Scope

Write precise alert keywords

Dixit searches for exactly the words you write in your alert: it does not guess them or translate them, and six signs control the search.

Six signs to know. They make the difference between useful monitoring and a saturated inbox.

In detail

You write	What it does	Example
`;`	One or the other	`biogaz ; biométhane` finds both
a space	One and the other	`biogaz agriculture` requires both words
`" "`	The phrase, in that order	`"loi climat"` and not two unrelated words somewhere on the page
`""" """`	The phrase character for character, accents and capitals included	`"""PFAS"""` brings back only that spelling
`*`	Every possible continuation of the word	`methan*` picks up méthane, méthaniseur, méthanol
`-`	Rules a word out	`vin -bordeaux` talks about wine without talking about Bordeaux

They combine. Here is what a well-written alert looks like:

biogaz ; "gaz vert" ; methan* -agriculture -Engie

Rules worth knowing

They explain most of the gap between what you expected and what you receive.

The words AND, OR and EXCEPT spelled out are not instructions. They are words that Dixit will then require in the document. Your search narrows without warning you.
Single quotation marks look for a run of words, ignoring accents and capitals. To require the exact spelling, use triple quotation marks.
The asterisk accepts neither accents nor capitals. methan* works, méthan* returns nothing. It is the only exception in this table.
The plural only works in one direction. hôtel finds hôtels, but hôtels does not find hôtel. Always type the singular.
Irregular plurals are not recognised. travail does not find travaux. Write both.
An exclusion applies to its own part of the alert, between two ;. In the example above, -agriculture and -Engie only apply to methan*. To rule a word out everywhere, repeat it in each part.
Each part must contain at least one word you are looking for. -nucléaire on its own is not a search: that part of the alert returns nothing.