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Feature 03 // Autonomous Background Agent

It watches the world while you sleep.

Sparks is a full autonomous tracking engine. Tell it what to watch — a product price, an eBay listing, a competitor page, a local folder, a market ticker — and it wakes itself up, fetches live data, evaluates the condition with the local model, and fires a push notification only when something actually changes or your condition fires. It doesn’t summarize on a loop. It tells you when it matters.

Use cases // What people ask for

Real requests, run end to end.

Alert me when the RTX 5090 drops below $1500
Every morning, brief me on the latest AI news
Tell me if my competitor changes their pricing page
Watch this listing and alert me when a GPU under €400 appears
Monitor my AWS bill and alert if it exceeds $500
Check Hacker News top posts every morning and summarize the top 5
What you'll see
Tracker view with ready-made monitors and quick starters
Engine status indicator ("Engine Live" / "LLM Ready")
Active Sparks list with latest results
History of the last 10 runs per Spark, with pause/resume/delete controls
Sparks // Ready-Made Monitors

Start from a template, or describe your own watch.

01
Price Target Watch
Alert when a product price crosses a threshold.
02
Dashboard Anomaly Watch
Check a dashboard, report only anomalies.
03
Daily Source Brief
Collect sources daily into a research brief.
04
Competitor Price Watch
Watch a competitor’s page for pricing changes.
05
Package Status Watch
Check delivery status, report when it changes.
06
Renewal Control Center
Watch subscriptions and renewals coming due.
Every 15 minEvery hourEvery 6 hours DailyEvery 3 daysWeekly
Engine // How Sparks reads pages

Some sites block bots. Sparks has five ways through.

01
Structured feed
For sites that publish structured data — instant, clean, no interference.
02
Direct browser-level fetch
Looks like a real browser at the network layer. Handles most standard protections.
03
Full page render
Real browser engine. Executes scripts, renders dynamic content, handles login-required pages.
04
Guided interaction loop
If content hasn’t loaded, Sparks scrolls and waits — up to four steps — before deciding the fetch is done.
05
Search fallback
If the page is fully locked, Sparks runs a scoped search instead. Always returns something useful.
Change detection
Coverage // What you can watch

Markets, pages, news, prices — anything with a URL or a topic.

Markets & Prices
Product listingsCrypto pricesStock tickersCompetitor pricingExchange rates
News & Signals
Hacker News top postsSecurity advisoriesSports scoresWeather alertsSpace launchesBreaking news
Files & Local Disk
Local foldersLog filesProject directoriesDownloaded filesConfig changes

Sparks can watch paths on your own machine, not just URLs. Get notified when a file is updated, a new file appears, or a log grows beyond a threshold.

Marketplaces
eBay listingsCraigslistVintedDepopEtsyFacebook Marketplace

For known topics — finance, crypto, security, sports, space — Sparks queries authoritative sources by name, not just a general search.

Tips // Getting the most out of it

Field notes from real use.

State a clear trigger — "below $1500", "status changes"
Match the interval to what you’re watching — prices → 15 min, renewals → weekly
Pause instead of delete to keep history
Check the last-run note if nothing fired
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> Alert me when the RTX 5090 drops below $1500
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