> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.youniverse.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Instant alerts

> Wake an Agent the moment something happens in a connected app or service.

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The **Alerts** tab lists event subscriptions that wake the Agent instantly — a new email from a client, a payment, a new form response.

## Add an alert

Just ask the Agent: "wake up whenever a new order arrives in Shopify" or "alert me when Stripe reports a failed payment". It sets up the subscription from a connected app, or a signed webhook for services that support them.

## Screened first

Events are **screened before they wake the Agent**. Only relevant ones start a run; duplicates are ignored, and only one run happens at a time.

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## Status and delivery

Each alert shows whether it's active, any setup still needed, and what happened with recent deliveries. Alerts respect the Agent's **When a connected app does something** and **From a web address** switches.

## Your Inbox

Agent and Watcher notifications appear together in your Inbox, grouped so repeated alerts don't flood it, and are pushed to your phone.


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