Choosing where your alerts go

A notification channel is simply a place alerts are sent: an email address, a Slack channel, your Telegram. There are two steps. First add the channel, then tell each monitor to use it. (In the app, channels are listed under “Notification handlers”.)

Add a channel

1. Open Notification handlers and create one (or go to app.offalerts.com/notification-handler-create).
2. Choose the type and fill in where it should deliver:
   • Email: the address to alert.
   • Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat: a special link you create in that app, called a webhook. See Sending alerts to Slack or Discord.
   • Telegram: one tap to link your account. See Getting alerts on Telegram.
   • Webhook: for developers who want alerts sent to their own system.
3. Save.

Which types are available, and how many of each, depends on your plan. See pricing.

Tell your monitors to use it

This is the step people miss. Adding a channel doesn’t alert anyone by itself. Open each monitor you want alerts for, choose to edit it, and select the channel under notifications.

Or ask the assistant: “send alerts for the checkout monitor to Slack”.