Event Monitoring
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Event monitoring lets Binx watch the world for you. Set up monitors for website uptime, webpage content changes, RSS feed updates, or custom AI-evaluated conditions — and get notified on WhatsApp the moment something happens.
How to use
Ask Binx to monitor something: 'Watch example.com and tell me if it goes down' or 'Monitor this RSS feed for new posts about AI.' You can also create monitors from the dashboard with full configuration: URL, check interval (CRON schedule), CSS selectors for specific page elements, expected status codes, and notification templates. Four monitor types are available: uptime (HTTP health checks), webpage change detection (content hash comparison), RSS feed (new item detection), and AI condition (AI evaluates search results against your custom condition). Monitors run on your schedule and auto-pause after repeated failures to prevent noise.
Video walkthroughs for tutorials are coming soon.
Use cases
Uptime monitoring
Watch your API endpoint every 5 minutes. Get a WhatsApp alert within minutes if it returns a non-200 status, plus a recovery notification when it comes back up.
Price or content tracking
Monitor a product page with a CSS selector targeting the price element. Get notified when the price changes — perfect for deals or competitive pricing.
RSS feed digest
Track a blog or news feed. Binx detects new items by GUID and sends you a summary — optionally AI-powered — for each new post.
AI condition watch
Define a custom condition like 'Bitcoin price crosses $100k' or 'New funding round announced for [competitor].' Binx searches the web periodically and evaluates the condition using AI.
Example
Send something like this in your Binx chat on WhatsApp.
“Monitor my-api.example.com every 5 minutes and alert me on WhatsApp if it goes down”
Tips
Use CSS selectors for webpage change detection to focus on the specific element you care about — otherwise every minor page update triggers a notification. AI condition monitors use adaptive retry with exponential backoff, so they get smarter about timing over time.
