ingestlayer/recipes

Track feature usage in Discord

Watch the features that signal expansion — exports, API calls, integrations — and route the moments that hint a customer is ready for more.

01source

sourcesdk.eventTypeScript SDK
matchfeature.used

02pipeline · 2 steps

  • 01CTLfilter.matchfeature in {export, api, webhook}
  • 02ENRenrich.entityuser → account · plan · owner

03destinations · 1

  • todiscordDiscord
    channel#ops

the event

You emit feature.used 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.

  • user_idstring
  • featurestringfeature key
  • countnumberuses in window
  • planstring

emit it

From your code with the TypeScript SDK — or any language over the REST endpoint and signed webhook ingress.

emit feature.used
import { ingest } from "@ingestlayer/sdk";

await ingest("feature.used", {
  user_id: ctx.user.id,
  feature: "csv.export",
  count:   1,
  plan:    ctx.user.plan,
});

route it to Discord

Send rich embeds to a channel via a connected bot or a channel webhook.

  1. 01

    connect the bot

    Add the ingestlayer bot to your server, or paste a channel webhook URL. Either credential is held in-region.

  2. 02

    choose the channel

    Select the target channel from the picker. Each connected channel is one reusable destination row.

  3. 03

    shape the embed

    The default embed carries the event name as its title and the payload as name/value fields; override with $event.* references.

in discorddelivered
┌─ #ops ─────────────────────────────────┐
│ ▎ payment.failed                        │
│ ▎ customer   acme-inc                   │
│ ▎ amount     €240.00                    │
│ ▎ reason     insufficient_funds         │
│ ▎ attempt    2                          │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

notes

questions

Won't this be far too noisy?
Filter to the handful of features that actually predict expansion; everything else streams to the warehouse without an alert.
Can I spot free users hitting paid features?
The plan field rides along — branch on it to flag free-plan users leaning on paid surfaces, a clean upsell trigger.
How do I roll this up per account?
enrich.entity attaches the account id so usage aggregates cleanly in Postgres by company, not just by user.
build this pipelineor read the quickstart →

feature usage, routed elsewhere

more, into Discord