Connect Slack notifications

This guide walks you through creating a Slack Incoming Webhook and connecting it to Dependra so you receive real-time health-change alerts in your Slack channels.

Prerequisites

• A Dependra account with Admin role
• A Slack workspace you can install apps into
• Your plan must include the Slack Notifications feature

Step 1: Open the Slack API portal

Go to api.slack.com/apps. You will see your existing apps (if any). Click Create New App in the top right corner.

Step 2: Choose Blank App

In the dialog, select Blank app under “Or start your own way”. This gives you a minimal app with just the features you need.

Step 3: Name the app and pick your workspace

Give the app a recognisable name (e.g. “Dependra”) and select the Slack workspace where alerts should go. Click Create App.

Step 4: Enable Incoming Webhooks

After creating the app you land on the Basic Information page.

1. In the left sidebar, click Incoming Webhooks.
2. Toggle Activate Incoming Webhooks to On.

Step 5: Add a webhook to a channel

1. Scroll down and click Add New Webhook to Workspace.
2. Slack asks you to pick a channel — choose the channel where you want health alerts to appear (e.g. #ops-alerts).
3. Click Allow.

You now see a Webhook URL that looks like:

https://hooks.slack.com/services/T00000000/B00000000/your-webhook-token

Click Copy to copy it to your clipboard.

Step 6: Paste the URL into Dependra

1. In Dependra, go to Settings → Slack Notifications.
2. Paste the webhook URL into the Catch-all channel field and click Save.
3. You should see the status change to “Webhook URL configured”.

That’s it — Dependra will now post a Block Kit message to your Slack channel whenever a component’s health state changes.

Optional: Per-domain channels

If you want different business domains to post to different Slack channels, repeat steps 5–6 for each channel and configure the per-domain webhook URL in the Business Domains section of the Slack settings page.

Troubleshooting