AIDular can watch the web for upcoming events and deadlines so you never have to check manually. You write a plain-English prompt, pick a schedule, and a report lands in your inbox on time.
This is one of the most underused ways to set up AIDular. Most people track news or prices. But tracking time-sensitive things, like ticket drops, scholarship deadlines, or conference registrations, can save you real money and stress.
Why Event Tracking Is Different
With news or prices, missing one update is not a big deal. With deadlines, missing one update can mean losing out entirely. A concert sells out. An application closes. A grant window passes. So the goal here is to get the information early, not just regularly.
That changes how you write your prompt and which schedule you choose.
Step 1: Be Specific About What You Are Tracking
Vague prompts get vague results. The more precise you are, the more useful your report will be.
Ask yourself three things before you write your prompt:
- What exactly are you tracking? (A specific event, a type of event, or a recurring deadline?)
- Where does this happen? (A city, a country, a specific website or organisation?)
- What do you want to know? (Dates, ticket prices, registration links, eligibility?)
Step 2: Write a Clear, Specific Prompt
Here is a format that works well:
Find any upcoming [event type] in [location or field] happening in the next [time window]. Include dates, registration or ticket links, and any deadlines I need to know about. Focus on [specific criteria, e.g. free events / under-25s / online-only].
Here is a real, copy-paste example you can use:
Find upcoming creative writing competitions open to UK residents in the next three months. Include entry deadlines, prize details, whether there is an entry fee, and a link to each competition's official page.
That prompt gives AIDular clear boundaries. It knows what to look for, where, and what details to pull out.
Step 3: Choose the Right Schedule
For events and deadlines, the schedule matters a lot.
- Weekly is the sweet spot for most event tracking. Things change fast enough that monthly misses stuff, but daily can feel like noise if there are not many updates.
- Daily makes sense if you are tracking something very time-sensitive, like a ticket sale that could open any day, or a job application window that closes soon.
- Monthly works if you are tracking annual or quarterly things, like award nominations, grant cycles, or conference call-for-papers seasons.
A good rule: if missing a week would cost you something, go weekly. If missing a day would cost you something, go daily.
Step 4: Add a Time Window to Your Prompt
Always tell AIDular how far ahead to look. Without it, results can be too broad.
Some useful phrases to add:
- "happening in the next 30 days"
- "with deadlines before the end of November"
- "opening for registration this quarter"
- "announced in the last 7 days"
These phrases help focus the report on what is actually actionable right now.
Step 5: Read the Report With Action in Mind
When your AIDular report arrives, scan it differently than you would a news digest. For each item, ask: do I need to do something, and by when?
A good habit is to copy any deadlines straight into your calendar the moment you read them. The report is the early warning. Your calendar is where you lock it in.
A Few More Prompt Ideas to Get You Started
- Find hackathons open to university students taking place in Europe in the next two months, including prize money and application deadlines.
- List any open calls for artists or photographers in the US closing in the next six weeks, with links to apply.
- Find any tech conferences in Southeast Asia announcing early-bird registration in the next 30 days.
Each of these follows the same pattern: clear topic, clear location, clear time window, clear details needed.
You can set all of this up for free at aidular.com. AIDular's Lite plan lets you run scheduled searches and get email reports without paying anything. It takes about two minutes to write your first prompt and pick a schedule.
Stop relying on memory or hoping you stumble across the right page in time. Let AIDular do the checking for you.