P1 · Appointments / deadlines

Appointment openings and deadline-page monitors

These pages flicker with countdowns. You care when applications open, not when the clock ticks.

Example goal

tell me when "applications open" appears

Watch admission.universityofcalifornia.edu · selected text: October 1 – November 30

1. Sample page you would watch

Live capture of admission.universityofcalifornia.edu with the extension. Hover or click to enlarge.

Source: https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/how-to-apply/applying-as-a-freshman/dates-and-deadlines.html

2. How you create this monitor

  1. 1. Open the deadline or booking URL

    Use the public status page, not an account dashboard.

  2. 2. Select the current status phrase

    Applications closed, no times available, window ended.

  3. 3. Write the opening goal

    tell me when “applications open” appears, or when “book” appears.

  4. 4. Move fast on the email

    Episodic monitors are useful because they stay quiet until the window actually opens.

The New monitor form filled with this example:

3. What this alert looks like

In PulseNotice, after the goal is newly true:

The email you would receive:

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