Alerts

Setting Up Alerts

Get notified on Telegram or Slack within minutes of a high-score post appearing.

Alerts send a notification to Telegram or Slack whenever WireTrap scores a post above your threshold. The average time from a post going live to an alert arriving is under 30 minutes — the length of one fetch cycle.

The Alerts page showing one active Telegram channel with its score threshold and a button to add another channel — You can have multiple channels per brand — e.g. a Telegram DM for yourself and a Slack channel for your team.

Adding a Telegram channel

Open Telegram and start a chat with @WireTrapAlertBot (or your configured bot)
Send /start to get your Chat ID
In WireTrap, click Add Channel → Telegram and paste your Chat ID
Set a minimum score threshold (70 is a good default)
Optionally filter by intent — leave blank to alert on all intents
Save — alerts are active immediately

TipFor team alerts, add the bot to a Telegram group and use the group's Chat ID. Everyone in the group gets notified.

Choosing a score threshold

90+

Near-perfect leads only

75–89

Good default — high signal, low noise

60–74

More coverage, some noise

50–59

High volume — narrow queries only

75 is the recommended starting point for most brands.