> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://monitoryt.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Monitor YT

> Track meaningful changes across the YouTube channels you follow.

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  <section className="monitor-hero">
    <div className="monitor-kicker">the field guide to your rival watchlist 👀</div>
    <h1>See every move. Understand what changed.</h1>

    <p className="monitor-lede">
      Learn how to track YouTube channels, review title and thumbnail changes,
      understand video performance, and build workflows with the public API.
    </p>

    <div className="monitor-actions">
      <a className="monitor-button monitor-button-primary" href="/getting-started">
        Start tracking →
      </a>

      <a className="monitor-button monitor-button-secondary" href="/quickstart">
        Explore the API
      </a>
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  </section>

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    <div className="monitor-section-heading">
      <div>
        <div className="monitor-kicker">pick a route</div>
        <h2>What are you here to do?</h2>
      </div>

      <span className="monitor-pill">4 quick paths</span>
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      <a className="monitor-card monitor-card-yellow" href="/getting-started">
        <span className="monitor-card-label">01 · SET UP</span>
        <strong>Track your first channel</strong>
        <span>Add a creator by handle, URL, or channel ID and start collecting activity.</span>
      </a>

      <a className="monitor-card monitor-card-coral" href="/feed">
        <span className="monitor-card-label">02 · REVIEW</span>
        <strong>Read the activity feed</strong>
        <span>Filter uploads, title rewrites, thumbnail swaps, tests, and rebrands.</span>
      </a>

      <a className="monitor-card monitor-card-sky" href="/video-history">
        <span className="monitor-card-label">03 · INVESTIGATE</span>
        <strong>Understand a video</strong>
        <span>Connect creative changes with public views, likes, and comments over time.</span>
      </a>

      <a className="monitor-card monitor-card-teal" href="/quickstart">
        <span className="monitor-card-label">04 · BUILD</span>
        <strong>Use the public API</strong>
        <span>Generate a key, fetch your feed, paginate results, and add filters.</span>
      </a>
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    <span aria-hidden="true">✦</span>

    <p>
      <strong>Research, don’t replicate.</strong> Monitor YT only observes public
      channel and video data. Use what you learn to improve your own work, not to
      copy another creator.
    </p>
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