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The simplest alert channel — send incident notifications directly to email addresses. Available on all plans, including Free. Plan requirement: Free (all plans)

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Setup

devhelm alert-channels create \
  --name "Team Email" \
  --type EMAIL \
  --recipients "oncall@example.com,team@example.com"

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Configuration

FieldDescriptionRequired
recipientsList of email addresses to notifyYes (at least one)

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Email content

DevHelm emails include:
  • Incident severity and current status
  • Monitor name and type
  • Affected regions
  • Timestamp and duration
  • Link to the incident in the Dashboard

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Troubleshooting

DevHelm sends from a verified domain. Add the sending address to your allowlist or check your organization’s email filtering rules.
  1. Verify the email addresses are correct
  2. Check spam/junk folders
  3. Run devhelm alert-channels test <id> to send a test notification