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# Send Alerts to Slack

> Send Method Alerts to a Slack channel.

A Slack channel sends Method's Alerts into Slack as formatted messages. Method formats each Alert into Slack blocks, and delivery goes through an incoming webhook you create in Slack and paste into Method.

For the shared Alerts model and how to create Alert rules, see [Set up Alerts](/guides/administration/alerts/overview).

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## Add a Slack channel

#### Open Alerts and add a channel

In the **Admin** panel, open **Alerts** under the **Setup** group. Under **External channels**, click **Add channel** and set the channel type to **Slack**.

![Choosing Slack from the Add channel type dropdown on the Alerts page](/_fern-files/methodsecurity.docs.buildwithfern.com/430102257844004e26cf80201c853c36f9a94632e8200d4c340a70fc801d71c6/pages/guides/administration/alerts/slack/slack-channel-select.gif)

#### Create an incoming webhook in Slack

In Slack, [create an incoming webhook](https://api.slack.com/messaging/webhooks) for the channel you want Alerts in, then copy its URL. Method delivers Alerts to Slack through this incoming webhook.

#### Enter the channel details

Fill in the two fields:

* **Channel Label**: a display name for this destination in the External channels list, such as `Cyber Security Team Channel`.
* **Webhook URL**: the incoming webhook URL you copied from Slack.

![New Target Channel form set to Slack, with a Channel Label of Cyber Security Team Channel and a Webhook URL field, above a link to Slack's webhook instructions](/_fern-files/_img/85d37dbab9bb4997bfc3e2b1c75182068105594810cfcc6e27a2727ba2ec24ae.webp)

#### Save the channel

Click **Add**. The channel appears in the **External channels** list, ready to receive Alerts.

![External channels list showing the Cyber Security Team Channel Slack channel connected, with an Edit control](/_fern-files/_img/7a4831a2e2e665456fa8358b6f9a82f579d5348d3f820e0a5c28f409c05fdab3.webp)

Once the channel is connected, [create an Alert rule](/guides/administration/alerts/overview#create-an-alert-rule) to route events to it.