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Changelog and documentation change alerts

Docs sites rebuild nav constantly. You want version 2.4.0, not a new sidebar icon.

Example goal

tell me when "v17" appears

Watch github.com · selected text: Latest

1. Sample page you would watch

Live capture of github.com with the extension. Hover or click to enlarge.

Source: https://github.com/vercel/next.js/releases

2. How you create this monitor

  1. 1. Open the changelog or API docs URL

    Anchor on the page that lists versions, not the marketing homepage.

  2. 2. Select the current version

    That sample helps the extractor find the next one.

  3. 3. Write the version or phrase goal

    tell me when “2.4.0” appears, or when “deprecated” appears.

  4. 4. Ship from the excerpt

    The alert includes the changelog line that matched.

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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