Settings Dashboard

The Settings dashboard provides access to all configuration options for your property. It's organized into tabs for different setting categories.

What You'll Learn

In this guide, you'll learn:

How to access and use your API key
How to configure report settings
How to set billing limits
What experimental features are available

API Tab

Your API Key

Your Spyglasses API key is required to connect the tracking plugin to your property. The key is displayed with a copy button for easy access.

You'll need this key to:

Install the Spyglasses plugin on your website
Configure middleware for Next.js, Nuxt, etc.
Set up server-side tracking

See AI Traffic Analytics for more about what the plugin enables.

Platform Documentation Links

The API tab includes links to platform-specific documentation:

Choose your platform for detailed installation instructions.

Regenerating Your API Key

If your API key is compromised:

Click "Regenerate Key"
Confirm the action
Update your site integration with the new key

Warning: Regenerating invalidates the old key immediately. Your site integration will stop working until updated.

Reports Tab

Report Scheduling

Instead of running reports manually, you can schedule them to run automatically:

Frequency	Description
Weekly	Reports run every 7 days
Monthly	Reports run every 30 days
Quarterly	Reports run every 90 days
Off	Manual reports only

Choose a frequency based on:

How often your content changes
Your recrawl frequency
Credit budget
How actively you're optimizing

Default Location

Set a default location for all reports run for this property:

City: Specific city name
Region/State: State, province, or region
Country: Country code

Why set location? Location-aware queries return different results. For local businesses, this ensures AI platforms return locally relevant recommendations.

Example: A restaurant in Austin, TX should set location to "Austin, Texas, US" so queries like "best restaurants near me" return relevant competitors.

When Location Matters

Local businesses: Essential—set your service area
Regional services: Important—set your primary market
National/global businesses: Optional—may set for specific market focus
SaaS/digital products: Usually not needed

Billing Tab

AI Visit Monthly Cap

Set a maximum limit on tracked AI visits per month. This ensures you don't receive an unexpected bill for AI traffic overage.

How it works:

Set a cap (e.g., 10,000 visits)
When limit is reached, tracking continues but overage charges stop
Resets at the start of each billing period

Why use a cap:

Budget predictability
Protection against unexpected traffic spikes
Control over costs during testing

Organization Billing Link

Billing is handled at the organization level, not per property. The link takes you to organization billing where you can:

View current plan
Update payment method
See usage across all properties
Upgrade or downgrade

Experimental Tab

This tab contains features that are not yet ready for full release. These may include:

Beta features in testing
Advanced options for power users
Features gathering feedback

If you want to use experimental features: Contact us at support@spyglasses.io so we can help you get started and provide guidance.

Note: Experimental features may change or be removed without notice.

Danger Zone

The Danger Zone contains destructive actions that cannot be undone.

Delete Property

Permanently deletes this property and all associated data:

All AI Visibility Reports
All analytics data
All discovery queries
All competitor data
All historical metrics

Deletion is permanent and cannot be undone.

Use delete only if:

You created the property by mistake
You're canceling your account
You want to completely remove all data

Before deleting, consider:

Exporting any reports you need
Confirming this is the right property
Understanding all data will be lost

How to Delete

Click "Delete Property"
Type the property name to confirm
Click "Delete Permanently"

Settings are organized into tabs for easy access:

API: Keys and integration documentation
Reports: Scheduling and location settings
Billing: Usage caps and organization billing
Experimental: Beta features (if available)
Danger Zone: Destructive actions