Automated Vanguard Dividend Tracking
Every Monday, WebRun signs into Vanguard, reads last week's dividend and distribution activity across your accounts, posts a plain summary of what each holding paid and where the cash sits to Slack, and sends a Twilio text when any single payment is far larger than usual.
How do I track the dividends my investment accounts paid?
WebRun signs into Vanguard every Monday and reads the dividends and distributions paid into your accounts over the past week. It posts a plain summary to Slack showing what each holding paid and how much cash is uninvested, and texts you through Twilio whenever a payment is unusually large.
- One weekly summary instead of logging in to hunt through activity
- Uninvested settlement cash gets spotted the week it appears
- Year-end capital gains distributions never arrive as a surprise
Built for long-term investors · retirees · dividend investors · family finance managers
What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
vanguard.comin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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Vanguard - read last week's distributions
vanguard.com
WebRun opens Vanguard to read last week's distributions. - Sign into Vanguard and open the activity or transaction history for each account
- Filter to dividends and capital gains distributions from the last seven days
- Capture the fund or holding, the amount, the payment date, and whether it was reinvested or left as cash
- Note the total settlement fund balance so you can see uninvested cash
Done when Every distribution paid in the last seven days is listed by holding and account.
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Slack - post the income summary
slack.com
WebRun opens Slack to post the income summary. - Post a short weekly income summary to your private Slack channel
- List each paying holding with its amount and whether it reinvested
- Show the running total for the month and the cash now sitting in the settlement fund
- Keep the post in a private channel. Never share account numbers
Done when This week's distribution summary is posted in Slack.
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Twilio - text you about outsized payments
twilio.com
WebRun opens Twilio to text you about outsized payments. - Compare each payment against the same holding's recent history
- Send yourself a Twilio text when a payment is well above its usual size, such as a year-end capital gains distribution
- Include only the fund name and amount in the text, never account details
- Send to your own number only. WebRun never texts anyone else
Done when You have been texted about any unusually large distribution.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
Can it buy, sell, or move money?
No. WebRun only reads your Vanguard activity and reports it. It never places a trade, reinvests, transfers cash, or changes a single account setting. Every action stays yours.
Is this investment advice?
No. WebRun reports what your accounts actually paid and nothing more. It does not recommend holdings, forecast returns, or suggest what to do with the cash.
Where does the summary go?
To the private Slack channel you choose, plus a text to your own number for outsized payments. WebRun never posts publicly and never includes account numbers in either message.
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