slalert!: News Alerts in Slack (powered by Diffbot)

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Log-in to your alert

Enter your Slack webhook URL to log-in:

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Finding your incoming webhook

You'll need administrative access to your Slack instance to set-up an alert.

Visit your Slack integrations page.
Add an Incoming Webhook:
Choose a channel, then "Add Incoming Webhooks Integration":
Copy your Webhook URL (https://hooks.slack.com...) and paste it into the form.

Search Tips

Only use one term or phrase per alert.

"slack chat", "slack app", slackhq is terrible! Just start with one: "slack chat"

You can create additional alerts after you verify your account.
Use quotation marks to match an exact phrase:

"Mount Gay Rum" is better than Mount Gay Rum.

(Bacardi is a terrible beverage, but bacardi is a fine keyword.)
To search for a specific domain mention, surround it in quotes: "diffbot.com"
Don't be too generic with your search term. Search terms like "facebook" or "apple" will return notifications all the time.

Better keywords: "Apple Music" pricing, "f8 conference", diffbot "computer vision"
Let us know what other search functionality you'd like to see.

How does slalert! work?

You enter in the terms or keywords you want to monitor. Like, diffbot if you want to monitor Diffbot. Or "geocities successor" if you want the latest news on... that.
Tell us in which Slack #channel you want to be notified (by providing its webhook URL—see the video).
Our army of bots will continually monitor tens of thousands of news sites and blogs. When we find a match to your search term, we'll let you know in Slack:
That's it! Free!