Creating watches
Add a single URL to watch, choose how often it's crawled, preview the render, check its status, and bulk-import many URLs at once from a list.
Create watches from the URL Watch page in the dashboard.
Add a single URL
- Choose New watch and paste the URL.
- Pick a frequency — how often Firehose re-crawls it. The fastest allowed interval depends on your plan.
- Optionally preview the page first — Firehose renders it so you can confirm it's the page you expect before committing a watch.
Frequency
Frequency is the crawl cadence, from every few minutes up to a long interval. Faster frequencies consume your monthly check quota more quickly, since each crawl is one check. Pick the slowest cadence that still catches changes in time for your use case.
Frequency is the main lever on your check quota — the slower the cadence, the longer it lasts.
Bulk import
To watch many URLs at once, use bulk import and paste or upload a list. Each URL becomes its own subscription with the frequency you choose for the batch. Watches that would exceed your plan's maximum watched URLs are rejected.
Status
Each watch is active or paused. A watch pauses automatically when your monthly check quota runs out — a quota reset or upgrade doesn't reactivate it on its own. You can pause or resume any watch manually at any time.
Next steps
Diffs & crawl history
Read what changed between crawls.
Quotas & limits
How checks are counted and how to make your quota last.