Custom Checks & Advanced Crawling

Create site-specific rules, choose scope and matching targets, manage severity, and configure authenticated, Shopify-signed, or alternate-user-agent crawling.

  1. Decide when to use a custom checkUse a customer-defined rule for site-specific requirements not covered by built-ins.
  2. Add a custom checkCreate a site-specific found or not-found rule.
  3. Choose a per-URL or sitewide scopeApply a rule to one page, all monitored pages, or supported site files.
  4. Choose found or not-found matchingDecide whether the value must exist or must be absent.
  5. Search the head, body, or filtered contentChoose the HTML or rendered text region that should contain the value.
  6. Search response headers, title tags, or H1 headingsTarget concise SEO and HTTP signals with a Custom Check.
  7. Check robots.txt or sitemap.xml contentApply a custom value rule to stored site-resource text.
  8. Choose severity and notification behaviorSet the business importance and interruption behavior for a custom rule.
  9. Edit or delete a custom checkChange a saved rule or remove it from the website.
  10. Troubleshoot a custom check that fails unexpectedlyDiagnose target, scope, value, rendering, access, and resource-state mismatches.
  11. Monitor a site protected by HTTP Basic AuthenticationSave HTTP credentials for browser and fetch access to a protected site.
  12. Choose Chrome, TechDash, or a custom user agentSelect the request identity used for a website's monitoring.
  13. Use Web Bot Auth with ShopifyAdd a Shopify crawler signature so TechDash can send signed crawl requests to a storefront.