> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.finchling.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Configure your Projects Settings

> The different options available to configure your Finchling project. 

The project settings allow you to define how Finchling understands your brand, filters opportunities, and delivers recommendations.

Completing this section carefully will significantly improve the relevance of the insights you receive. You can update or change your project settings at any time.

Here are the different options available to configure your project:

## 1. Main Project Settings

These are the options you're going to see on the page when you click on "Project Settings" button:

### Project Name

The internal name of your project in Finchling. This is only visible to you and your team.​\
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Choose a clear internal name for your project. This is especially useful if you manage multiple brands, markets, or clients and want to keep your setup organized.\
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For example: "Wise" or "Nike". 

### Target Market

Defines the geographic focus of your news opportunities.

* Worldwide: shows all relevant opportunities globally. 
* Country: filters opportunities to a specific country or region. Right now, Finchling supports the following markets: UK, US, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Australia, Canada. 

### What topics are your campaigns focused on right now?

Use this field to explain the areas, campaigns, topics, or priorities your team is currently focused on. Your PR focus may change over time, and updating it helps Finchling stay aligned with your immediate goals. \
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This helps Finchling find the most relevant opportunities for you right now. For example: "Online payment solutions for businesses". 

### Brand Information

* **Brand Name**\
  Your brand or company name.
* **URL**\
  Your website URL. Helps Finchling better understand your brand context.
* **Brand search ter**\
  The main keyword used to identify mentions of your brand or product. Keep this simple and consistent.
* **Brand guidelines**\
  Provide tone, messaging, or positioning instructions Finchling should follow when suggesting angles. Example: preferred terminology, tone of voice, audience focus.
* **How closely should opportunities match your brand?**\
  Finchling can show opportunities that are tightly aligned with your brand, or broaden the scope to include more unexpected and creative angles.\
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  Choose one of the following:
  * **More on brand**\
    Shows opportunities that are more closely tied to your brand, industry, and current PR focus.\
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    Choose this if you want: Higher relevance, less exploratory discovery, tighter alignment with your positioning, more direct story matches. 
  * **More creative**\
    Expands results to include more lateral and unexpected angles that may still be useful for campaigns or reactive PR.\
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    Choose this if you want: More creative inspiration, broader opportunity discovery, less obvious story angles, more exploratory ideas. 
  * **A mix**\
    Balances relevance and creativity.\
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    Choose this if you want Finchling to surface both: Strong, directly relevant matches, broader opportunities with potential PR value.  \
    Recommended for most teams: Start with A mix and adjust over time based on the quality of the opportunities you receive.

### Help Finchling surface better stories

Add extra details about your brand, audience, or offerings to improve recommendations.\
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You can add multiple entries to give Finchling a richer understanding of your brand.\
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For example, specify your "Focus categories" as labels and provide the focus category names in the details. 

### Project settings actions

After updating your project settings you can select to: 

* **Save**\
  Saves your project settings.
* **Delete Project**\
  Permanently deletes the project and all associated data.

At the top of the “Main Project Settings” page, you’ll find additional configuration options: “Competitors,” “Alerts,” and “Mute a Topic,” explained below.

## 2. Competitors

The Competitors page allows you to define and manage competitor brands or organizations whose PR coverage you want to monitor in the “Competitors” dashboard.

Use the **“Add a competitor”** button to include a new competitor in your project.

When adding a competitor, you should provide:

* The competitor name
* Their website URL

Once added, Finchling will start analyzing their PR activity and coverage.

If you have already added competitors, they will be listed here along with their PR coverage, which you can click on to gain insights.

You can click on each of your competitors' names to view their specific PR coverage or use the settings button to update their configuration or delete the competitor.

## 3. Alerts

In the “Alerts” page, you will see a list of existing alerts and have the option to create new ones.

For each alert, you will see:

* **Channel:** Email or Slack
* **Recipient:** Name and last name
* **Minimum priority:** Any or high-priority opportunities
* **Frequency:** Daily digest or throughout the day
* **Delete button**

When you select “Set up an alert” to create a new one, you will see the following options:

* **Send an alert via:** Email or Slack
* **Trigger condition:** Any opportunity or only high-priority opportunities
* **Delivery timing:** As a daily digest or throughout the day
* **Save button**

## 4. Mute a Topic

In the “Mute a Topic” page, you can specify the topics you don’t want to be alerted about in the stories that are surfaced.

You can mute a topic by entering a relevant keyword (e.g., AI, crypto) in the field and clicking the “Mute Topic” button.

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## Got Other Questions?

If you still need help, advice or support, email us at [help@finchling.com](mailto:help@finchling.com)