# Policy Change Monitor (`matteogenovese/policy-change-monitor`) Actor Monitor policy, privacy, ToS, and cookie pages with clause-level diffs and alerts. - **URL**: https://apify.com/matteogenovese/policy-change-monitor.md - **Developed by:** [Matteo Genovese](https://apify.com/matteogenovese) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Policy Change Monitor Catch policy, privacy, and terms changes before they surprise you. ### Why it matters Legal and policy pages change quietly, but the impact is real: compliance, procurement, vendor risk, and product trust all get hit when teams notice too late. This Actor turns those pages into clear change alerts. ### What it does - monitors one or more public policy URLs - extracts readable page text - stores the last snapshot for comparison - highlights clause-level and line-level changes - sends optional webhook alerts when a page changes ### Best for - compliance teams - procurement / vendor management - legal ops - SaaS dependency tracking ### Why it wins - focuses on *what changed*, not just that something changed - clause-level diffs for policy / privacy / ToS pages - short output that is easy to scan or forward - webhook-friendly for Slack, Discord, or internal tooling ### Input - `urls` — required list of policy/privacy/ToS URLs - `monitorMode` — keep snapshots and compare against the next run - `dryRun` — skip state writes and webhooks - `webhookUrl` — optional alert destination - `webhookFormat` — `generic`, `slack`, or `discord` - `maxItemsPerPage` — cap the diff output - `userAgent` — custom fetch user agent ### Output Each dataset item contains: - URL - page title - baseline / changed flags - change score - current and previous hashes - added / removed lines - short preview The Actor output includes: - processed count - changed count - baseline count - all result records ### MVP scope This Actor is intentionally narrow: - no browser login flows - no legal interpretation engine - no dashboard UI - no workflow engine - no broad website monitoring platform ### Example use cases - watch a vendor privacy policy for changes - track terms changes on a SaaS dependency - monitor cookie policy updates for compliance review - alert a procurement team when supplier terms change ### Why this actor exists Raw page-change alerts are noisy. The useful product is the short interpreted diff that tells a team *what actually changed* and whether they should care. ### Pricing - current live price: $0.01 per monitored page snapshot - next pricing change allowed: 2026-08-04 - target price: $0.49 per monitored page snapshot - billing model: pay per event via default dataset items - primary event: `Monitored page` - rationale: pay for the useful unit, not for raw crawling alone ### Competition - generic website-change monitors - competitor-tracking tools - broader page diff scrapers ### Publish status - public on Apify - verified with a real remote run - pricing configured in the Console # Actor input Schema ## `urls` (type: `array`): Public policy, privacy, ToS, or cookie page URLs to monitor. ## `monitorMode` (type: `boolean`): If enabled, the Actor stores snapshots and compares them with the next run. ## `dryRun` (type: `boolean`): Skip state writes and webhooks while still producing output. ## `webhookUrl` (type: `string`): Optional webhook destination for change alerts. ## `webhookFormat` (type: `string`): Payload shape for the webhook. ## `maxItemsPerPage` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of added or removed lines to include in output. ## `minLineLength` (type: `integer`): Ignore shorter lines while extracting page text. ## `userAgent` (type: `string`): Custom user agent used for page fetches. ## Actor input object example ```json { "urls": [ "https://example.com/privacy" ], "monitorMode": true, "dryRun": false, "webhookFormat": "generic", "maxItemsPerPage": 40, "minLineLength": 4, "userAgent": "policy-change-monitor/1.0" } ```` # Actor output Schema ## `dataset` (type: `string`): No description ## `state` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "urls": [ "https://example.com/privacy" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("matteogenovese/policy-change-monitor").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "urls": ["https://example.com/privacy"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("matteogenovese/policy-change-monitor").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "urls": [ "https://example.com/privacy" ] }' | apify call matteogenovese/policy-change-monitor --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=matteogenovese/policy-change-monitor", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Policy Change Monitor", "description": "Monitor policy, privacy, ToS, and cookie pages with clause-level diffs and alerts.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "jEra6kU3V47KBbKVb" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/matteogenovese~policy-change-monitor/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-matteogenovese-policy-change-monitor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/matteogenovese~policy-change-monitor/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-matteogenovese-policy-change-monitor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/matteogenovese~policy-change-monitor/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-matteogenovese-policy-change-monitor", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "urls" ], "properties": { "urls": { "title": "URLs", "type": "array", "description": "Public policy, privacy, ToS, or cookie page URLs to monitor.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "monitorMode": { "title": "Monitor mode", "type": "boolean", "description": "If enabled, the Actor stores snapshots and compares them with the next run.", "default": true }, "dryRun": { "title": "Dry run", "type": "boolean", "description": "Skip state writes and webhooks while still producing output.", "default": false }, "webhookUrl": { "title": "Webhook URL", "type": "string", "description": "Optional webhook destination for change alerts." }, "webhookFormat": { "title": "Webhook format", "enum": [ "generic", "slack", "discord" ], "type": "string", "description": "Payload shape for the webhook.", "default": "generic" }, "maxItemsPerPage": { "title": "Max items per page", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 200, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of added or removed lines to include in output.", "default": 40 }, "minLineLength": { "title": "Minimum line length", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Ignore shorter lines while extracting page text.", "default": 4 }, "userAgent": { "title": "User agent", "type": "string", "description": "Custom user agent used for page fetches.", "default": "policy-change-monitor/1.0" } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": 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