diff --git a/src/__tests__/commands/monitor.test.ts b/src/__tests__/commands/monitor.test.ts
index 643b476ed..a88264edb 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/commands/monitor.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/commands/monitor.test.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,49 @@ describe('monitor command helpers', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('builds a search target from queries and search options', () => {
+      expect(
+        buildCreateBody({
+          name: 'LLM releases',
+          goal: 'Notify me about major new LLM model releases',
+          scheduleText: 'every 2 hours',
+          timezone: 'UTC',
+          queries: ['new LLM release', 'frontier model launch'],
+          searchWindow: '24h',
+          maxResults: 10,
+          includeDomains: ['openai.com'],
+          excludeDomains: ['reddit.com'],
+        })
+      ).toEqual({
+        name: 'LLM releases',
+        goal: 'Notify me about major new LLM model releases',
+        schedule: {
+          text: 'every 2 hours',
+          timezone: 'UTC',
+        },
+        targets: [
+          {
+            type: 'search',
+            queries: ['new LLM release', 'frontier model launch'],
+            searchWindow: '24h',
+            maxResults: 10,
+            includeDomains: ['openai.com'],
+            excludeDomains: ['reddit.com'],
+          },
+        ],
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('requires a goal for search monitors', () => {
+      expect(() =>
+        buildCreateBody({
+          name: 'No goal',
+          scheduleText: 'hourly',
+          queries: ['something'],
+        })
+      ).toThrow(/goal is required for search monitors/);
+    });
+
     it('supports the simple page plus goal path', () => {
       expect(
         buildCreateBody({
diff --git a/src/commands/monitor.ts b/src/commands/monitor.ts
index 13ac0d2d7..b589609fa 100644
--- a/src/commands/monitor.ts
+++ b/src/commands/monitor.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /**
  * `firecrawl monitor` — manage Firecrawl monitors.
  *
- * Monitors run recurring scrapes/crawls and diff each result against the last
- * retained snapshot. See features/monitoring in the docs.
+ * Monitors run recurring scrapes/crawls/searches and diff each result against
+ * the last retained snapshot. See features/monitoring in the docs.
  *
  * firecrawl@4.22.2 exposes monitor methods (createMonitor,
  * listMonitors, getMonitor, updateMonitor, deleteMonitor, runMonitor,
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ export function buildCreateBody(opts: {
   page?: string;
   urls?: string[];
   crawlUrl?: string;
+  queries?: string[];
+  searchWindow?: string;
+  maxResults?: number;
+  includeDomains?: string[];
+  excludeDomains?: string[];
   webhookUrl?: string;
   webhookEvents?: string[];
   emailRecipients?: string[];
@@ -160,8 +165,14 @@ export function buildCreateBody(opts: {
         : undefined;
   const hasScrape = urls && urls.length > 0;
   const hasCrawl = !!opts.crawlUrl;
-  if (!hasScrape && !hasCrawl) {
-    throw new Error('Provide --scrape-urls or --crawl-url');
+  const hasSearch = !!(opts.queries && opts.queries.length > 0);
+  if (!hasScrape && !hasCrawl && !hasSearch) {
+    throw new Error('Provide --scrape-urls, --crawl-url, or --queries');
+  }
+  // The API requires a non-empty goal whenever a search target is present
+  // (it auto-enables the AI judge). Fail early with a clear message.
+  if (hasSearch && (!opts.goal || !opts.goal.trim())) {
+    throw new Error('--goal is required for search monitors (--queries)');
   }
 
   const schedule: Record<string, unknown> = {};
@@ -172,6 +183,20 @@ export function buildCreateBody(opts: {
   const targets: unknown[] = [];
   if (hasScrape) targets.push({ type: 'scrape', urls });
   if (hasCrawl) targets.push({ type: 'crawl', url: opts.crawlUrl });
+  if (hasSearch) {
+    const searchTarget: Record<string, unknown> = {
+      type: 'search',
+      queries: opts.queries,
+    };
+    if (opts.searchWindow) searchTarget.searchWindow = opts.searchWindow;
+    if (opts.maxResults !== undefined)
+      searchTarget.maxResults = opts.maxResults;
+    if (opts.includeDomains && opts.includeDomains.length > 0)
+      searchTarget.includeDomains = opts.includeDomains;
+    if (opts.excludeDomains && opts.excludeDomains.length > 0)
+      searchTarget.excludeDomains = opts.excludeDomains;
+    targets.push(searchTarget);
+  }
 
   const body: Record<string, unknown> = {
     name: opts.name,
@@ -219,7 +244,7 @@ function commonOptions(cmd: Command): Command {
  */
 export function createMonitorCommand(): Command {
   const monitor = new Command('monitor').description(
-    'Schedule recurring scrapes/crawls and track content changes'
+    'Schedule recurring scrapes/crawls/searches and track content changes'
   );
 
   // create
@@ -245,6 +270,30 @@ export function createMonitorCommand(): Command {
         parseCommaList
       )
       .option('--crawl-url <url>', 'Root URL for a crawl target')
+      .option(
+        '--queries <list>',
+        'Comma-separated search queries for a search target (requires --goal)',
+        parseCommaList
+      )
+      .option(
+        '--search-window <window>',
+        'Search recency window: 5m, 15m, 1h, 6h, 24h, 7d (default: 24h)'
+      )
+      .option(
+        '--max-results <n>',
+        'Max search results per query, 1-50 (default: 10)',
+        parseInt
+      )
+      .option(
+        '--include-domains <list>',
+        'Comma-separated domains to restrict search results to',
+        parseCommaList
+      )
+      .option(
+        '--exclude-domains <list>',
+        'Comma-separated domains to exclude from search results',
+        parseCommaList
+      )
       .option('--webhook-url <url>', 'Webhook destination')
       .option(
         '--webhook-events <list>',
@@ -275,6 +324,11 @@ export function createMonitorCommand(): Command {
           page: options.page,
           urls: options.scrapeUrls,
           crawlUrl: options.crawlUrl,
+          queries: options.queries,
+          searchWindow: options.searchWindow,
+          maxResults: options.maxResults,
+          includeDomains: options.includeDomains,
+          excludeDomains: options.excludeDomains,
           webhookUrl: options.webhookUrl,
           webhookEvents: options.webhookEvents,
           emailRecipients: options.email,
@@ -480,6 +534,11 @@ Examples:
       --schedule "every 30 minutes" \\
       --page https://example.com/blog \\
       --email alerts@example.com
+  $ firecrawl monitor create --name "LLM releases" \\
+      --goal "Notify me about major new LLM model releases" \\
+      --schedule "every 2 hours" \\
+      --queries "new LLM release,frontier model launch" \\
+      --search-window 24h --max-results 10
   $ firecrawl monitor create monitor.json
   $ cat monitor.json | firecrawl monitor create
   $ firecrawl monitor list --limit 20