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Web page watch

Web page watch reads public web pages for you and speaks up only when something changed: a rival’s price page, a supplier’s terms, a regulator’s guidance, opening hours. Each changed page comes with what was added and removed and, if you like, a plain summary by xMap AI. Or point it at a list on a page, such as a tender portal, property listings or a careers page, and it passes on only the new entries. Any language.

In the editor: Watches web pages for you. Each run it reads up to 10 public pages and passes on only the pages that changed since the last look, with what was added and removed and a short summary by xMap AI. Or it reads a list on a page, such as tenders, property listings or job openings, and passes on only the new entries. Any language. The first look only remembers.

Settings

Pages

Text, several lines

Up to 10 addresses, one a line, each read once a run. Only public pages: nothing behind a sign-in, and a page whose robots.txt asks robots not to read it is left out, said in the step.

Up to 10 public pages, one a line, each read once a run. A page whose robots.txt asks robots not to read it is left out.

Needed before the flow can run.

Look for

Pick one

Read the page of each item: the link each incoming item carries (a Slack message, a row of a table) is read now, and its title and words go on as page_title and page_text for xMap LLM; nothing is compared or remembered. Any change on the page: the page’s text is compared with the last look. New entries in a list: xMap AI reads the page and lists its entries; only the ones not seen at the last look go on.

Only the pages whose text changed since the last look go on, with what was added and removed.

Any change on the page
New entries in a list
Read the page of each item

Link field

Text

The field that holds each item’s address. Empty: link, url or website, else the first web address in the item (a Slack message’s link, for example).

What the entries are

Text

What the list holds, in your words: tenders, property listings, job openings, product launches, press releases.

Needed before the flow can run.

Read for each entry

Text

What to read for each entry when the page shows it, such as deadline, value, buyer or city. Each entry always has its title and its own link when the page gives one.

Comma-separated, up to 12. Each entry always has its title and link.

Say what changed (xMap AI)

On or off

One or two plain sentences on what changed, in English, whatever the page’s language. Changes that are only dates, counters, adverts or cookie notices are left out.

xMap AI writes one or two plain sentences on what changed and leaves out changes that are only dates, counters or adverts. 5 credits a changed page it reads.

What matters

Text, several lines

In your own words, what you care about on these pages. A change that is not about it is left out.

Changes that are not about this are left out.

Most entries

A number

The most new entries passed on in a run, up to 100.

Up to 100 new entries a run.

What comes out

Each item that leaves the block carries these fields, to use in the blocks after it as {{field}}.

Each changed page, as an item

Any change on the page.

name, page_title: The page’s title.
url, link, site: The page’s address and its site.
change_summary: What changed, in plain words (xMap AI), or how many lines changed.
added, removed: The lines added and removed, the first eight of each.
lines_added, lines_removed: How many lines changed.
last_look, checked_at: When the page was last seen, and now.
page_id, version: The page and this version of it; Only new knows each change by them.

Each new entry, as an item

New entries in a list.

title, name: The entry as the page writes it.
link: The entry’s own page, else the page it was on.
the fields you asked for: Each as a field of its own, such as deadline or value.
source_page, page_title, site: Where it was found.
entry_id: The entry, known by its title on that page.

How to use it

Accounting

Changes to four tax authorities’ rate pages

Four official pages read every week; the firm hears only when one changes, with what it means for clients.

Healthcare

New travel health notices

Each new notice comes once, with its level and country.

Retail

Rivals’ price pages

A retailer in Toronto follows the price pages of three rivals and wants to know the morning one changes.

Before: Someone checked the pages by hand on Mondays.

With the flow: The team hears the same morning, with the old and new price.

Government and cities

Tenders on a council portal

A facilities company in Johannesburg bids for city cleaning contracts.

Real estate

New listings on an agency page

A listing on a small agency’s own site is seen before the big portals.

B2B sales

A target account’s careers page

A new team being hired is a reason to call this week.

Logistics

A port’s notices page

A notice of a berth closure reaches the planners the morning it is posted.

Hospitality

Opening hours and menus of nearby rivals

Only real changes come through; a new date in the footer does not.

Good to know

3 credits for each page read, and 5 for each page xMap AI reads (a changed page it explains, or a list it reads).
The first look only remembers what each page says; changes and new entries come from the next run.
Only a real run (Run once, or a live flow) updates what was remembered; a test run compares and never moves it.
Public pages only, one request a page a run; a page whose robots.txt asks robots not to read it is left out, and the step says so. Watch only pages whose terms allow it.
Pages built entirely in the browser (that show nothing without running their scripts) may show little text to read.
Without Say what changed, every change goes on, including a new date or counter on the page.
A list entry is known by its title on that page: an entry renamed by the site comes again as new.

Works well with

Only new: Lets through only the items this flow has not found before, so a daily flow sends only what is new.
xMap LLM: Tell the AI what to do in plain words.
Filter: Keeps only the items that match a rule.
Email: Sends one email per run with all the items, or one email per item.
Slack: Channel-based messaging platform
HubSpot: Powerful CRM that offers tools for sales, customer service, and marketing automation.
News: Stories from news feeds (RSS or Atom) or a website’s news page: title, link, when, the source and a short summary.

Templates that use it

Changes to the tax rate pages of four tax authorities: A change on a tax authority’s rate page, said in plain words the week it happens.
New travel health notices: Each new travel health notice the morning it is published, with its level and country.

Stories with it

Two thousand students, never stranded by a strike (Higher education)
Hearing about a rival’s pay rise the week it happens (Hotel HR)
The supplier filed. Her clients knew by nine. (Restructuring advice)
Breaking the hotel story before the cranes arrive (Local news)
The first steel call on every new tower (Structural steel)

Help articles

Watch web pages for changes: A page that changed, said in plain words, or the new entries of a list such as tenders or listings.

Guides and terms

Browser agent (web automation): An AI that works a website through a real browser: searches, filters, clicks through and reads.

Industries that use it

Healthcare & pharma · Law & professional services

Try it

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