Watch a page for changes
Monitoring is the second half of Refresh Pilot: while the page reloads on its interval, the extension reads the page after every refresh and alerts you the moment your keyword shows up, vanishes, or the page changes at all.
In stock â ships tomorrow
The page refreshes on its own â and the instant "in stock" appears, it gets highlighted and you get a notification.
How it works
Monitoring rides along with a normal refresh job. After every reload, Refresh Pilot scans the page's text for your keywords. There is nothing to install or configure on the website itself â everything happens inside your browser.
- Open the page you want to watch (say, a sold-out sneaker page).
- Click the Refresh Pilot icon and open the Monitor tab.
- Turn on Monitor this page (it's off by default).
- Type a keyword â for example
in stockâ and press Enter to add it as a chip. - Press Start. The page now refreshes and is checked after every reload.
The three modes
keyword appears â đĢĨ Lost
keyword disappears â đ Any change
anything changes
Pick one of three ways to watch: something appears, something disappears, or anything at all changes.
- Found FREE â alerts when your keyword
appears on the page. The classic restock watch: the page says "sold out" today, and you
want to know the second
in stockshows up. - Lost PRO â alerts when a keyword that
was on the page disappears. Perfect for the reverse restock trick: watch the words
sold out, and the moment they vanish, the item is probably buyable again. - Any change PRO â no keyword at all (the keyword box is hidden in this mode). It alerts whenever the scanned area changes in any way â great for auction pages, status boards, or a queue position that keeps moving. Tip: combine it with watching just part of a page so a rotating ad doesn't set it off.
What the free plan includes
On the free plan you get one plain-text keyword in Found mode â enough for the
most common job ("tell me when in stock appears").
PRO unlocks the Lost and Any change modes, multiple keywords,
and the power syntaxes (regex, XPath, CSS, boolean logic) described on the
Keywords & expressions page. See the full comparison on
Free vs PRO.
Templates: ready-made watches
Not sure what to type? Open the Templates âž dropdown in the Monitor tab. It holds 18 ready-made watches, grouped by what people most often monitor. Picking one fills in the keyword and mode for you:
| Category | Examples | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Restock | in stock, add to cart, available now, back in stock | Found |
| Price & deals | re:\$\d+\.\d{2} (a price like $19.99), price drop, re:\d+%\s*off | Found |
| Appointments | appointment available, book now | Found |
| Jobs | new job, we are hiring | Found |
| Tickets | tickets available | Found |
| Status | css:.error-banner (Found), out of stock and sold out (Lost), plus an "any change" template | Mixed |
| Queue | your turn, queue position | Found |
re: or css:), or a mode other than Found shows the PRO upgrade prompt.
How often can it alert you?
To keep alerts useful (and quiet), matches are rate-limited to one alert every 20 seconds per watched page. Even if the page refreshes every 5 seconds and the keyword is there each time, you won't get four pings in a row. Recent alerts are also collected in the Tabs dashboard feed so you can review them later.