Every 30 minutes
Watch a list in Google Sheets and alert Discord when something changes
Sites, domains or prices you list in a sheet are checked every 30 minutes, the sheet shows the latest status, and Discord hears when one flips.
- Runs
- Every 30 minutes
- Apps
- Discord, Google Sheets
- AI
- Not needed
- Access
- Sheets edit; Discord send
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Create a ClickRuntime automation: every 30 minutes, check each URL in my Watchlist sheet, record the status and time in the sheet, and alert #alerts on Discord when one changes.
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Why use it
Why teams use this automation
A small community of indie developers keeps a shared list of things they care about: their own project sites, a few domains they hope to buy, and a couple of services they depend on. Someone checks by hand when they remember. A site was down for most of a weekend before anyone noticed, and a domain they wanted became available and was taken again within a day.
Keeping the list in a sheet and checking it every half hour gives everyone one place to add items, see the current status, and get told in the Discord channel they already use the moment something changes.
What you get out of it
One shared list anyone can edit
Adding something to watch is one new row in the sheet. Nobody needs access to scripts or settings to add a site or remove one.
Status visible at a glance
Each row shows the latest result and when it was checked. You can see the state of everything without waiting for an alert.
Alerts only when something flips
Discord hears when an item changes, not every half hour. The channel stays readable and each alert is worth reading.
Alerts where the group already talks
The message lands in your Discord channel, so whoever is around can react. It does not depend on one person's inbox.
Flexible about what is watched
Website uptime, domain availability or a price threshold all fit the same pattern. One sheet can mix them, with a column saying which check to run.
How it works
What happens, step by step
Every 30 minutes, ClickRuntime reads the list of items from the Watchlist tab of your Google Sheet.
It checks each one and writes the result and the time back next to it in the sheet.
It compares each result with the previous check.
When something changes, such as a site going down, an alert is posted to your Discord channel.
Before it runs live
- Connect Discord
- Connect your Google Sheets account and pick the spreadsheets it may use
What you get
Build your own
Need it to work differently?
Your own rules
Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.
Any number of apps
One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.
AI where it helps
Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.
On a schedule or on each event
Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.
Changes you can ask for
- Run it at a different time, more or less often, or only on weekdays
- Add an AI step, for example to summarize, sort or draft a reply
- Add another app, for example also send it to Slack
- Combine it with other Discord and Google Sheets steps into one automation
Under the hood
The code that runs this automation
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from clickruntime import on_trigger, credentials, http, state
SHEET_ID = "your-spreadsheet-id"
CHANNEL_ID = "your-discord-channel-id"
@on_trigger
def run(event):
sheets = build("sheets", "v4", credentials=Credentials(credentials.connection("google", "work")), cache_discovery=False)
urls = [r[0] for r in sheets.spreadsheets().values().get(spreadsheetId=SHEET_ID, range="Watchlist!A2:A").execute().get("values", []) if r]
last = state.get("last") or {}
now = datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(timespec="minutes")
rows, flips = [], []
for url in urls:
try:
status = "up" if http.get(url, timeout=10).status_code < 500 else "down"
except Exception:
status = "down"
if url in last and last[url] != status:
flips.append(f"{url} is now {status.upper()}")
last[url] = status
rows.append([status, now])
sheets.spreadsheets().values().update(spreadsheetId=SHEET_ID, range="Watchlist!B2", valueInputOption="RAW", body={"values": rows}).execute()
if flips:
http.post(f"https://discord.com/api/v10/channels/{CHANNEL_ID}/messages", headers={"Authorization": f"Bot {credentials.secret('DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN')}"},
json={"content": "\n".join(flips)})
state.set("last", last)
return {"checked": len(urls), "changes": len(flips)}FAQ
Common questions
What can I put on the watchlist?
Will it alert me every 30 minutes while a site is down?
What does the sheet record?
What permissions does it need?
Does it need AI?
How many runs does it use?
Can I change how it works?
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