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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.

◉Monitor

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.

§Reference

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.

Glossary of DeadWatch and Kestrel terminology.

The full documentation home in Markdown.

?FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Detection speed, per-tenant hosting, pricing and overage, report accuracy, data ownership, and offboarding — answered plainly.

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