Set up alert notifications

In Everr, open Alerts → Notification settings, enable a channel, add a recipient. Channels are app config (not code) and apply org-wide.

Each evaluation sends one notification summarizing all instance changes. Telegram and Slack are supported; an enabled channel needs at least one recipient before you can save.

Send to Telegram

1. Create a bot and get its token via Telegram's BotFather guide.
2. Find the target chat ID — either add the bot to the chat and read the ID from the Telegram Bot API getUpdates response, or open the channel or group in the Telegram web app and copy the -100… value from the URL (for channels and supergroups, that value is the chat ID).
3. In notification settings, enable Telegram and add an entry: paste the bot token, the chat ID, and an optional name.
4. Save.

Entries are immutable — add or delete, no in-place edit. The bot token is write-only: after saving, Everr never shows it again, so to rotate it, delete the entry and add a new one. The chat ID stays visible.

Send to Slack

1. Open the Slack app dashboard and select the app that should post alerts.
2. Go to Incoming Webhooks and turn on Activate Incoming Webhooks if needed.
3. Click Add New Webhook to Workspace, choose the channel, and authorize the app.
4. Copy the https://hooks.slack.com/services/... URL from Webhook URLs for Your Workspace, paste it into the Everr alerts notification settings, and give it an optional name so you can remember which channel it targets.
5. Save.

Each webhook posts to one Slack channel and receives every alert notification for the org. Webhook URLs are write-only: after saving, Everr never shows the URL again — to change one, delete it and add a new one.

Silence during maintenance

To stop notifications for a known issue or maintenance window without deleting the rule, open the alert's detail page, use the Silence action on a firing instance, and set a time window. The rule keeps evaluating; silenced instances are filtered out of notifications. If all instances are silenced, no notification is sent.

For when notifications fire, see How alerts work.