When monitoring lists for changes, you'll want to ensure you're only capturing new records to prevent duplicate data in your integrated applications. Here's how to set this up across different integration types.
Understanding how monitors work
Browse AI monitors extract a specified number of items from the top of a list during each check. The monitor will:
Detect new items added to the list
Track changes to existing items
Notice when items are removed
Include timestamp data for each extraction
Setting up different integrations
Google Sheets
If you've integrated your robot with Google Sheets in order to keep only new records, you'll need to download our Browse AI Google Sheets Add-On.
Download the Browse AI for Sheets add-on
Select the Browse AI for Sheets add-on in your Google Spreadsheet
Navigate to Extensions -> Browse AI for Sheets -> Experimental Features
Enable the Prevent Duplicate Rows feature
Configure which columns should be checked for duplicates
You can read a full guide on how to use this add-on and the Google Sheets integration including:
Workflow automation integrations (Zapier, Make.com, or Pabbly Connect)
All of three of these native integrations allow you to filter data from a trigger based on if it's a new list item, or an existing one. Review each integration guide for more details:
API
The API responses and webhook call payloads contain all the information you need to be able to tell whether a list item extracted by a monitoring check is new.
Please refer to the API documentation for more detail.