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Notifications
Hear about missions and reports where you already look. Manage email preferences and Slack notifications
Use this page to get results in your inbox or Slack channel as soon as they are ready, so nobody has to keep checking Alloy.
Alloy can notify you by email or Slack when missions, reports, and scenario results are ready. You can change these preferences at any time.
Managing your email preferences
Email preferences are per-user. Each person in your organisation controls their own email settings. Slack notifications are org-wide because everyone in the configured channel sees the same alerts.
How to access
Missions
Mission email is on by default with My missions only selected. You can turn it off with the Missions toggle or change the scope:
| Scope | What you receive |
|---|---|
| My missions only | Missions you personally upload through Alloy in the browser |
| All missions | Missions uploaded by anyone in your organisation, including device and integration uploads |
Alloy waits until a mission's processing and its automatic reports are done before it notifies you, so the email arrives when there is something to read. A mission with several reports produces one notification. Missions that finish close together arrive in one email.
Mission email covers missions that finish processing after you turn it on. Turning it off and back on does not send catch-up emails for missions that finished while it was off.
Scheduled reports
Use Scheduled reports to select the recurring reports you want to receive by email. You can select multiple reports. Your selections stay subscribed when their prompts are edited. Scheduled report subscriptions are separate from your mission scope.
Slack notifications
If your organisation has the Slack integration connected, Alloy can post notifications directly into a Slack channel. Slack notifications are org-wide: everyone in the channel sees the same alerts.
Available Slack notification types
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| New mission uploaded | A new mission is uploaded, from the app or from an S3/GCS bucket you've connected |
| Early access ready | Mission data is ready to query (before the full report) |
| Triggered report ready | A report set to run when a new mission arrives is ready; Alloy posts it in the mission's Slack thread |
| Scenario match found | One of your scenarios finds a match on a mission |
| Scheduled report ready | One of your scheduled reports is ready |
How to configure
Slack notifications are rolling out. If the Slack section is missing from your Notifications tab, ask the Alloy team to turn it on. Set up most Slack notifications from inside Slack. Go to the channel where you want the alerts and mention @Alloy with what you want. For example:
- "@Alloy notify this channel when missions are ready to query"
- "@Alloy post here when a scenario match is found"
- "@Alloy post here when a new mission is uploaded"
Once configured, the notification appears in the Notifications tab with a toggle, so anyone in your organisation can pause or resume it. Types that are not set up show as Not configured until you ask @Alloy to set them up.
Each Slack notification type is configured on its own. Triggered reports reply in the relevant mission thread when possible; if that thread does not exist yet, the first triggered report starts it and later triggered reports for the same mission reply there. Scheduled reports are posted as top-level messages. Scenario match notifications can cover every scenario or one specific scenario. When a Slack report notification is turned back on, Alloy only posts reports generated after that.
To choose the Slack channel for one recurring report, use Configure Slack next to it under Report notifications. You can also go to Reports, click Manage, and choose Slack notifications for that report.
Customising a report's Slack summary
Ask Alloy to update an automation's prompt with instructions for its Slack notification. For example: “For the weekly fleet report, make the Slack message lead with the biggest change, followed by short Findings and Actions sections. Use bullets and bold key numbers.”
This creates a separate formatted Slack summary for future runs. The report's short description in listings and email stays separate. Without a custom request, notifications continue using that description. Slack must already be enabled for the automation; changing the wording does not change its channel or subscription.
Keep custom messages concise. Headings, bullets, bold text and links are supported. When a report already includes a headline metrics table, use bullets for additional comparisons in the Slack message. The report button always opens the current report.
Can't find Alloy in your Slack workspace? Your organisation may not have connected Slack yet. See Slack integration to get started.