# Monitoring alarms: ring when something happens on the web

Alarm types · https://lfg.gm/wiki/monitoring-alarms · Updated 2026-11-01

You've refreshed that ticket page eleven times today. You'll check it again tonight, and the one time it changes, you'll be asleep.

Hand it to Rocco, LFG's agent. Tell him what you're waiting for in plain words: tickets go on sale, these shoes drop under $150, a page finally says delivered, any AI startup raises over $10M. He reads the web for you and rings your phone when it happens. That's a monitoring alarm. Share it, and every phone on it rings together, so your whole crew is in the queue before anyone else has heard.

Close the tabs. Go live your day.

## How to make one

1. Open Rocco in the app and say what you're waiting for. Paste a link if you have one: "ring me when this goes under $150 in size 32".
2. No link? Just name the topic, and Rocco works out where to look.
3. Rocco shows you a card with his plan: what he'll read, how often, and anything he can't cover.
4. Choose who it's for under **Make it social**, then tap **Arm it**.

Rocco takes a first look straight away and tells you what he found. That first look only sets the starting point, so nothing rings yet.

You can also ask your AI app to make one. See [Using LFG Alarm from your AI agent](https://lfg.gm/wiki/ai-agents).

## Rocco's three ways of reading the web

- **A plain read** loads a page or a news feed. It's on every account, and it's enough for most pages.
- **Super crawling** gets him into the exact page you care about, even a site a plain read can't reach, like one with a bot check or one that only works in a browser. It answers "what does this page say right now?"
- **Web research** goes wide. It looks across many places at once and brings back sources with links and short summaries. It answers "what's out there on this?"

The two together are the real power. Research finds what's happening anywhere, and crawling keeps a sharp eye on the one page that matters: "research the housing market in Austin, and keep checking this listing". You don't have to pick. Rocco chooses the right way for each thing he reads.

Super crawling and web research come with paid plans. See [lfg.gm](https://lfg.gm/) for what each plan includes.

## Ask for a brief

A brief is a short write-up of what Rocco found, with the links. Pick the time and the days, like every morning at 7, and it lands in your [daily drop](https://lfg.gm/wiki/glossary) with a notification. A brief never rings, so it's a nice quiet way to keep up with a topic.

Time alarms can bring one too. "Wake me at 8 with AI and crypto news" rings at 8 with the brief ready, and "research Lisbon before our trip on Saturday" gets you there prepared. On paid plans, Rocco runs web research for a brief once a day and again just before it rings.

## Make it social

A monitoring alarm can be private, shared with friends, or public for anyone to join. Everyone who joined hears it together, so the whole crew finds out at the same moment.

- **Add your own rule.** On someone else's alarm you can add a rule of your own, like "ring me at $200 instead". It rings only you.
- **Make a remix.** Want it to watch something more? A remix is your own copy with the history so far, plus the pages you add.
- **Pick your horn.** Each person chooses what the moment does on their own phone: **Horn on** rings, **Notify** sends a plain notification, and **Quiet** leaves it in the daily drop.

Public alarms show up in [Discover](https://lfg.gm/wiki/discover), so check there first. Someone may already be watching what you want.

## Good to know

- Every account gets one monitoring alarm. Paid plans have Super monitoring: as many as your credits cover.
- Rocco reads every 3 hours on a free account, and as often as every 5 minutes on paid plans. YouTube and Twitch alarms don't count as your one, and neither do time alarms.
- Rocco can't reliably read Instagram, TikTok, Facebook or LinkedIn, because they hide most of a page from anyone not signed in. He'll tell you so and suggest what he can watch instead.
- For an X account, a token price, a wallet or an event, there's an alarm made for it: see [post](https://lfg.gm/wiki/post-alarms), [price](https://lfg.gm/wiki/price-alarms), [trades](https://lfg.gm/wiki/trades-alarms) and [event alarms](https://lfg.gm/wiki/event-alarms).
- On Android it rings full screen. On iPhone it arrives as a time-sensitive alert with the alarm's sound, so keep the ringer on.
- If a site goes down or changes, Rocco tries another way in and tells you if something is no longer covered.
- Switching the alarm off stops the monitoring for everyone on it.

## Try it

**Try this.** Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or another AI agent that has the LFG Alarm connector (https://mcp.lfg.gm), not into the LFG Alarm app. The person needs the LFG Alarm app on their phone.

> Use LFG Alarm to set a monitoring alarm that rings me when tickets for [event] go on sale, and send me a brief every morning at 8.

Why it works: One sentence gets you the ring when it happens and a short catch-up every day until then.

More ideas: "Ring me and my friends when this restaurant opens reservations for Friday", "Research the best deals on flights to Lisbon and ring me if one drops under $400", or "Tell me when this page says my visa is approved".

## Questions

### What's the difference between Super crawling and web research?
Super crawling reads one exact page, even a tricky one. Web research searches widely when you have a topic and no page. Rocco can use both on one alarm.

### Can it ring my friends too?
Yes. Add them or send them the link, and everyone who joined rings together.

## Learn more

- [What is LFG Alarm?](https://lfg.gm/wiki/what-is-lfg-alarm)
- [Sharing and reach](https://lfg.gm/wiki/sharing-and-reach) and [Riding an alarm](https://lfg.gm/wiki/riding-an-alarm)
- [Ticket drop and restock alerts](https://lfg.gm/drop-and-restock-alerts)
- [Website change alerts](https://lfg.gm/alert-when-something-happens-online)

## Keep exploring

- [Time alarms](https://lfg.gm/wiki/time-alarms.md): Once or repeating, together for a set moment or local for a routine, ringing with no signal needed.
- [Event alarms from an event page](https://lfg.gm/wiki/event-alarms.md): Paste an invite link and Rocco makes an alarm that rings before the event starts.
- [Post alarms for X, Twitch and YouTube](https://lfg.gm/wiki/post-alarms.md): Describe the post you are waiting for, or pick a live stream or new video, and Rocco rings when it happens.
- [Price alarms](https://lfg.gm/wiki/price-alarms.md): Ring at a price, a multiple or a percent move, for majors and any token with a contract.
- [Trades alarms: wallets, FOMO traders and GMGN KOLs](https://lfg.gm/wiki/trades-alarms.md): Follow a trader by handle or paste a wallet, set a floor, and ring for the big trades only.
- [Sun & moon alarms: sunrise, golden hour and the full moon](https://lfg.gm/wiki/sun-and-moon-alarms.md): An alarm that moves with the sky: sunrise, golden hour, moonrise, the full moon, worked out for your place every day.

## About LFG Alarm

LFG Alarm is a social alarm clock for iPhone, iPad and Android. It rings for times and for moments (a post on X, a stream going live, a token price, a wallet buying, an event starting), and one shared link makes every phone that joined ring together. Rocco, the cat inside the app, keeps watch and wakes you up.

- Get it on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gm.lfg.app
- Download on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6821089085
- Use it from an AI agent: add the MCP server https://mcp.lfg.gm as a connector, then ask in plain words.
- Every page for agents: https://lfg.gm/llms.txt