Watches & briefs
A watch is something waper keeps an eye on for you. It reads everything new each day and distills it into a brief.
Three kinds of watch
| Kind | You give it | It does |
|---|---|---|
| A topic | One sentence: an industry, company, technology, interest | The agent researches and verifies sources, writes a tracking recipe (keywords, sources, filters), then runs on its own |
| Specific sources | Sites, podcasts, channels, newsletters | Subscribes directly; each source is verified before going live |
| Page changes | A URL | Checks the page periodically; produces an item and alerts you when it changes |
Each watch has its own cadence (daily/weekly), language and visibility. Official watches are curated — find them under Discover.
Briefs
Each issue merges reports on the same story into an entry: headline, a few sentences of summary, why it matters, and the source link. Entries can be:
- Marked "useful" or "not interested" — future briefs learn from it;
- Saved to your library or added to a document;
- Continued in chat with "Ask the assistant".
Alert conditions
When creating a watch you can write natural-language conditions (up to 5), e.g. "tell me when pricing changes". waper scans new arrivals every 15 minutes; matches reach you immediately via an agent note and browser push — no waiting for the next issue.
Sources & method
The watch page's "Sources & method" tab shows what it reads and each source's health. For topic watches the agent maintains the source list — dead sources get replaced automatically.
Newsletters
Each watch can generate a dedicated inbox address (news+<token>@waper.ai). Point a newsletter subscription at it and emails get split into items on that watch. Inbox count depends on your plan — see Plans.
RSS for public watches
Every public watch serves RSS at /<lang>/w/<slug>/rss.xml — read waper briefs in your own RSS reader.
Limits
Follow count and new watches per month are plan-limited; private watches need a paid plan. Details in Plans.