competitors Slack channel if it changes."**

The assistant calls `outcrawl_monitor_create` with the URL, a schedule, and the Slack target. It answers with the monitor's id, for example something like *"Monitor created, checking hourly, will post to #competitors on a real change."*

**"What am I currently watching?"**

The assistant calls `outcrawl_monitor_list` and summarizes each monitor's URL, schedule and last check status.

## What it can't do

Notifications are not retried. If the Slack endpoint is briefly unreachable when a change fires, that one notification is lost, though the change itself stays readable afterward from the monitor's own list entry.


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