Alert Integrations

Send alert and automation notifications to the tools your team already uses. All notification integrations are free on every plan and configured per-rule, so different rules can go to different channels.

Available Channels

Channel	What You Need	Cost
Email	Your account email	Free (all plans)
SMS	Verified phone number	Business+ plans
Discord	Discord webhook URL	Free (all plans)
Slack	Slack webhook URL	Free (all plans)
Telegram	Bot token + chat ID	Free (all plans)
Custom Webhook	Any HTTP(S) URL	Free (all plans)
Send Command	Target device with commands	Free (all plans)

Discord

Post rich alert messages to a Discord channel.

Setup

1. In your Discord server, go to Server Settings > Integrations > Webhooks
2. Click New Webhook
3. Choose the channel where alerts should appear
4. Click Copy Webhook URL
5. In SiliconWit.IO, create or edit an alert and check Discord
6. Paste the webhook URL

What Gets Posted

Discord receives a rich embed with:

• Alert name and condition details
• Device name with a link to the device page
• Timestamp in UTC
• Red accent color for visibility

Tip

Create separate Discord webhooks for different channels, e.g. #critical-alerts and #info-alerts, then assign them to different alerts based on severity.

Slack

Post alert messages to a Slack channel using incoming webhooks.

Setup

1. Go to api.slack.com/apps and create a new app (or use an existing one)
2. Under Features, click Incoming Webhooks and toggle it on
3. Click Add New Webhook to Workspace
4. Choose the channel and click Allow
5. Copy the webhook URL (starts with https://hooks.slack.com/services/...)
6. In SiliconWit.IO, create or edit an alert and check Slack
7. Paste the webhook URL

What Gets Posted

Slack receives a formatted message with:

• Alert name as a header
• Device name, condition value, and timestamp
• A “View Device” button linking to the dashboard

Note

Slack webhook URLs are tied to a specific channel. To send alerts to multiple channels, create separate webhooks and assign them to different alerts.

Telegram

Send alert messages to a Telegram group, channel, or direct message.

Step 1: Create a Bot

1. Open Telegram and search for @BotFather
2. Send /newbot and follow the prompts to name your bot
3. BotFather will give you a bot token like 123456:ABC-DEF1234ghIkl-zyx57W2v1u123ew11
4. Save this token

Step 2: Get Your Chat ID

For a group or channel:

1. Add your bot to the group or channel
2. Send a message in the group
3. Open https://api.telegram.org/bot<YOUR_TOKEN>/getUpdates in a browser
4. Find the "chat":{"id": ...} value (it will be negative for groups, e.g. -1001234567890)

For direct messages:

1. Send any message to your bot
2. Open the getUpdates URL above
3. Find your chat ID in the response

Step 3: Configure in SiliconWit.IO

1. Create or edit an alert and check Telegram
2. Enter your bot token and chat ID

What Gets Sent

Telegram receives an HTML-formatted message with:

• Alert name in bold
• Device name, condition value, and timestamp
• A link to the device page

Tip

You can use @channelname as the chat ID if your bot is an admin of a public channel.

Custom Webhook

POST a JSON payload to any URL when an alert fires. This is the most flexible option and works with any service that accepts HTTP requests.

Setup

1. Create or edit an alert and check Webhook
2. Enter your endpoint URL (must start with https:// or http://)

JSON Payload

Your endpoint receives a POST request with this JSON body:

{
  "event": "alert.triggered",
  "alert": {
    "id": "alert-uuid-here",
    "name": "High Temperature",
    "condition_value": "temperature = 42.5 (threshold: > 40)"
  },
  "device": {
    "id": "device-uuid-here",
    "name": "Office Sensor"
  },
  "data": {
    "temperature": 42.5,
    "humidity": 35
  },
  "timestamp": "2026-02-10T14:30:00.000Z"
}

Field	Description
event	Always alert.triggered
alert.id	The alert’s unique ID
alert.name	The alert name you configured
alert.condition_value	Human-readable description of what triggered
device.id	Device UUID
device.name	Device name
data	The full telemetry payload that triggered the alert
timestamp	ISO 8601 timestamp

Example: n8n Workflow

1. In n8n, add a Webhook trigger node
2. Set method to POST
3. Copy the webhook URL from n8n
4. Paste it into SiliconWit.IO as the custom webhook URL
5. Build your workflow (e.g. filter by severity, send to multiple destinations)

Example: Node-RED

1. Add an http in node set to POST
2. Connect it to your processing flow
3. Use the Node-RED endpoint URL as the custom webhook URL

Example: Zapier / Make

1. Create a new Zap/Scenario with a Webhooks trigger
2. Copy the webhook URL
3. Paste it into SiliconWit.IO
4. Map the JSON fields to your downstream actions

Note

All webhook calls have a 5-second timeout. If your endpoint takes longer, the call will be treated as failed but will not block other alert actions.

Using Multiple Channels

Each alert can have multiple actions enabled simultaneously. For example, a critical temperature alert could:

• Send an email to the on-duty engineer
• Post to the #alerts channel on Slack
• Send a Telegram message to the ops group chat
• Fire a custom webhook to trigger an automated response

Configure this by checking multiple action checkboxes when creating or editing the alert.

Next Steps

• Alerts - Alert types, conditions, and configuration
• Automation - Create rules with notification and device actions
• API Overview - Integrate with your systems