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Alerts

Slack Integration

Send API change alerts to your Slack workspace.

Slack alerts require a Pro plan.

Setup

1. Create a Slack Incoming Webhook

  1. Go to api.slack.com/apps and click Create New AppFrom scratch
  2. Name it "Varen Alerts" and pick your workspace
  3. Go to Incoming Webhooks → toggle it On
  4. Click Add New Webhook to Workspace → pick a channel (e.g. #api-alerts)
  5. Copy the webhook URL (starts with https://hooks.slack.com/services/...)

2. Connect in Varen

  1. Go to DashboardSettingsSlack
  2. Paste the webhook URL
  3. Click Connect

A test message will be sent to your channel to confirm it works.

What Slack alerts look like

Slack alerts include:

  • API name and severity badge
  • Description of the change
  • Affected endpoint
  • A link to the full change detail in Varen

Per-API configuration

You can enable or disable Slack alerts per API. For example, send Stripe alerts to Slack but keep OpenAI alerts email-only.

See Alert Routing for details.

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