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Two jobs, one watch: keeping the clients you have and getting the next ones. Start with the guide that matches where you are — the docs open in Markdown alongside this site.
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Getting started
Set up your instance, add your first site, and confirm alerts reach you.
Add and organize sites
Bring your whole roster, group by client, and set check intervals.
All how-to guides
The full index of step-by-step walkthroughs.
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Notifications & incidents
Route alerts to Email, Slack, Discord or a webhook; incidents, flapping, maintenance windows.
Visual regression (VRT)
Baselines, per-breakpoint pixel diffs, and approving changes.
Speed, SEO & SSL
Web Vitals, robots/sitemap/canonical drift, DNS records, certificate expiry.
Security monitoring
Header-hardening posture and how to read the security pillar.
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Sell a report with Kestrel
Discover prospects, scan a site, deliver a branded PDF, and take payment through Stripe.
Kestrel diagnostics reference
Every signal the scan reads, how findings are grounded, and the honest-scan disclaimer.
Kestrel overview
The money story, on this site: scan → report → sell → deliver → follow up.
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DeadWatch monitoring reference
Every check type, what it measures, and how detection rolls up into incidents.
Teams & client access
Invite teammates, set roles, and give clients scoped access to their own sites.
Terms
Glossary of DeadWatch and Kestrel terminology.
Docs index
The full documentation home in Markdown.