update_tracker
Update a tracker
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Update the configuration of a tracker: only the fields you send change. Keywords, analysts and the title apply in place. Changing the prompts, engines, frequency or resolution of a version that HAS measured creates a new version: the score series continues across versions, and the response carries the new tracker id (version_created says when). A version that has not measured yet is amended in place and keeps its id, so version_created is false. A PAUSED tracker takes all of it, the collection settings included: the call writes the configuration and nothing else, no survey runs and no credit is spent, and what you set takes effect at the next start_tracker. That is the way to move a paused tracker to fewer engines or a slower frequency before paying for another survey. Send next_survey_at to say when that survey runs. A sent list replaces the previous one entirely.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| tracker_id | string | yes | The UUID of the tracker: call list_trackers to find it. |
| title | string | no | Display name of the tracker. |
| prompts | array | no | The questions asked to the AI engines at every survey, phrased exactly as a customer would ask them. |
| engines | array | no | The AI engines surveyed. A check is priced per engine, in USD: chatgpt 0.10, claude 0.20, gemini 0.10, perplexity 0.10, mistral 0.10, grok 0.20. Claude and Grok read more sources per answer, and their check carries that. The amount for the whole tracker comes back as cost_per_survey_minor, so quote that one to the person rather than adding these up. |
| frequency | string | no | How often a survey runs. on_demand puts the tracker on no schedule at all: starting it runs one survey, and every survey after that is one you ask for with survey_now. Pick it for a one-off reading, or whenever the person wants to decide each time; the other values keep a survey running on their own pace. |
| resolution | string | no | Repetitions of every question per engine and survey: hd=1, full_hd=3, 4k=6, 8k=9. Answers are stochastic; more repetitions sharpen the rates. |
| keywords | array | no | Names to detect in the answers: your brand and the names you compare against. Flag yours as favorite. |
| analysts | array | no | The lenses that score every survey. keyword_presence and share_of_voice are deterministic; sentiment and custom_prompt are AI analysts billed per analyzed response. |
| custom_prompt | string | no | The instruction of the custom_prompt analyst. Required when that analyst is selected. |
| discovery | boolean | no | Suggest new keywords spotted in the answers. |
| notify_on_survey | boolean | no | Email the account owner and managers each time a survey closes with fresh data, so the results reach them on their own. On by default; send false to keep this tracker silent. |
| next_survey_at | string | no | When the next survey runs, ISO 8601, strictly in the future; read as UTC without an offset. Later surveys keep that day and time at the pace of the frequency. On a PAUSED tracker it is kept and read back like anywhere else, and it is what makes the next start_tracker wait instead of surveying right away. It goes with a frequency that has a pace: on on_demand, leave it out and call survey_now when the person wants a reading. |
| project_id | string | no | The project the tracker is filed under: the UUID of a project of the account (call list_projects), or "default" for none. Pure organization, editable at any time. Omitted on creation the tracker files under Default; omitted on update the project does not change. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"tracker_id": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uuid",
"description": "The UUID of the tracker: call list_trackers to find it."
},
"title": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Display name of the tracker."
},
"prompts": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "The questions asked to the AI engines at every survey, phrased exactly as a customer would ask them."
},
"engines": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"chatgpt",
"claude",
"gemini",
"perplexity",
"mistral",
"grok"
]
},
"description": "The AI engines surveyed. A check is priced per engine, in USD: chatgpt 0.10, claude 0.20, gemini 0.10, perplexity 0.10, mistral 0.10, grok 0.20. Claude and Grok read more sources per answer, and their check carries that. The amount for the whole tracker comes back as cost_per_survey_minor, so quote that one to the person rather than adding these up."
},
"frequency": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"monthly",
"weekly",
"daily",
"on_demand"
],
"description": "How often a survey runs. on_demand puts the tracker on no schedule at all: starting it runs one survey, and every survey after that is one you ask for with survey_now. Pick it for a one-off reading, or whenever the person wants to decide each time; the other values keep a survey running on their own pace."
},
"resolution": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"hd",
"full_hd",
"4k",
"8k"
],
"description": "Repetitions of every question per engine and survey: hd=1, full_hd=3, 4k=6, 8k=9. Answers are stochastic; more repetitions sharpen the rates."
},
"keywords": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"keyword": {
"type": "string"
},
"favorite": {
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"required": [
"keyword"
]
}
]
},
"description": "Names to detect in the answers: your brand and the names you compare against. Flag yours as favorite."
},
"analysts": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"keyword_presence",
"share_of_voice",
"sentiment",
"custom_prompt"
]
},
"description": "The lenses that score every survey. keyword_presence and share_of_voice are deterministic; sentiment and custom_prompt are AI analysts billed per analyzed response."
},
"custom_prompt": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The instruction of the custom_prompt analyst. Required when that analyst is selected."
},
"discovery": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Suggest new keywords spotted in the answers."
},
"notify_on_survey": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Email the account owner and managers each time a survey closes with fresh data, so the results reach them on their own. On by default; send false to keep this tracker silent."
},
"next_survey_at": {
"type": "string",
"description": "When the next survey runs, ISO 8601, strictly in the future; read as UTC without an offset. Later surveys keep that day and time at the pace of the frequency. On a PAUSED tracker it is kept and read back like anywhere else, and it is what makes the next start_tracker wait instead of surveying right away. It goes with a frequency that has a pace: on on_demand, leave it out and call survey_now when the person wants a reading."
},
"project_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The project the tracker is filed under: the UUID of a project of the account (call list_projects), or \"default\" for none. Pure organization, editable at any time. Omitted on creation the tracker files under Default; omitted on update the project does not change."
}
},
"required": [
"tracker_id"
]
}