Question 1

How does SentryDock decide what to alert me about?

Accepted Answer

AI reads every story and predicts its market impact — whether it deserves your attention, which commodities it affects, and whether the signal is bullish or bearish. Off-topic and immaterial stories are filtered out, so you get signal instead of a firehose.

Question 2

How do I cut noise with alert sensitivity?

Accepted Answer

SentryDock can filter alerts so you only get the ones that matter. In Settings → Connections, turn on the Alert Filter and pick a sensitivity: Sensitive (more alerts), Balanced (recommended) or Strict (fewer alerts). Describe what you care about in a short query, then use Backtest to preview which recent alerts would have been sent versus suppressed. If filtering ever fails, alerts still send — you never miss something because the filter broke.

Question 3

Will I get spammed with duplicate alerts?

Accepted Answer

No. SentryDock checks each new story against what it already sent you over the last 30 days and against everything found in the same run, so one event does not reach you five times from five outlets. Every alert also carries a verified timestamp — undated or stale items are dropped, never sent.

Question 4

How fast are alerts, and how often do you check?

Accepted Answer

SentryDock checks your sources continuously, as often as every few minutes on realtime monitors. When something breaks, you are alerted in seconds to minutes, often ahead of mainstream coverage. Choose instant alerts for breaking news, or batched digests if you prefer fewer interruptions.

Question 5

Can I control when alerts arrive (focus hours)?

Accepted Answer

Set the hours you want alerts. In Settings, choose your timezone and a daily active window (for example 6:00 AM–6:00 PM) for each day of the week. Outside those hours, choose what happens per day — throttle to fewer alerts, pause entirely, or receive hourly-only digests — so you are not pinged overnight.

Question 6

Where can I receive alerts?

Accepted Answer

Email, SMS, browser, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Discourse and X. See the "Connect a channel" guides to wire up a team channel, or "Email, SMS and browser notifications" for personal alerts.

Question 7

How do I set up email, SMS and browser notifications?

Accepted Answer

In Settings → Notifications, turn email and browser alerts on or off — browser alerts ask for permission the first time — and optionally include each monitor’s title in result emails. To get SMS alerts, add your phone number and confirm the code we text you. Some notification options depend on your plan.

Question 8

Do you send daily briefings?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You get a morning briefing at 7:00 AM with overnight updates and an evening briefing at 6:00 PM with the daily summary, written by your AI analyst — only the names, markets and events you follow, each with its sources. Turn each briefing on or off, and add custom instructions for tone and focus (up to 500 characters), in Settings → Briefings.

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