Question 1

What is SentryDock, and how is it different?

Accepted Answer

SentryDock is a news-monitoring workspace. You describe a subject in plain language, choose or discover sources, and decide how often the monitor should run. The service checks those sources for new material and sends relevant results to the destinations you configure. A monitor can follow a focused market question, a company, a location, a policy issue or another topic with public sources. For example, a commodities analyst could watch regional mining publications, official notices and selected social accounts rather than repeatedly checking each source by hand. How the monitoring process works Collect: SentryDock checks the public websites, feeds and social sources attached to the monitor. Filter: your monitoring instructions help separate relevant updates from off-topic material and duplicates. Explain: relevant items can be summarized, translated and analysed so the reason for the alert is clear. Deliver: alerts and briefings go to the channels enabled for your account and plan. How it differs from a basic keyword alert A keyword alert mainly looks for matching words. SentryDock can use the meaning and context of your request, monitor source types that a general web alert may not cover, and keep the original source attached to each result for verification. SentryDock is a research and monitoring aid, not a guarantee that every public item will be found or that an analysis will be correct. Important decisions should be checked against the original source.

Question 2

How do I set up a monitor?

Accepted Answer

Start with the decision or situation you want to follow, not a long list of broad keywords. A focused instruction gives the relevance filter a clearer job and usually produces fewer, better alerts. To create a monitor: Sign in and choose the option to create a new monitor. Describe the topic and what should count as a meaningful update. Include useful entities, locations or events, plus anything that should be excluded. Review the suggested sources. Keep the useful ones, remove irrelevant ones and add any public URLs or supported social sources you already trust. Choose a realtime, hourly or daily schedule that matches how quickly the subject changes and the limits of your plan. Select the available alert destinations, save the monitor and review its first results. Write a useful monitoring instruction Prefer “Alert me to production outages, permit changes or labour disruption affecting these three copper mines” over “copper news”. The first version says what matters and gives the system a basis for excluding routine stories. After the first run, open the original sources and check the results. Tighten the instruction if you see noise, add missing sources, or reduce the cadence if the topic does not need immediate checks. Before relying on a monitor Confirm that each important source is public and can be accessed without your private login. Send a test notification when the destination supports it. Treat summaries and predictions as analysis; verify material facts in the linked original.

Question 3

Which sources can I monitor?

Accepted Answer

SentryDock can monitor many public web pages and feeds, including local newspapers, company or government updates, trade publications and RSS feeds. Supported social source types include X/Twitter, public Telegram channels, Truth Social and Reddit. You can add sources you already trust or use discovery to build a starting list for your topic. A monitor can combine source types, which is useful when an official announcement, a local report and a social post may each provide a different part of the same story. Public web and feed sources News sites, trade publications and local newspapers with publicly accessible pages. Company, regulator, government and organisation websites. RSS or Atom feeds that publish valid, reachable entries. Individual public pages when the site permits automated access. Social sources Selected X/Twitter accounts and public posts. Public Telegram channels and supported private channels that you are authorised to access. Truth Social accounts and public posts. Reddit communities and public discussions. Common limitations A source may not work if it requires an interactive login, blocks automated access, places the content behind a paywall or removes the material. Coverage and check frequency can also vary by source type and subscription plan. Only connect private sources that you are authorised to monitor. If a source stops returning results, check that its URL still works publicly, then replace or remove it rather than leaving a broken source in the monitor.

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