Alert Template
A severity-based template for monitoring alerts. Displays firing alerts with deep-link buttons to dashboards and alert rules.
Fields
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
template | string | Required. Must be "alert" |
progress | float | Required. Usually 0.0 for firing, 1.0 for resolved |
severity | string | Required. Alert severity: "critical", "warning", or "info" |
fired_at | integer | Unix timestamp when the alert fired |
url | string | Primary URL -- tappable button on the Live Activity (e.g. link to alert rule) |
secondary_url | string | Secondary URL -- second tappable button (e.g. link to dashboard panel) |
state | string | Alert description (e.g. "CPU usage is 94.2%") |
icon | string | SF Symbol name (e.g. "exclamationmark.triangle.fill") or MDI icon with mdi: prefix (e.g. "mdi:alert-circle") |
subtitle | string | Source and target (e.g. "Grafana - nas-01") |
accent_color | string | Named color or hex (typically "red" for firing, "green" for resolved) |
background_color | string | Background color override |
text_color | string | Text color override |
Example: Firing Alert
Alert firing
{
"state": "ONGOING",
"content": {
"template": "alert",
"progress": 0.0,
"state": "CPU usage is 94.2%",
"icon": "exclamationmark.triangle.fill",
"subtitle": "Grafana · nas-01",
"severity": "critical",
"fired_at": 1750009000,
"accent_color": "red",
"url": "https://grafana.example.com/alerting/1afz29v7z/edit",
"secondary_url": "https://grafana.example.com/d/abc123?viewPanel=1"
}
}Example: Resolved Alert
Alert resolved
{
"state": "ENDED",
"content": {
"template": "alert",
"progress": 1.0,
"state": "Resolved — CPU usage normalized",
"icon": "checkmark.circle.fill",
"subtitle": "Grafana · nas-01",
"severity": "critical",
"accent_color": "green",
"url": "https://grafana.example.com/alerting/1afz29v7z/edit"
}
}Typical Flow
- Alert fires (
ENDED -> ONGOING): Show the alert withseverity,fired_at, and deep-link URLs - Alert resolves (
ONGOING -> ENDED): Update with resolved status and green accent
Info
The url and secondary_url fields render as tappable buttons on the Live Activity. Tapping them opens the URL in Safari.
Integrations Using This Template
- Relay — forwards Grafana, Uptime Kuma, and Gatus alerts with deep links
- Home Assistant — configurable via the
templateoption in entity config