# Following tracker

# Following tracker

A following tracker posts every new account that one X account starts following.

## What fires a following tracker

The bot checks the tracked account's Following list for new accounts.

When first created or re-armed, the bot reads the current Following list without announcing anything. Only follows made after that moment announce.

New follows announce oldest-first. The bot remembers the accounts seen, so unfollowing and re-following one of those stays silent.

## Setup

#### Setup

1. Open Dashboard → Beta → Automations with the bot selected.
2. Click **Add** and pick **Following Tracker** in the **Which automation?** picker — opens **New Following Tracker**.
3. Enter the tracked X handle. The dashboard looks it up and shows the account, or says the handle is invalid, not found on X, or private.
4. Pick the destination group from **Posts in group…** — only groups already authorized for the bot are listed.
5. Optional: add rules at the bottom of the same form — rules here are about **the followed account**.
6. Click **Create**.
7. Optional, from the saved automation's card: open the Topics icon to route its messages into a forum topic. There is no recap on a following tracker.

## Settings

| Setting | Accepts | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Handle | X handle: 1–15 letters, digits or underscores | Required |
| Destination group | One of the bot's authorized groups | Required |
| Rules | Up to 8 | None |

## Output

The card opens with the follow graphic (or the followed account's avatar), then a stats table — Followers, Following, Posts, Joined — and the account's bio. Recent posts and a contract-address block appear once found.

Buttons under the card: **View \<name>** opens the account's profile; **Fetch 5 most recent posts** (then **Fetch 5 more posts**) adds the account's posts to the card; **Fetch \<name> Followers** posts the account's complete follower list into the group.

- [Card layouts and limits](/x-automations/xrules-cards-limits)