Catch churn-risk signals in Slack
Turn the small signals — a downgrade, a usage drop, a support spike — into one scored alert that reaches the account owner while there's still time to act.
01source
02pipeline · 2 steps
- 01ENRenrich.entitycustomer → CSM · renewal · MRR
- 02CTLfilter.matchscore ≥ 0.7 only
03destinations · 1
- toslackSlackchannel#alerts
the event
You emit churn.signal with this shape. The TypeScript SDK keeps the call type-safe, and the event is stored whole — so every field below is available to the pipeline by name.
- customer_idstring
- signalstringdowngrade | usage-drop | support-spike
- scorenumber0–1 risk
- mrrnumberminor units at risk
emit it
From your code with the TypeScript SDK — or any language over the REST endpoint and signed webhook ingress.
import { ingest } from "@ingestlayer/sdk";
await ingest("churn.signal", {
customer_id: account.id,
signal: "usage-drop",
score: risk,
mrr: account.mrr,
});route it to Slack
Post to any channel in your workspace. Connect once with OAuth, pick the channel per pipeline.
- 01
connect your workspace
Authorize the ingestlayer Slack app over OAuth from the destinations page. We hold only a channel-scoped bot token, in-region, in the same KMS as your other credentials.
- 02
pick a channel
Choose any public channel, or invite the bot to a private one. The channel is set per pipeline, so different events can land in different places.
- 03
map the message
Reference event fields with $event.* in the message template. The default renders a titled block with the event name and its key fields.
┌─ #alerts ──────────────────────────────┐ │ ingestlayer APP │ │ user.signed_up │ │ email ada@acme.com │ │ plan pro │ │ source marketing-site │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘
notes
- Slack rate-limits to roughly one message per second per channel; bursts are queued and retried, never dropped.
- The bot must be a member of a private channel before it can post there — invite it explicitly.
- Block Kit caps a message at 50 blocks and 3000 characters per text field; oversized events are truncated with a link to the full payload.
questions
- Can I tune how sensitive the alert is?
- Adjust the score threshold in the filter. Raise it for only the clearest risks, lower it to catch more early.
- Who gets the alert?
- enrich.entity attaches the CSM and renewal date, so the warning reaches the person who can actually save the account.
- Can I combine several signals?
- Emit each signal as it happens and dedupe by customer in a window, so one at-risk account is one alert, not three.
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more, into Slack
- Track user signups in Slacktrack
- Monitor failed payments in Slackmonitor
- Route support escalations in Slackalert
- Track waitlist signups in Slacktrack
- Track new subscriptions in Slacktrack
- Track canceled subscriptions in Slacktrack
- Track successful payments in Slacktrack
- Track trial conversions in Slacktrack
- Track form submissions in Slacktrack
- Track feature usage in Slacktrack
- Track file uploads in Slacktrack
- Monitor failed logins in Slackmonitor
- Monitor usage-limit hits in Slackmonitor
- Monitor error spikes in Slackmonitor
- Monitor cron-job health in Slackmonitor
- Monitor CI/CD build status in Slackmonitor
- Flag high-value leads in Slackalert
- everything you can pipe to Slackhub