# Slack alerts

Get a Slack message when someone replies, a partner goes active, and once a week.

Slack alerts put the news in a channel your team already reads. They come with Grow and higher. They use a Slack **webhook**, which is a web address that posts whatever it's sent into one channel.

## Connect Slack

1. In Slack, go to **Apps**, then Incoming WebHooks, then "Add to Slack". Pick the channel.
2. Copy the address. It starts `https://hooks.slack.com/`.
3. In RecruitAffiliates.ai, go to **Settings**, then **Integrations**, then **Slack**. Paste it.
4. Tick the alerts you want.
5. Press **Send a test message** to check it works.

## The alerts

- **Interested reply.** Someone answered your outreach and wants to talk.
- **New active partner.** An affiliate went Live, in AffiliateRail or in your own tool.
- **The weekly line.** Replies, new partners and new affiliates found, once a week after your weekly scan.
- **Follow-ups due.** One message in the morning when a follow-up date you set on a card has come round. See [Follow-up reminders](/reminders).

## What a message holds

Messages carry ids and counts. They never carry a name or an email address, because people outside your account can read a Slack channel.

## Also a webhook

Slack shows on the **Webhooks** tab too. [Webhooks](/webhooks) has the full event list.