Watchlists
Track a set of companies and scope webhook delivery to just those accounts.
A watchlist is a named set of companies you care about. Bind a webhook to a watchlist and that endpoint only fires for events about companies on the list, so you get alerts for your target accounts instead of the whole firehose. Available on the Growth and Scale plans.
How it works
- Create a watchlist and add the companies you want to track.
- Create a webhook and set Deliver for to that watchlist.
- When a funding round, acquisition, or executive move is confirmed for a company on the list, the endpoint fires. Events for every other company are skipped.
A company can be on many watchlists, and a watchlist can be watched by several webhooks. For acquisitions, an event matches if either the acquirer or the target is on the list.
Add companies
You identify a company by any of these, and Datahyena resolves each to its canonical record:
- Domain, e.g.
stripe.com - Company name, e.g.
Stripe - LinkedIn company URL
- A Datahyena company id
In the dashboard you can paste or type companies as chips, or upload a CSV and pick which columns to match on. Each submission reports how many companies were added, were already on the list, or could not be matched.
Manage in the dashboard
Open Watchlists in the dashboard. From a list you can rename it, add or remove companies, and connect a webhook. The Notifications panel on each list shows which webhooks are watching it and lets you attach an existing endpoint or create a new one already scoped to the list.
Manage with MCP
Watchlists are also available through the MCP server, so an agent can manage them in natural language. These tools are free and do not consume credits. They require the watchlists scope, which is granted when you connect.
| Tool | Does |
|---|---|
list_watchlists | List your watchlists with member counts. |
get_watchlist | Get one watchlist and its companies. |
create_watchlist | Create a new watchlist. |
add_to_watchlist | Resolve identifiers and add companies to a list. |
remove_from_watchlist | Remove companies from a list. |
Bind a webhook
Scoping happens on the webhook, not the watchlist. Set Deliver for to a watchlist when you create or edit an endpoint, or leave it on All companies to receive events for every company. See Webhooks for delivery, signing, and retries.