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Track Content Changes

Monitor how web content has changed over time by comparing Wayback Machine snapshots across different dates.

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Web content changes without notice -- terms of service get updated, product claims get modified, pricing gets adjusted, and editorial content gets revised. Without a change history, there is no record of what was said before. The Wayback Machine provides that record by capturing snapshots of pages over time.

ToolRouter's search_captures skill finds all snapshots of a URL within a date range, while site_history provides an overview of capture frequency and coverage for an entire domain. Together, they let you build a comprehensive change history for any page or site.

This is essential for legal teams tracking terms of service changes, compliance teams monitoring regulatory pages, journalists documenting evolving public statements, and content strategists auditing their own site's content evolution. Having a verifiable record of what was published and when can be critical in legal, journalistic, and compliance contexts.

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Claude

  1. Connect ToolRouter: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Ask Claude: "Find all Wayback Machine captures of example.com/terms from 2023-2024 using web-archive"
  3. Claude returns a timeline of snapshots
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ChatGPT

  1. Configure ToolRouter in ChatGPT
  2. Ask: "Get the site history for example.com using web-archive"
  3. ChatGPT shows capture frequency and coverage
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Copilot

  1. Add ToolRouter to Copilot MCP config
  2. In Copilot Chat: "Get site history for docs.example.com using web-archive"
  3. Copilot shows the archive coverage for the documentation site
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OpenClaw

  1. Connect ToolRouter: openclaw mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Ask OpenClaw: "Get the site history for example.com using web-archive"
  3. OpenClaw shows archive coverage over time
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