PostSpy
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A Chrome extension that watches Facebook for you

Be first to spot the right post.

PostSpy quietly watches the Facebook Groups and Marketplace searches you care about, and emails you the moment something matches what you're actually looking for — not just keywords.

Watch any group or Marketplace search Tell the AI what you want in plain English Get emailed when it appears
How it works

Three clicks and a sentence.

1

Open the page you want to watch

Any Facebook Group you've joined, any Marketplace search URL you'd normally bookmark.

2

Click "+ Add to PostSpy"

A small chat opens. Tell the AI what you're looking for — "carpenter jobs near Sydney," "Eames lounge under $1500," anything. It'll ask 1–2 follow-ups, then save it.

3

Get an email when it shows up

PostSpy quietly checks the page on a random 5–30 minute rhythm. When a new post matches, you get an email with a one-line summary and a link straight to the post.

Use cases

Two kinds of watching.

PostSpy doesn't just match keywords — it understands intent. So you can watch for things to buy and people who need you.

Supply · I'm looking for

Stuff you actually want.

  • Vintage Eames lounge chair, under $1500, willing to drive an hour.
  • Mid-century dining table, real wood, Inner West Sydney.
  • Used Peloton or Hydrow, good condition, under $800.
  • Marshall guitar amp — JCM800 or DSL.
Demand · People who need you

Leads, while everyone else scrolls past.

  • Carpenter — anyone in a Sydney tradie group needing kitchen cabinetry or a deck rebuild.
  • Photographer — wedding or family shoots wanted in your area.
  • Personal trainer — anyone asking for someone in your suburb.
  • Plumber, electrician, tutor — recommendation requests in local groups.
What's in the box

Built for the way you actually want to watch.

Semantic, not keyword

"Need a chippy" should match "looking for a carpenter." PostSpy uses local embeddings + Claude Haiku to understand intent, not just word overlap.

Polite by design

Real browser, real account, real residential IP. Jittered visits, sequential not parallel, hard caps on page loads/day, pauses when you're on Facebook yourself.

Conversational add-watch

No form to fill. The AI asks what you mean, refines, confirms. You either get exactly what you want or talk it into shape.

Email + dashboard

Debounced email digests when matches hit. Side-panel dashboard with an accordion per watch, unread badges that clear when you click through.

48h short-term memory

Only flags posts that are genuinely new since the last visit. Old IDs sweep automatically. No re-spamming.

Local-first

Everything lives in your browser. No cloud sync, no shared scraper farm, no account database. Your watches are yours.

Pricing

Start free. Pay only when you grow.

PostSpy includes the AI matching engine and email delivery — no API keys to manage. Tiered by spies and how fast they check.

Free
$0

Try it on one spy.

  • 1 spy
  • Rarely cadence (30–90 min)
  • 30 AI judges / day
  • 5 emails / day
Install
Solo
$7/mo

For one need + a hobby.

  • 3 spies
  • Normal cadence (10–25 min)
  • 100 AI judges / day
  • 15 emails / day
Most picked
Power
$19/mo

For tradies and Marketplace flippers.

  • 10 spies
  • All cadences incl. Often (5–10 min)
  • 200 AI judges / day
  • 30 emails / day
Pro
$49/mo

For agencies & lead-gen pros.

  • 30 spies
  • All cadences, priority queue
  • 500 AI judges / day
  • 60 emails / day

All tiers include the AI matching, conversational spy setup, and email delivery — nothing extra to plug in.

FAQ

Quick answers.

Do I need to log into Facebook through PostSpy?+

No. You log in to Facebook the normal way, in any Chrome tab. PostSpy shares Chrome's cookies — it never sees, stores, or touches your Facebook credentials.

Do I need to leave Facebook open in a tab?+

No. PostSpy opens its own hidden background tabs on a randomised 5–30 minute schedule. You just need Chrome running and to have logged into Facebook in Chrome at some point.

Will Facebook ban me?+

PostSpy is read-only and behaves like a power user — your real browser, your real IP, no automation patterns, hard caps on visits per day, jittered timing, sequential not parallel. We make no guarantees, but the risk profile is much closer to "you browsing" than to "a scraping bot."

What does it cost to run?+

For typical personal use: $1–3 per month on Anthropic credits (pennies per matched post), $0 on Resend (free tier covers 3,000 emails/month), and $0 on embeddings (they run locally). PostSpy itself is free.

Will it spam my inbox?+

Matches arriving within ~2 minutes are bundled into a single email per watch. You can set a daily email cap (default 30/day). And the 👍 / 👎 feedback in the dashboard nudges thresholds higher if too many borderline matches sneak through.

Where does my data live?+

Locally, in your Chrome profile's IndexedDB. There's no PostSpy cloud backend. The only things that leave your machine are: (a) post text sent to Anthropic for the judge call, and (b) the email sent through Resend's API. Both use your own keys, so you control them.

Is there an iPhone app?+

Not needed. Matches arrive as plain emails — open them on any phone. (A native iOS companion is a "maybe later" if there's demand.)

Stop scrolling. Start spotting.

Install the extension, point it at the pages you care about, and let PostSpy do the watching.

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