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/alert

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Install
> /plugin marketplace add getsentry/toolkit
> /plugin install sentry-mcp@sentry-mcp

How it fires

How this command gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfClaude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/alert

Context preview

What this command does when you run it.

```bash

Command definition

alert.md

Examples

Create an issue alert rule

# Create an issue alert rule with inline JSON condition/action
sentry alert issues create my-org/my-project \
  --name "Error Spike" \
  --condition '{"type":"first_seen_event","comparison":true,"conditionResult":true}' \
  --action '{"type":"email","data":{},"config":{"targetType":"team","targetIdentifier":"1"}}'

List issue alert rules

# List issue alert rules for a project
sentry alert issues list my-org/my-project

# Filter rules by name
sentry alert issues list my-org/my-project --query "spike"

View an issue alert rule

# View by ID
sentry alert issues view my-org/my-project/12345

# View by name
sentry alert issues view my-org/my-project/"Error Spike"

Edit an issue alert rule

# Edit issue alert name/status
sentry alert issues edit my-org/my-project/12345 --name "Prod Error Spike" --status disabled

Delete an issue alert rule

# Delete with preview
sentry alert issues delete my-org/my-project/12345 --dry-run

Create a metric alert rule

# Create an organization metric alert rule
sentry alert metrics create my-org \
  --name "P95 Latency" \
  --query "environment:prod" \
  --aggregate "p95(span.duration)" \
  --dataset spans \
  --time-window 5 \
  --trigger '{"alertThreshold":500,"actions":[{"id":"sentry.mail.actions.NotifyEmailAction","targetType":"Team","targetIdentifier":1}]}'

List metric alert rules

# List metric alert rules for an organization
sentry alert metrics list my-org/

View a metric alert rule

# View by ID
sentry alert metrics view my-org/67890

# View by name
sentry alert metrics view my-org/"P95 latency alert"

Edit a metric alert rule

# Edit metric alert query/window
sentry alert metrics edit my-org/67890 --query "environment:prod event.type:error" --time-window 15

Delete a metric alert rule

# Delete without prompt
sentry alert metrics delete my-org/67890 --yes
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