# Monitor crypto market changes with a bounded agent

Build a BTC or ETH monitoring routine with visible service budgets, pause controls and source evidence.

Retail workflow guide · No live trading

Content reviewed: 2026-10-24

Canonical: https://catalystdesk.ai/en/agents/market-monitoring

Revision: retail-discovery-2026-10-24.1

## At a glance

A monitoring agent revisits a defined market question. It should record what changed, when it was observed and what the analysis cost, while remaining separate from autonomous trading.

## Define the question and the spending limit

Choose one market and one monitoring task. Review the analysis price cap and daily and total budgets before activation. Scheduled analyses can consume Credits even when the explanation contains no actionable change.

## Treat quiet, stale and unavailable differently

No material change is different from missing data or a failed model request. Read the recorded task state and evidence time. If a result or charge is uncertain, inspect the existing run instead of starting another paid attempt.

## Keep the controls within reach

Review your agent's history and pause future runs when the task is no longer useful. An in-flight request may still settle after pausing. Monitoring produces research observations, not automatic permission to place orders.

## Start small, keep your budget visible

When a trial campaign is active, eligible verified accounts can claim up to $0.50 in service allowance for at most three analysis admissions, expiring within seven days. The workspace shows the actual offer and cost cap before use. Add $10 or $20 of Credits only through an enabled checkout; applicable tax is shown there. Credits cover CatalystDesk analysis and model use, not wallet funding or trading capital. After reviewing a simulation, a separately enabled Testnet flow may let you review and sign each exact order in your wallet; this is not live-market access.

## Inspect a structured sample

Illustrative workflow, not market data or a complete API response

Illustrative workflow only. No source data, private model parameters or execution logic are included.

```json
{
  "example": "illustrative workflow only",
  "question": "What could change this market assessment?",
  "evidence": "Source context and missing information are identified.",
  "decision_state": "Human review required",
  "limitations": "No current market observation or execution instruction."
}
```

## Start with the service you can verify

The private workspace, when enabled, shows the current service status, per-analysis cost limit and your available allowance before you submit a task. Email verification is required. No ChatGPT or Claude account, model API key, wallet deposit or coding is needed for the hosted analysis flow. This guide does not activate the service or promise a free allowance. Real trading is not available in this flow.

## Protocol references

Venue documentation describes source protocols. It does not establish CatalystDesk deployment, integration endorsement or commercial availability.

- [Hyperliquid API: Info endpoint](https://hyperliquid.gitbook.io/hyperliquid-docs/for-developers/api/info-endpoint)
- [Hyperliquid API: WebSocket subscriptions](https://hyperliquid.gitbook.io/hyperliquid-docs/for-developers/api/websocket/subscriptions)

## Continue with the public documentation

- [Market intelligence for AI trading agents](https://catalystdesk.ai/en/solutions/ai-trading-agents)
- [Hyperliquid research and testnet workflows](https://catalystdesk.ai/en/integrations/hyperliquid)
- [Plan your first research workflow](https://catalystdesk.ai/en/developers/quickstart)
- [How to evaluate market context](https://catalystdesk.ai/en/methodology/market-context)
- [Product Credits and usage](https://catalystdesk.ai/en/pricing/api-credits)
- [From market observations to an agent review](https://catalystdesk.ai/en/research/hyperliquid-context-walkthrough)
- [Separate price differences from timing evidence](https://catalystdesk.ai/en/research/basis-and-source-clocks)
- [Budgets, receipts and independent execution approval](https://catalystdesk.ai/en/research/agent-budgets-and-approvals)
- [Understand Hyperliquid BTC and ETH with an AI agent](https://catalystdesk.ai/en/agents/hyperliquid-analysis)
- [Simulate a BTC or ETH trade before taking risk](https://catalystdesk.ai/en/agents/trade-simulation)