> For the complete user guide index, see [llms.txt](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/llms.txt).

# Monitors

[Canonical page](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/monitors/)

Track thesis signposts, KPIs, and events across your coverage.

- [Inbox](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/monitors/inbox.md): Review Monitor updates, scheduled Screening results, Scheduled Research notifications, and monitor suggestions in one feed.
- [Monitors overview](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/monitors/monitors.md): Understand how Monitors combine companies, signals, sources, and delivery settings to surface matching developments.
- [Create a Monitor](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/monitors/create-a-monitor.md): Create a Monitor with companies, signals, sources, and delivery settings, then verify the saved configuration.
- [Create a Monitor without companies](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/monitors/scheduled-briefs.md): Configure a Monitor without a company list for a market-wide topic or event and verify its schedule and Inbox delivery.
- [Track a thesis](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/monitors/create-thesis-monitor.md): Configure a Monitor around a specific investment thesis and review matches against supporting and disconfirming signals.
- [Track a datapoint](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/monitors/create-datapoint-monitor.md): Configure a Monitor for a specific metric across a company group and review any source-backed matches it produces.
- [Track events](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/monitors/create-event-monitor.md): Configure a Monitor for defined events such as M&A, regulatory changes, or management transitions and review its matches.
- [Generate a 90-day Monitor summary](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/monitors/generate-90-day-summary.md): Generate a synthesis from the preceding 90 days of available Monitor updates and verify it against the underlying entries.
- [Manage a Monitor](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/monitors/manage-a-monitor.md): Change a Monitor's scope or email settings, understand ongoing usage and Podcast start dates, and stop monitoring with the correct action.
- [Export Monitor updates](https://portraitresearch.com/documentation/monitors/export-monitor-updates.md): Export one Monitor update or summary, or updates since a chosen date, to PDF and check the included period and export limits.