---
title: "Alert Channels - Documentation"
description: "Configure notification channels: email, Slack, webhooks, PagerDuty, and more. Test and manage channel settings."
canonical: "https://www.aifordatabase.com/docs/alert-channels/"
---

# Alert Channels

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## Alert Channels

Alert channels define where notifications are sent when an alert fires. Configure channels once and reuse them across multiple alerts.

### Email Channel

The simplest channel. Enter one or more email addresses separated by commas.

**Configuration:**

*   **Recipients** -- email addresses
*   **Include data** -- attach the query results as a table in the email body
*   **Format** -- HTML (rich) or plain text

### Slack Channel

Post alert notifications to Slack channels.

**Setup:**

1.  1Go to **Settings > Integrations > Slack** and click **Connect**.
2.  2Authorize AI for Database to post to your workspace.
3.  3When creating an alert channel, select the Slack channel from the dropdown.

**Configuration:**

*   **Channel** -- the Slack channel to post to
*   **Mention** -- optionally @mention a user or @here/@channel
*   **Include data** -- include query results in the message

### Webhook Channel

Send a JSON payload to any HTTP endpoint. Useful for integrating with PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Datadog, Zapier, or custom systems.

**Configuration:**

*   **URL** -- the endpoint
*   **Method** -- POST (default) or PUT
*   **Headers** -- add Authorization or custom headers
*   **Payload template** -- JSON template with variables:

```json
{
  "alert_name": "{{alert_name}}",
  "status": "{{status}}",
  "value": "{{current_value}}",
  "threshold": "{{threshold}}",
  "timestamp": "{{triggered_at}}"
}
```

### PagerDuty Integration

A specialized webhook preset for PagerDuty. Enter your PagerDuty integration key and AI for Database handles the event formatting automatically. Supports triggering, acknowledging, and resolving incidents.

### Testing Channels

Click **Send Test** on any channel to send a sample notification. This helps verify the configuration before you rely on it for real alerts.

### Channel Management

View all configured channels in **Settings > Alert Channels**. Each channel shows how many alerts use it, the last notification time, and delivery status.

Source: https://www.aifordatabase.com/docs/alert-channels/