Creating an Alert
Alert Types
There are two types of Alerts:
- Shared Alerts can be viewed and edited by anyone in your GitHub organization.
- Private Alerts are visible and editable only by you.
Getting Started
First, choose the Alerts tab:
![Screenshot of the Alerts tab in GitDailies](https://gitdailies.com/docs/alerts/create/create-alert-tab_hu28a30f22d84a302eb1c7a509538f4909_11754_426x61_resize_q85_h2_lanczos_3.webp)
Next, choose the type of Alert that you wish to create:
![Screenshot of the Alert Kind menu in GitDailies](https://gitdailies.com/docs/alerts/create/create-alert-kind_hufba4a6394432e0b853955c4115ec6827_5161_217x170_resize_q85_h2_lanczos_3.webp)
Then, hit “New Alert”:
![Screenshot of the New Alert button in GitDailies](https://gitdailies.com/docs/alerts/create/create-alert-new_hub0a77f93125ef7e2e7ffc1e2325a1cc3_8774_255x146_resize_q85_h2_lanczos_3.webp)
This will launch the New Alert interface.
Alert Trigger
First, choose the Alert Trigger. (Can’t see a trigger that you need? Just let us know!).
![Screenshot of Alert trigger menu in GitDailies](https://gitdailies.com/docs/alerts/create/create-alert-trigger_hu3bd7cb4f2efe48e935f530a798125120_45849_484x472_resize_q85_h2_lanczos_3.webp)
Alert Repositories
Next, choose the repo that the alert should monitor. A powerful feature of GitDailies is that one alert can monitor all repositories simultaneously.
You can do any of the following:
- Choose a specific repository from the dropdown
- Choose “All followed repositories” to monitor all repositories that your Organization follows with GitDailies
- Choose “All followed repositories”, and choose a subset of repositories later on using a regular expression in the Expression Builder
![Screenshot of Alert trigger menu in GitDailies](https://gitdailies.com/docs/alerts/create/create-alert-repos_hu4ecba2cea81f912ec90184c4267df300_19822_480x201_resize_q85_h2_lanczos_3.webp)
Alert Conditions
Next, choose any additional criteria for when the Alert should trigger, using the Expression Builder.
In this example, the Alert will trigger whenever a PR is merged without a review.
![Screenshot of the Alert Expression Builder in GitDailies](https://gitdailies.com/docs/alerts/create/create-alert-expression_huf26b36fa6b67b29a8c2c440b423d1be5_30338_487x425_resize_q85_h2_lanczos_3.webp)
Choose Notifications
Alert notifications can be sent to any combination of Email, Slack, or Telegram.
Also, if you only want to receive a single daily summary of all the triggers for this Alert, just
check Include the the alert in the team's daily alert summary
. (Note that your
Personal Alerts and the Team Alerts
have separate daily summaries, so your personal Alert summary is private).
![Screenshot of Alert notifications in GitDailies](https://gitdailies.com/docs/alerts/create/create-github-alert-email-slack-telegram_hu239c8e81f7fe192c8e768fb72167bc31_72492_487x805_resize_q85_h2_lanczos_3.webp)
Alert Name
GitDailies will try to pick a sensible name for your alert.
You can edit the name now, and change it later too.
![Screenshot of Alert naming in GitDailies](https://gitdailies.com/docs/alerts/create/create-github-alert-name_hu2188cd8037e9ca127b3a7b992f784b85_24295_484x208_resize_q85_h2_lanczos_3.webp)
Complete!
Click the “Create Alert” button, and the Alert will be set up for you.
![Screenshot of completion of Alert creation](https://gitdailies.com/docs/alerts/create/create-github-alert-complete_huc843036621328a7be515c56720a7f9ca_9474_207x192_resize_q85_h2_lanczos_3.webp)
If you don’t yet have a daily alert summary set up, you will be automatically guided through that process next.