Monitor CI/CD build status in Slack
Route the build results that matter — a failed pipeline on your main branch — to where the team will actually see it, without the green-build noise.
01source
02pipeline · 1 steps
- 01CTLfilter.matchstatus = failed on main only
03destinations · 1
- toslackSlackchannel#alerts
the event
You emit ci.build.finished 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.
- repostring
- branchstring
- statusstringpassed | failed
- commitstringsha
- duration_msnumber
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("ci.build.finished", {
repo: process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY,
branch: process.env.GITHUB_REF_NAME,
status: job.status,
commit: process.env.GITHUB_SHA,
duration_ms: job.duration,
});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 mute passing builds?
- Filter to failures on protected branches, so a red main build pings the team and routine green runs don't.
- Do I need a CI plugin?
- No — emit the event from a final pipeline step with the SDK or a curl call. Any CI that can run a script can report.
- Can I track build time over weeks?
- Send every build to Postgres with duration_ms; the trend is then a query, independent of which builds alerted.
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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
- Flag high-value leads in Slackalert
- Catch churn-risk signals in Slackalert
- everything you can pipe to Slackhub