Get alerted by email when a website you're watching changes

Checks a website for changes on a schedule and emails you the moment something on the page is different.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4) · Simple Merge (5)

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Starts itA stepAn outside serviceA record or sheetOne path onlyPaths rejoinResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Email AutomationMessaging & NotificationsSpreadsheet & Database OpsWeb Scraping & Data CollectionResearch & Market IntelligenceAPI & Webhook Integration
Connects
FirecrawlGoogle SheetsGmail

The problem it solves

Watching a competitor's pricing page, a job board, or a company's announcements for updates means remembering to check back again and again. Most of the time nothing has changed, but the one time it does, you can't afford to miss it.

Who it fits

A business owner or analyst who needs to know the moment a specific website changes, without checking it manually.

How it works

  1. A scheduled check triggers the workflow at a set time
  2. The system loads the target page, even ones built with heavy JavaScript
  3. It compares the fresh content against what was stored from the last check
  4. If anything changed, it sends you an email alert right away
  5. Every check is logged to a spreadsheet so you have a full history of changes
What you get

Changes you hear about the moment they happen

You get an email alert the instant a website you're watching changes, with a full history logged in a spreadsheet.

What you get

An email alert whenever the watched website changes, plus a spreadsheet log of every change detected.

What you need

A Firecrawl API key, a Google Sheets account, and a Gmail account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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