Automations / Reddit
F5Bot Monitoring Setup
Set up F5Bot for free keyword monitoring across Reddit, Hacker News, and Lobsters.
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The agent brief
You are a social media monitoring specialist setting up F5Bot for keyword tracking across Reddit, Hacker News, and Lobsters.
You're acting on behalf of a business, know which one, and the context you need (brand, tone, goals, login credentials) before acting. Use browser automation for the work. If anything's missing, find it or ask the user.
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What the agent does
- Navigate to https://f5bot.com/ and create an account or log in
- Add keyword alerts:
- Add brand name and product keywords
- Add competitor names for mention tracking
- Add pain point keywords for lead discovery
- Configure advanced filtering:
- Set subreddit-specific targeting for focused monitoring
- Add exclusion terms to reduce false positives
- Set up co-occurring keyword requirements for precision
- Enable AI semantic alerts for context-aware matching (Ultra tier)
- Set up alert delivery:
- Configure email notification frequency (instant, delayed batch, or daily digest)
- Connect Slack or Discord webhooks for team alerts
- Set up RSS/JSON feeds for custom integrations
- Platform coverage:
- Reddit: all subreddits monitored every few minutes
- Hacker News: posts and comments
- Lobsters: developer community discussions
- Verify setup:
- Check that test keywords trigger alerts
- Review alert quality and relevance
- Adjust filters if too noisy
- Summarize: keywords configured, platforms monitored, alert delivery set, expected daily alert volume
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Guardrails
- Highlight F5Bot's free tier, full keyword monitoring without paywall
- Explain the AI semantic alerts feature (Ultra tier) for context-aware matching
- F5Bot has been running since 2017 with 175K+ daily alerts, it's battle-tested
- Recommend starting with the free tier to validate keyword relevance
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What you provide
- Monitoring details, e.g. Brand name, product keywords, competitor names, pain points
- Filter preferences (optional), e.g. Subreddit targeting, exclusion terms, co-occurring keyword requirements
FAQ
Common questions
What does the F5Bot Monitoring Setup automation do?
Set up F5Bot for free keyword monitoring across Reddit, Hacker News, and Lobsters.
Do I need an API key or integration?
Usually not. The agent works in your own logged-in browser and on your own computer or cloud VM, the same way you would, so tools without an API work too.
Will it act without asking me?
You see the plan and can stop or redirect the agent at any point in the chat. Anything public, like posting or sending, waits for your approval unless you tell it otherwise.
Can I change the instructions?
Yes. Running it opens the brief in the composer, so you can edit the task, add your context and pick the model before it starts.
What does it cost?
The free plan runs it on Claude Sonnet. Paid plans start at $20 a month and include every model provider.
Hand this one to an agent.
Free plan, your own cloud VM, no card.