WorldMonitor is a full-stack, open-source global intelligence platform providing real-time monitoring of geopolitical, economic, military, supply chain, and natural events. The codebase is overwhelmingly an application (single-page web dashboard, Vercel Edge API, Convex backend, Tauri desktop app, CLI, and SDKs) with a secondary data pipeline character (consumer price scraping, external API seeding). It powers a commercial SaaS with free and Pro tiers, featuring a map-based dashboard with 100+ configurable panels, an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for AI agents, and extensive multi-language support (28 locales). The architecture follows a seed-cache pattern where Railway cron jobs fetch external data into Redis, and serverless Edge functions read cached JSON for low-latency responses. The frontend uses vanilla TypeScript with Vite, deck.gl/MapLibre for mapping, and a panel system for modular UI composition. The system is actively maintained, with daily commits, comprehensive test coverage (unit, integration, E2E with Playwright), and a well-documented API surface with 298 protobuf definitions across 36 domain services. While the codebase is large and occasionally duplicates shared constants across modules, it demonstrates strong software engineering practices including circuit breakers, idempotency keys, rate limiting, and a consistent handler pattern.