Exa Websets
create_monitor
Create a monitor to automatically update a webset on a schedule. Monitors run search operations to find new items. IMPORTANT PARAMETER FORMATS: - cron: MUST be 5-field format "minute hour day month weekday" (e.g., "0 9 * * 1") - entity: MUST be an object like {type: "company"} (NOT a string) - criteria: MUST be array of objects like [{description: "..."}] (NOT array of strings) Example call: { "websetId": "webset_123", "cron": "0 9 * * 1", "query": "New AI startups", "entity": {"type": "company"}, "criteria": [{"description": "Founded in last 30 days"}], "count": 10 }
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Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"cron": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Cron expression for the schedule (e.g., '0 9 * * 1' for every Monday at 9am). Must be valid Unix cron with 5 fields."
},
"count": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Maximum number of results to find per run"
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The search query to use. Defaults to the last search query used."
},
"entity": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"type"
],
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"description": "Entity type configuration for the search. Must be an object with a 'type' field. Example: {type: 'company'}",
"additionalProperties": false
},
"behavior": {
"enum": [
"append",
"override"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "How new items should be added: 'append' adds to existing items, 'override' replaces them (default: append)"
},
"criteria": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"description"
],
"properties": {
"description": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
},
"description": "Additional criteria for evaluating search results. Each criterion is an object with a 'description' field. Example: [{description: 'Recently received funding'}, {description: 'Hiring engineers'}]"
},
"timezone": {
"type": "string",
"description": "IANA timezone (e.g., 'America/New_York'). Defaults to 'Etc/UTC'"
},
"websetId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The ID or externalId of the webset"
}
}
}