Tracking Projects (Insights+)

Insights+

Project tracking lets you nominate specific projects - or categories of projects - and receive structured snapshots of public-data activity against them. No manual searching. The platform watches AusTender, CKAN, and ABR continuously and surfaces the signals that matter.

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What it does

When you track a project, the platform:

1. Runs the org tracked project snapshot workflow on a schedule
2. Pulls relevant AusTender contract notices, CKAN project datasets, and ABR entity data
3. Structures the result as a versioned snapshot against the project entity
4. Surfaces the snapshot in the /projects/tracked surface and through the MCP server

You can query the tracked data in natural language - “What contracts have been awarded on the Bruce Highway upgrade since March?” - and get sourced, attributed answers.

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Setting up tracking

1. Navigate to Tracked Projects - go to /projects/tracked in the platform web app.

2. Start the wizard - click Track a new project. The wizard walks you through:

   • Naming the tracking configuration
   • Setting the data sources (AusTender categories, CKAN portals, ABR entity filters)
   • Setting the snapshot schedule (daily or weekly)

3. Review the first snapshot - after the first workflow run completes, the tracked project detail page shows the initial dataset. This is your baseline.

4. Query through Claude - with the MCP server connected, you can ask Claude questions against the tracked project’s accumulated data.

Tip

Start with a project you already know well - Bruce Highway, Pacific Highway, or a regional upgrade corridor you’re estimating for. A familiar project makes it easy to verify the data quality before using it for decisions.

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What the snapshot contains

Each snapshot is a structured record of:

Signal	Source	What you can ask
Contract awards	AusTender	Which contractors are winning work? What packages are in flight?
Procurement notices	AusTender	Active tenders - what’s coming to market?
Project datasets	CKAN	State government project data - spatial extents, program documents
Supplier entities	ABR	ABN verification for awarded contractors

Snapshots are versioned - you can compare the current snapshot against the baseline and see what has changed since you started tracking.

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Multiple tracking configurations

You can track multiple projects simultaneously, each with its own configuration and schedule. Each configuration maps to one OrgProjectTrackingConfig row - there is no limit on the number of tracked projects on Insights+.

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Next steps

• Open Data Catalog - the data sources behind project tracking
• MCP Server - query tracked project data through Claude
• Uploading Your Data - combine tracked public data with your own uploaded contracts