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Create Sentry Alert

Create alerts via Sentry's workflow engine API.

Note: This API is currently in beta and may be subject to change. It is part of New Monitors and Alerts and may not be viewable in the legacy Alerts UI.

Invoke This Skill When

• User asks to "create a Sentry alert" or "set up notifications"
• User wants to be emailed or notified when issues match certain conditions
• User mentions priority alerts, de-escalation alerts, or workflow automations
• User wants to configure Slack, PagerDuty, or email notifications for Sentry issues

Prerequisites

• curl available in shell
• Sentry org auth token with alerts:write scope (also accepts org:admin or org:write)

Phase 1: Gather Configuration

Ask the user for any missing details:

| Detail | Required | Example | |--------|----------|---------| | Org slug | Yes | sentry, my-org | | Auth token | Yes | sntryu_... (needs alerts:write scope) | | Region | Yes (default: us) | us → us.sentry.io, de → de.sentry.io | | Alert name | Yes | "High Priority De-escalation Alert" | | Trigger events | Yes | Which issue events fire the workflow | | Conditions | Optional | Filter conditions before actions execute | | Action type | Yes | email, slack, or pagerduty | | Action target | Yes | User email, team, channel, or service |

Phase 2: Look Up IDs

Use these API calls to resolve names to IDs as needed.

API="https://{region}.sentry.io/api/0/organizations/{org}"
AUTH="Authorization: Bearer {token}"

# Find user ID by email
curl -s "$API/members/" -H "$AUTH" | python3 -c "
import json,sys
for m in json.load(sys.stdin):
  if m.get('email')=='USER_EMAIL' or m.get('user',{}).get('email')=='USER_EMAIL':
    print(m['user']['id']); break"

# List teams
curl -s "$API/teams/" -H "$AUTH" | python3 -c "
import json,sys
for t in json.load(sys.stdin):
  print(t['id'], t['slug'])"

# List integrations (for Slack/PagerDuty)
curl -s "$API/integrations/" -H "$AUTH" | python3 -c "
import json,sys
for i in json.load(sys.stdin):
  print(i['id'], i['provider']['key'], i['name'])"

Phase 3: Build Payload

Trigger Events

Pick which issue events fire the workflow. Use logicType: "any-short" (triggers must always use this).

| Type | Fires when | |------|-----------| | first_seen_event | New issue created | | regression_event | Resolved issue recurs | | reappeared_event | Archived issue reappears | | issue_resolved_trigger | Issue is resolved |

Filter Conditions

Conditions that must pass before actions execute. Use logicType: "all", "any-short", or "none".

The comparison field is polymorphic — its shape depends on the condition type:

| Type | comparison format | Description | |------|---------------------|-------------| | issue_priority_greater_or_equal | 75 (bare integer) | Priority >= Low(25)/Medium(50)/High(75) | | issue_priority_deescalating | true (bare boolean) | Priority dropped below peak | | event_frequency_count | {"value": 100, "interval": "1hr"} | Event count in time window | | event_unique_user_frequency_count | {"value": 50, "interval": "1hr"} | Affected users in time window | | tagged_event | {"key": "level", "match": "eq", "value": "error"} | Event tag matches | | assigned_to | {"targetType": "Member", "targetIdentifier": 123} | Issue assigned to target | | level | {"level": 40, "match": "gte"} | Event level (fatal=50, error=40, warning=30) | | age_comparison | {"time": "hour", "value": 24, "comparisonType": "older"} | Issue age | | issue_category | {"value": 1} | Category (1=Error, 6=Feedback) | | issue_occurrences | {"value": 100} | Total occurrence count |

Interval options: "1min", "5min", "15min", "1hr", "1d", "1w", "30d"

Tag match types: "co" (contains), "nc" (not contains), "eq", "ne", "sw" (starts with), "ew" (ends with), "is" (set), "ns" (not set)

Set conditionResult to false to invert (fire when condition is NOT met).

Actions

| Type | Key Config | |------|-----------| | email | config.targetType: "user" / "team" / "issue_owners", config.targetIdentifier: <id> | | slack | integrationId: <id>, config.targetDisplay: "#channel-name" | | pagerduty | integrationId: <id>, config.targetDisplay: <service_name>, data.priority: "critical" | | discord | integrationId: <id>, data.tags: tag list | | msteams | integrationId: <id>, config.targetDisplay: <channel> | | opsgenie | integrationId: <id>, data.priority: "P1"-"P5" | | jira | integrationId: <id>, data: project/issue config | | github | integrationId: <id>, data: repo/issue config |

Full Payload Structure

{
  "name": "<Alert Name>",
  "enabled": true,
  "environment": null,
  "config": { "frequency": 30 },
  "triggers": {
    "logicType": "any-short",
    "conditions": [
      { "type": "first_seen_event", "comparison": true, "conditionResult": true }
    ],
    "actions": []
  },
  "actionFilters": [{
    "logicType": "all",
    "conditions": [
      { "type": "issue_priority_greater_or_equal", "comparison": 75, "conditionResult": true },
      { "type": "event_frequency_count", "comparison": {"value": 50, "interval": "1hr"}, "conditionResult": true }
    ],
    "actions": [{
      "type": "email",
      "integrationId": null,
      "data": {},
      "config": {
        "targetType": "user",
        "targetIdentifier": "<user_id>",
        "targetDisplay": null
      },
      "status": "active"
    }]
  }]
}

frequency: minutes between repeated notifications. Allowed values: 0, 5, 10, 30, 60, 180, 720, 1440.

Structure note: triggers.actions is always [] — actions live inside actionFilters[].actions.

Phase 4: Create the Alert

curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" -X POST \
  "https://{region}.sentry.io/api/0/organizations/{org}/workflows/" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{payload}'

Expect HTTP 201. The response contains the workflow id.

Phase 5: Verify

Confirm the alert was created and provide the UI link:

https://{org_slug}.sentry.io/monitors/alerts/{workflow_id}/

If the org lacks the workflow-engine-ui feature flag, the alert appears at:

https://{org_slug}.sentry.io/alerts/rules/

Managing Alerts

# List all workflows
curl -s "$API/workflows/" -H "$AUTH"

# Get one workflow
curl -s "$API/workflows/{id}/" -H "$AUTH"

# Update a workflow
curl -s -X PUT "$API/workflows/{id}/" -H "$AUTH" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{payload}'

# Delete a workflow
curl -s -X DELETE "$API/workflows/{id}/" -H "$AUTH"
# Expect 204

Troubleshooting

| Issue | Solution | |-------|----------| | 401 Unauthorized | Token needs alerts:write scope | | 403 Forbidden | Token must belong to the target org | | 404 Not Found | Check org slug and region (us vs de) | | 400 Bad Request | Validate payload JSON structure, check required fields | | User ID not found | Verify email matches a member of the org |