watch_create
Monitor a URL on a schedule with visual or text diffing and get notified when it changes. Set up baseline and receive change alerts.
Instructions
Create a Rendex Watch — monitor a URL on a schedule and get notified when it changes (real-Chrome visual diff with a highlighted overlay, an extracted-text diff, or both). An active watch captures its baseline immediately. Returns the created watch as JSON.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| url | Yes | The page to monitor (a schemeless host like 'rendex.dev/pricing' is upgraded to https). | |
| name | No | Optional label for the watch. | |
| intervalMinutes | No | Check frequency in minutes. Minimum is your plan's floor — Free 1440 (daily), Starter 180, Pro 30, Enterprise 5. | |
| diffMode | No | visual = pixel diff + highlighted overlay; text = extracted-text diff; both runs each. | visual |
| threshold | No | Visual-change noise floor as a 0..1 fraction; the diff must EXCEED it to count as changed. | |
| renderParams | No | Render knobs applied on every check (a subset of the screenshot capture params). | |
| aiSummary | No | Pro+ — attach an AI 'what changed' summary (roadmap). | |
| webhookUrl | No | Starter+ — HMAC-signed change-webhook target. | |
| notifyEmail | No | Any plan — send change alerts here. Must be your OWN account email (others are rejected). Defaults to it if omitted. | |
| paused | No | Create the watch paused (no baseline capture or charge until resumed). |