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# Follow a situation

> Start, list, pause, resume, or stop a monitor.

# Follow a situation

Prerequisite: an active `mandate_write` connection and current monitor access. `start_monitor` requires exactly one eligible UUID: an `alert_id` from the `id` of an alert returned by `get_updates`, or an edition `item_id` supplied by the web product. The current `get_briefing` and `GET /briefing` responses do not expose edition item IDs, so an assistant cannot start from an edition item alone. Use the web edition for that path.

Use `list_monitors` to see the reader's monitors and `set_monitor_state` with `active`, `paused`, or `stopped`.

Stopping is irreversible. On `not_found`, do not infer whether another account owns the identifier. On `monitor_stopped`, follow eligible evidence again to create a new monitor.