Create and manage AI Agent alerts on a number
An alert tells you when a number crosses a line. It is checked each time its table refreshes, and only full periods (a full week, a full month) are compared. Create one with the bell on an answer or a Today block, or from Your agent > Alerts in Ask mode.
Create an alert on a number
Click the bell (Create an alert from this) on an answer in a chat or on a Today block, or click New alert in Your agent > Alerts.
- In Intent, say what to watch, for example "Tell me when weekly signups from Google fall a lot". The agent builds the condition from your tables. "Change the words and the condition follows."
- Check the Condition: Watch (a column's sum, average, highest or lowest, or Rows (a count)), Each (Day, Week, Month, Quarter or Year), and Tell me when (see below).
- Click + Only for… to limit it to rows where a column has a value, for example "Region is West" (up to 3 filters).
- Read the preview: Now shows the latest full period, and a line says how often it would have told you, for example "This would have told you 2 times in the last 12 weeks".
- Under Delivery, Tell me lists where it reaches you: In Ask (always on), Email (on by default) and Slack. You can tick Slack only when Slack is connected ("Connect Slack in Your agent to get alerts there."). When reads "Right away, at most once a day".
- Click Create alert. "Alert created. I'll tell you when it happens."
| Tell me when rule | What it checks |
|---|---|
| it goes above / it goes below | The value crosses an amount |
| it rises by more than / it falls by more than | A percentage change against the period before |
| it is far above / it is far below | Against usual (the last 12 periods) |
Act on an alert that fired
A fired alert shows at the top of Today for a week, marked Alert with when it fired.
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ask why | Asks the agent why it happened |
| Edit alert | Opens the alert |
| Pause a week | Stops it for a week |
Pause, edit or delete an alert
Open Your agent > Alerts (the tab shows how many alerts you have). "Each is checked when its table refreshes, and always shows on Today and in the bell." Each alert says where it came from (for example "Created from a chat" or "Created from Today"), when it last fired, and its state: Paused (with the date it resumes), Needs a condition, or "Quiet so far".
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Edit | Opens the alert to change it |
| Pause for a week / Resume | Stops it for seven days (it shows "Paused until" a date), or starts it again |
| History | Lists when it fired |
| Set its condition | For an alert said in a chat that has no condition yet. It isn't checked until you confirm one. |
| Delete | Asks "Delete this alert?" then removes it |
With no alerts: "No alerts yet. Use the bell on an answer or a Today block, or make one here."
Limits
| Limit | Value |
|---|---|
| Alerts per person | 10 |
| Only for filters per alert | 3 |
| Alert delivery | Right away, at most once a day |
| "Usual" for an alert | The last 12 periods |
| A fired alert on Today | Shown for a week |
| Pause for a week | 7 days |
Troubleshooting alerts
| Message | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| "I couldn't build a condition from that. Try naming the number and the table." | The agent couldn't turn your words into an alert | Name the number and the table |
| "You have 10 alerts, the most there can be. Delete one to make another." | You reached the alert limit | Delete an alert in Your agent > Alerts |
| An alert shows "Needs a condition" | It was said in a chat with no condition yet | Click Set its condition |
Related
- Today, alerts and dashboards: the blocks you make alerts from.
- Your agent: your alerts count and digest.
- AI Agent access: Slack for the workspace.
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