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title: "Alert"
description: "Alert is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 2.9k installs sharing analytics and works locally."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/alert"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/alert.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-23"
version: "1.4"
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# Alert

> Alert is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 2.9k installs sharing analytics and works locally.

Alert is a built-in Home Assistant integration that sends repeated notifications while a condition stays active. It runs locally and needs nothing beyond Home Assistant itself, since it ships with the core installation. Alerts are defined in the configuration file rather than through a setup dialog. Each alert exposes actions to control its notifications: one toggles them, one silences them, and one resets them so they start again. These actions can be used in automations, scripts, or dashboards to acknowledge an alert without changing the condition that triggered it.

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Set up in configuration.yaml. See [the documentation](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/alert/).

## Supports

- **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
- **Set up in YAML**: Added through configuration.yaml.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

It is set up in configuration.yaml, not in the UI.

## Actions

- **Toggle**: Toggles alert's notifications.
- **Turn off**: Silences alert's notifications.
- **Turn on**: Resets alert's notifications.

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Number: 2.9k installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Domain: `alert`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/alert/>

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Last updated 2026-10-23. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/alert

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