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Set up continuous monitoring
A one-off scan is a snapshot. Monitoring rescans your site on a schedule and tells you when something changes — a new tracker, a dropped header, a certificate nearing expiry.
How monitoring works
When you register a site, Sift Health stores its baseline findings. On each scheduled rescan it diffs the new results against the baseline and raises alerts for meaningful changes: a new_finding, a resolved_finding, a score_drop, or a cert_expiring event. Rescans run on a shared scheduler that processes due sites in small batches.
Set it up
Register the site
Add the site inSettings → Sites(orPOST /v1/sites). You provide the root URL and a display name.Verify domain ownership
Monitoring requires a verified domain. Add a DNS TXT record or a meta tag, then confirm — see the domain verification guide.Choose a cadence
Pick weekly (Starter) or daily (Practice and above). Daily is worth it for sites whose marketing team ships frequently, where a tag manager can quietly add a pixel between releases.Tune alerts
Decide which events notify you and where. Most teams start with new findings and cert-expiry alerts on, score-drop alerts on, and resolved-finding notifications off. SeeGuides → Configure alerts.
Authorization
By verifying a domain and enabling monitoring you represent that you’re authorized to request recurring scans of that site. Scans remain passive and limited to publicly accessible pages.