# alerting-irm

Configures Grafana Alerting, IRM, and SLOs from rules and routing to on-call schedules. Useful for YAML or API-based alert setup and debugging.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 5100 installs · ★ 290
- Author: grafana
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/grafana/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/grafana-core/alerting-irm/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/alerting-irm

## What it does

This skill builds Grafana alerting flows: rules for Grafana, Prometheus/Mimir, or Loki; contact points for Slack, PagerDuty, email, and webhooks; and hierarchical notification policies. It also covers silences, mute timings, on-call schedules, escalation chains, and IRM integrations.

For SLOs, it uses the UI or API and focuses on multi-window burn-rate alerts. The included material shows YAML for `contact_points.yaml`, `notification_policies.yaml`, and other files under `provisioning/alerting/`, plus `curl` calls for the API. API requests need a Grafana Bearer token. Slack and PagerDuty receivers need their own connection data.

To route alerts into IRM, create a Grafana Alerting webhook integration and use its URL in a webhook contact point. Check the policy matchers before rollout: they determine which receiver gets a test alert.

## Requirements
- Works with: Grafana, Slack

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill alerting-irm -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/alerting-irm/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/alerting-irm/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill alerting-irm -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/alerting-irm/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill alerting-irm -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/alerting-irm/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install grafana/skills alerting-irm
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/alerting-irm/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill alerting-irm -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/grafana/skills --path skills/grafana-core/alerting-irm
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/alerting-irm/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add grafana/skills --skill alerting-irm -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/grafana/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/grafana-core/alerting-irm/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- provision Grafana, Prometheus/Mimir, or Loki alert rules
- route critical alerts to PagerDuty or Slack
- trace why an alert reaches the wrong receiver
- define silences and recurring mute timings
- create SLOs with multi-window burn-rate alerts

## Example prompts
- Configure a Grafana rule for a high error rate and send critical notifications to PagerDuty.
- Create a notification policy for `team = platform`, then route critical alerts to PagerDuty.
- Use the API to check why a test alert did not reach the expected receiver.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: alerting-irm
license: Apache-2.0
description: Configure Grafana Alerting, Incident Response Management (IRM), and SLOs end-to-end — provisions Grafana-managed and data-source-managed alert rules, contact points (Slack/PagerDuty/email/webhook), notification policies with hierarchical matchers, silences, mute timings, on-call schedules and escalation chains, incident-management integrations, and SLOs with multi-window burn-rate alerts. Use when configuring alerts, debugging notification routing, setting up on-call rotations, declaring or managing incidents, defining SLOs, provisioning alerting via YAML or API, picking matchers for a notification policy, building a PagerDuty/Slack webhook receiver, or troubleshooting why an alert isn't firing — even when the user says "page me on errors", "alert me when X happens", "route this to the platform team", or "set up an SLO" without naming Alerting or IRM.
---

# Grafana Alerting & IRM

> **Docs**: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/alerting.md

## Common Workflows

### Provisioning a new alert end-to-end

1. **Create contact points** (where notifications go):
   ```bash
   curl -X POST https://grafana.example.com/api/v1/provisioning/contact-points \
     -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d @contact-points.json
   ```
   Verify:
   ```bash
   curl https://grafana.example.com/api/v1/provisioning/contact-points \
     -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' | jq '.[].name'
   ```

2. **Add notification policies** (which alerts go where) — see [§ Notification policies](#notification-policies) below for the matchers pattern.

3. **Write the alert rule** — pick the type:
   - Grafana-managed → see [references/alerting.md § Grafana-managed alert rule](references/alerting.md#grafana-managed-alert-rule-yaml-provisioning)
   - Prometheus/Mimir ruler → see [references/alerting.md § Prometheus / Mimir alert rule](references/alerting.md#prometheus--mimir-alert-rule-ruler)
   - Loki LogQL → see [references/alerting.md § Loki alert rule](references/alerting.md#loki-alert-rule-logql)

4. **Verify routing** before going live:
   ```bash
   # Force-fire a test alert from the rule's UI, then check Alertmanager's view
   curl https://grafana.example.com/api/alertmanager/grafana/api/v2/alerts \
     -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' | jq '.[] | {alertname: .labels.alertname, receiver: .receivers}'
   ```
   The expected receiver should appear. If the wrong receiver appears, re-check the policy's matchers.

### Routing alerts to IRM / on-call

1. In IRM, create an Integration of type "Grafana Alerting webhook" → copy the integration URL
2. Add a webhook contact point in Grafana Alerting pointing at that URL (full YAML in [references/irm.md § Routing](references/irm.md#routing-from-grafana-alerting-to-irm))
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