Use If / Else to choose the next steps from a check of the page, URL, literal text, or a declared saved name. A match runs Then; otherwise it runs Else.
It evaluates once when the runner reaches the step. That is a match at that moment — not “the text changed since last reload.” A missing element is Else, not a failed wait. An empty Else continues after the If.
Alerts are not a property of If. Place Send Alert in Then or Else.
How to add it
Add Step → If / Else. Pick on page writes the first Page operand. Whole page on a Page operand sets that selector to body. The Saved operand picks a name from the sheet Values list.
All match / Any match appears once there are two or more clauses.
For a later text change, or to block until something appears, use Wait / Delay Until. The card suffix · Watch means a Wait Until exists, not an If toggle.
Not this step
Is not Wait Until (blocking poll). Is not Save value. Is not Send Alert.
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