Add capture tasks in bulk
Use Bulk add to apply one recipe to many pages with a similar structure. Watch tracks changes, Discover gathers list items, and Extract saves structured fields to datasets.
Before you start
Bulk add requires a Team plan. Try the recipe on one real page with the Scoutary extension first, and check that it captures the content you need.
Collectors need active seats, the latest extension, and a signed-in session on the source website. Capture runs in their browsers. Tasks wait when all selected collectors are offline.
Add a batch of links
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Enter links. Open Bulk add and paste page URLs or share text containing links. Each batch accepts up to 500 URLs.
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Resolve links and choose a recipe. Follow the prompts to resolve links that need it, then check the recipe’s coverage. Each batch uses one recipe. Handle unsupported links separately.
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Confirm collectors and settings. Use all collectors by default or select specific members. URL resolution and capture have separate collector selections. Configure Watch or Discover, or choose a dataset write rule.
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Create tasks and follow progress. Review the configuration and start capture. Check each URL on the progress page, then open its results.
Check progress and results
| What you see | What to do |
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| Waiting for the extension or collectors | Open a selected collector’s browser and confirm the extension is enabled and signed in. |
| Resolving or capturing | Wait for processing. A resolved URL does not yet mean data has been captured. |
| Processing round finished | Review successful, partial and failed items, then open the results in Watch, Discover or the dataset. |
| Login, verification or capture failure | Fix the cause in that collector’s browser, then retry from the progress page. |
Common questions
More than 500 links? Split them into batches: 1,200 links becomes 500 + 500 + 200. The batch limit is separate from team quotas and collector seats. You do not need extra accounts to split a list.
What happens if I submit a URL again? It depends on the capture type and destination. For datasets, the write rule determines whether to add or update a record. Resubmission is not a universal way to deduplicate results.
Submitting from your own system? Complete one manual batch first, then export its configuration and use the API.