Monitors

Monitors let you schedule recurring enrichment on a set of targets and get notified when something changes like a job title, company, or DNS record.

Supported monitor types

Type	Targets	Tracks
`email`	Email addresses	Job changes, company, location, social profiles

How it works

Create a monitor

Give it a name, add your target emails, and select a frequency.

Choose detection mode

Changes only (diff_only) only flags fields that changed since the last run.
Full refresh (full_refresh) re-enriches all fields every run regardless of changes.

Encrata runs on schedule

On each scheduled run, Encrata re-enriches every target in the monitor and compares results to the previous snapshot.

Review changes

View run results in the dashboard or receive webhook notifications when changes are detected.

Use cases

Sales Intelligence

Track when prospects change companies or get promoted perfect timing for outreach.

Domain Monitoring

Watch for DNS changes, expiring domains, or registrar transfers across your portfolio.

Threat Intelligence

Monitor IPs for threat score changes across your infrastructure.

CRM Enrichment

Keep your CRM data fresh by detecting stale records automatically.

Creating a monitor

From the dashboard

Each lookup type has its own Monitors section in the sidebar:

Navigate to Email Lookup → Monitors.
Click Create monitor.
Enter a name, add your targets, select frequency and detection mode.
Click Create your first run will be scheduled automatically.

Via the API

curl -X POST https://encrata.com/api/monitors \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "name": "Engineering team",
    "monitor_type": "email",
    "emails": ["satya@microsoft.com", "sundar@google.com"],
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "change_detection": "diff_only"
  }'

For email monitors, use emails instead of targets:

curl -X POST https://encrata.com/api/monitors \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "name": "Sales Team Tracker",
    "monitor_type": "email",
    "emails": ["ceo@example.com", "cto@example.com"],
    "frequency": "monthly",
    "change_detection": "diff_only"
  }'

See the full API Reference for all options.

Frequency options

Frequency	Schedule
`weekly`	Runs once every 7 days
`biweekly`	Runs once every 14 days
`monthly`	Runs once every 30 days from creation
`quarterly`	Runs once every 90 days from creation

Change detection modes

Changes only (`diff_only`)

Compares the current enrichment result against the previous run. Only flags fields that differ. This is the default and most efficient mode.

Full refresh (`full_refresh`)

Re-enriches all fields every run and returns the complete profile regardless of whether anything changed. Useful when you need a full snapshot each time.

Cross-monitor views

Each lookup type provides aggregate views across all its monitors:

Runs View all runs across all monitors of that type with status, duration, and change counts.
Results Browse all enrichment results, filterable to changes only.
Targets See every target being tracked across all monitors of that type.
Lists Create and manage reusable target lists that can be shared across monitors.

Access these from the sidebar under each lookup type’s Monitoring section.

Via the API

# All runs for domain monitors
curl "https://encrata.com/api/monitoring/runs?type=domain" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

# All results with changes for phone monitors
curl "https://encrata.com/api/monitoring/results?type=phone&changes_only=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

# All tracked targets for IP monitors
curl "https://encrata.com/api/monitoring/targets?type=ip" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Contact lists

Lists let you save a reusable set of email addresses that can be referenced when creating monitors.

# Create an email list
curl -X POST https://encrata.com/api/lists \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "name": "VIP Contacts",
    "type": "phone",
    "targets": ["+14155551234", "+442071234567"]
  }'

# List all domain lists
curl "https://encrata.com/api/lists?type=domain" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Tracked fields

By default, monitors track all available fields. You can optionally specify which fields to watch:

company Company name changes
job_role Job title or role changes
industry Industry classification changes
bio Bio or summary updates
location Location changes
social Social profile URL changes

Viewing run results

Each monitor run produces a result set you can inspect:

Click on a monitor to open its detail page.
Under Runs, click any completed run to see which targets had changes.
For each changed target, you can view a side-by-side diff of old vs. new values.

Webhooks

You can receive real-time notifications when a monitor run completes and changes are detected. Set up a webhook with the monitor.run.completed event to get notified automatically.

Limits

Each monitor can track up to 1,000 targets.
You can have up to 50 active monitors per account.
Each run consumes credits based on the number of targets enriched.

Managing monitors

Action	Dashboard	API
Pause / Resume	Toggle from detail page	`PATCH /api/monitors/:id` with `status`
Edit	Click Edit on detail page	`PATCH /api/monitors/:id`
Delete	Click Delete	`DELETE /api/monitors/:id`
Run now	Click “Run now”	`POST /api/monitors/:id/run`

FAQ

What counts as a 'change'?

Any field value that differs from the previous run’s snapshot. For example, if a domain’s registrar changed from GoDaddy to Cloudflare, that’s a change.

Do paused monitors consume credits?

No. Paused monitors skip their scheduled runs and don’t consume any credits until resumed.

Can I add targets to an existing monitor?

Yes. Edit the monitor and add new targets. They’ll be included in the next scheduled run.

What types of targets can I monitor?

Email addresses.

Can I use the same list across multiple monitors?

Yes. Create a contact list and reference it when creating monitors. The list can be shared across any number of monitors of the same type.

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Monitors

Monitors

Supported monitor types

How it works

Use cases

Sales Intelligence

Domain Monitoring

Threat Intelligence

CRM Enrichment

Creating a monitor

From the dashboard

Via the API

Frequency options

Change detection modes

Changes only (`diff_only`)

Full refresh (`full_refresh`)

Cross-monitor views

Via the API

Contact lists

Tracked fields

Viewing run results

Webhooks

Limits

Managing monitors

FAQ

​Monitors

​Supported monitor types

​How it works

​Use cases

Sales Intelligence

Domain Monitoring

Threat Intelligence

CRM Enrichment

​Creating a monitor

​From the dashboard

​Via the API

​Frequency options

​Change detection modes

​Changes only (diff_only)

​Full refresh (full_refresh)

​Cross-monitor views

​Via the API

​Contact lists

​Tracked fields

​Viewing run results

​Webhooks

​Limits

​Managing monitors

​FAQ

Monitors

Supported monitor types

How it works

Use cases

Creating a monitor

From the dashboard

Via the API

Frequency options

Change detection modes

Changes only (`diff_only`)

Full refresh (`full_refresh`)

Cross-monitor views

Via the API

Contact lists

Tracked fields

Viewing run results

Webhooks

Limits

Managing monitors

FAQ